Continue Reading Old town Rebus On my walk the city started to whisper to me: They want to go back to and are willing to play to do it. you need…
Continue Reading Antidote Why would I possibly think about poison? Could it be those poisonous voices spewing their brew of racism, anti-semitism, sexism and bigotry? Why…
Continue Reading Utopia We started the week with a poem and we’ll end it with one by the same author. I read this one as…
Continue Reading Images without Words If Mendelsohn could have Lieder ohne Worte, I can have Bilder ohne Worte. How they relate to this week’s topic of “bright spots” is…
Continue Reading Lessons from Austria Tablet is a daily online magazine of Jewish news, ideas, and culture. It is not even 10 years old but has grown…
Continue Reading Free Speech, my Hat Do you know that feeling when so may things simultaneously vie for attention in your brain that you can’t formulate a single,…
Continue Reading Moving forward In memoriam Gwen Ifill One of our brightest, most honorable journalists died yesterday at age 61 from cancer. Gwen Ifill leaves a gaping hole in the…
Continue Reading Blind Faith Don’t call me Pollyanna. In fact, those who know me often complain about my tendency towards catastrophic thinking. But the only light…
Continue Reading Serving in War Poverty, inequality, healthcare, racism, sexism, a general hatred for those who pray or love or define themselves differently from traditional Western norms,…
Continue Reading Strong Women I can wrap my mind around the fact that men feel threatened by women being their boss, taking their jobs instead of…
