LIFTING A SOUL WITH A SONG
Recently I received a phone from an acquaintance I hadn’t spoken with in several years. Although not the reason for the contact, during our conversation Ricky Turetsky told me a fabulous [...]
THE STARS ARE IN OUR EYES, EARS, ARMS AND LEGS. . . (or— OUTER SPACE AND INNER LIGHT)
In the summer of 1969, Joni Mitchell’s manager advised her to forego performing at a “three days of peace and music” festival in New York State (so she could instead appear on the televised Dick [...]
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TOKEN OF APPRECIATION OR OPPROBRIUM?
Our group leader challenged us to find a particular souvenir during our impromptu stop at Manufaktura. But he provided no description or clues about where to look for it in the massive shopping/ [...]
In Anti-Semitism, Bringing light to the world, Education, Holocaust, Jewish Holidays, Jewish Interest, Memory, Travel
Posted MARCHING OUT OF AUSCHWITZ: REMEMBRANCE AND DEFIANCE
The bars over the broken steps down into the shattered hell that had been an Auschwitz death chamber seemed to be shedding tears. Residue of rain (and snow and hail) earlier in the day, the [...]
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Anti-Semitism, Other Hatreds, and The Book of Esther’s Eternal Truth
Anyone exposed to the news and hateful social media posts might find the featured quote incongruous with the situation in today’s world. What’s to cheer in the return of virulent anti-Semitism, [...]
OF READING, BURNED BOOKS AND BURNING IDEAS
Every day, multiple online e-letters and e-zines arrive in my inbox. Most of them I never have time to even scan. But this week, seemingly by chance, I happened to read an article in one that [...]
