We Can’t Stop the Violence without Empathy

It sounds corny, right? What’s empathy got to do with it? Many of us are sure that we need stricter gun laws while many other people on the right are accusing those crying tears of rage of merely. . .

A New Year’s Eve with “The Swimmers”*: Feeling The Refugee “Problem”

How could Melissa have suggested this movie, “The Swimmers”? We were together for New Year’s Eve and that was her preference and request. Melissa had a fraught last year. . .

Yom Kippur, Ken Burns’ “The US and the Holocaust” and me

I stopped being a practicing Jew on Yom Kippur, when I was 16. Till then, at least till 12 or so, I loved Synagogue. I loved dressing up for the holidays. . .

Sundance Surrenders: A Controversial Film Gets Crushed and Becomes Untouchable

Who said only Jews could write about Jews, Blacks about Blacks and Muslims about Muslims? Who said they would . . .

A Baby’s Sacred Until They’re Born

There are lots of opinions about abortion, and lots of passion. Read more. . .