I was listening to Jon Kertzer’s terrific world music radio show, The Best Ambiance on KEXP (Seattle)...
Mideast Peace
Breastfeed (credit: sxc.hu/xtramsn) Before I get to the issue at hand, a new study by the American...
One of the more effective American Jewish organizations working to promote Israeli-Palestinian peace is Brit Tzedek V’Shalom....
I haven’t shared any pictures lately of our twins. These were taken last month when they were...
Haaretz has just published a fascinating look into the dysfunctional way in which the Israeli Knesset supervises...
What’s so threatening about peace, love and understanding (to paraphrase Elvis Costello)? In one of those rare...
Back in my days of Hebrew school, Hebrew High School and Camp Ramah I remember the book...
Natan Sharansky has become the flavor of the month within neo-con circles in Washington, DC (see Bush’s...
I wrestle constantly with how to respond to the various haters who post comments here. The majority...
This is the third and perhaps final post about the musical heritages of those lands worst hit...
Muthuswami Dikshitar, Thyagaraja and Syama Sastri—the trinity of Carnatic music (credit: Artindia.net) When the tsunami hit, I...
Armandino Batali, proprietor of Salumi (credit: Barry Wong/ Seattle Times) I’m delighted that Greg Atkinson, the Seattle...
