I encountered a small statue in a garden on a walking tour of Konstanz, Germany. Our guide explained the significance; this was a bust of...

When I heard the name Emma Lazarus at a Holocaust remembrance program in Frankfurt, Germany, I immediately thought of the Jewish/American...

9.5 million—a statistic I found with a Google search, referring to the Jewish population of Europe before the Nazis took power....

The front page of today's Washington Post has a picture of a little girl carrying a Nike shoe box out of the rubble of the mobile home...

Previously, I gave little thought to Purim. I remember carnivals in the synagogue social hall as a child--groggers, hats, games, prizes....

Words do matter; human beings use the spoken word to communicate, accomplish, negotiate, plead, request, and comment. Words change person...

No one wants good news. Put another way, major media do not broadcast positive stories. I hold in my hand, three handouts from the J...

Woke Antisemitism is the title of a new book written by David L. Bernstein, a long time professional in Jewish public affairs. I have...

Since my college days, I have been proud to be a Jew and explain our traditions to non Jews. For the most part, my listeners were...

Ah, the music and dance school recital, a twice yearly event in most American cities. Countless, piano, voice, and dance teachers present...

Stateless--last time I wrote about the subject, I looked back in history. I explained that my family, specifically my mother and her...

Normally, I do not watch movies or t.v. shows about characters on the Autism Spectrum. It is a situation of knowing too much about a...

Evil surrounds us In the form of guns. Used by the maladjusted, Enabled by those Who feel their rights supersede Victims sleeping,...

The older man in an overcoat and hat, trudging along--that is what I imagine. Or the purplish plant that grows quickly and easily. But...

Periodically, one hears or reads about a small Jewish community in a location not typically associated with Jews—in Uganda, Turkey,...

Darcy Bishop is someone I will never know. She lives in Naples, Florida. She exemplifies incredible bravery, self-sacrifice, love, and...

So why do I care about the royals? Is it merely a distraction, similar to following movie stars? Am I living vicariously? Yes to all of...

Being a second-generation survivor* or a 2G'er has been a journey. Long before I heard the term, I knew I was one. For as long as I can...

At dinner in a lovely restaurant, I remarked to friends, "soon there will be a civil war." One of the friends responded, "we are in a...

"Stupid," my sister and I yelled. The epithet was an expression of sibling rivalry. My mother or other adult shushed us. We behaved badly...