In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. In other words, before God could do anything at all, he had to have words. The Australian aborigines believe that they can sing the world into existence, that the naming of things renders them real and visible. And […]
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The great puzzlement to Jews and non-Jews is that Judaism shares some of the characteristics of a nation, an ethnicity, a religion, and a culture. Can we select only parts of this construct and still claim to be “Jews”? My documentary film, BEAUTIFUL TREE, SEVERED ROOTS adds new perspectives to this age-old question. My parents […]
Hello everyone! First, let me please apologize to those of you who have sent me notes in the past, to most of which I haven’t responded because I never saw them! Please forgive me – it’s a lame excuse – but I didn’t scroll down far enough or pay enough attention. In any case, […]
Oscar and I are spending a week at Tiwi, just south of Mombasa, where we have rented a two-bedroom spacious house just feet from the beach. The BEACH!!!! This is the same house we rented fifteen years ago when we had a family reunion with my daughter, a friend of hers, my sister and brother, […]
RECONNECTING I was taken from the airport to the Milimani Backpackers’ Hostel, right up the road from where our old house to be. So lovely to travel the familiar roads at night, little traffic, a friendly taxi driver chatting away. I am home. The hostel is a delight – a shambolick collection of funny little […]