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Jon Stewart, Come Back
Woe is me. Jon Stewart is on sabbatical for the summer. I ought to be used to his absence. The Daily Show disappears for a full week every time the rest of us have a three-day-weekend: Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day … The hardest working man in show business Jon is not. Even…
Read MoreTEACH EVERYONE (commencement Hebrew College)
Today, I was given two great honors by Hebrew College in Newton, MA: awarded an honorary doctorate and asked to address the graduating class of educators, cantors and rabbis. Here’s what I said: Hebrew College Commencement Address June 2, 2013 According to that famous Chinese proverb, “it is a curse to live…
Read MoreFEMINISM AND JUDAISM, OH MY
So last year, I was invited to be on a panel at an event celebrating the 35th anniversary of MOMENT MAGAZINE. It was a real honor to be on the dais with such luminaries as Bob Mankoff, Kenneth Feinberg, Robert Seigel, Judea Pearl and Stephen Trachtenberg. The moderator was Moment’s terrific editor Nadine Epstein. And…
Read MoreA SONG OF HOPE IN THE AFTERMATH
A few years ago, I had the great joy of writing lyrics to and for the beautiful melodies of my friend, the jazz composer and pianist Bert Seager. This one seems heart-breakingly appropriate in the current moment. ANTHEM Last night I heard the music Songs from a broken heart Out of a ravaged city Where…
Read MoreEmilia’s Take on Boston’s Pain
My daughter and I trade posts in our Mother Daughter Mashup blog. She gave her feelings voice in a poem. I think it’s beautiful. But then, I’m her mother motherdaughtermashup.wordpress.com
Read MorePOP UP MEMORIALS IN BOSTON
I’ve been walking into walls the past few days, trying to make myself believe that Boston was a target of terrorism — is a target of terrorism. I had to watch that video 20 times for it to sink in: The plume of white smoke, the screams, the second explosion, the heroic rush to rescue.…
Read MoreMother Daughter Passover
Passing the TorchNew blog post on Mother-Daughter Mashup https://motherdaughtermashup.wordpress.com
Read MoreMy Aching Feet I am not a person who takes pleasure in the travails of others, really I’m not. But when I found out that Sarah Jessica Parker’s feet were a mess, a shudder of schadenfreude ran up and down my spine. In her role as Carrie Bradshaw on HBO’s long running series “Sex and…
Read MoreMother + Daugther + Dog = Post
I’m writing a conversation/blog with Emilia, my daughter, who is 27 — how did that happen? She serves and I volley. Here is the latest on Mother-Daughter Mashup: http://wp.me/365N6
Read MoreNew blog
Am I cheating on myself? I don’t understand the etiquette. I just started a new blog, co-written with my daughter, Emilia, 27, who just moved back to Boston. www.motherdaughtermashup.wordpress.com And then there’s the fact that my past two posts here also went up at http://cognoscenti.wbur.org/2013/01/24/inauguration-blanco-anita-diamant According to my blogpost stats, I have 29 followers here.…
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