Holy Week: My Poached Eggs are Egyptian

04.17.2022 __ While most of the Arab world uses the Arabic word for bread, khibz, in Egypt the word for Continue reading →

Imagine: If Only We Could Understand.

04.05.2020 ________________________________________ As Passover, Easter and Ramadan approach in silence, as Americans quietly confront challenges to the belief that we’re Continue reading →

We Cannot Live As Strangers Amidst Each Other

03.29.2020 ________________________________________ Growing up, when I was a Christian, I remember that on Palm Sunday my family would spend part Continue reading →

Today, Everyday, Embrace Liberation, Hope, and Love

04.21.2019 ________________________________________  This week, as Jews celebrate Passover, the deliverance of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt, and this Continue reading →

Weed Out Roots of Sadness From Your Heart

03.25.2018 ________________________________________ Most humanitarians, secularists and people of faith, regardless of theology or philosophy, embrace the belief that how we Continue reading →

“Guided by the beauty of our weapons”

04.09.2017 ________________________________________   Thursday night, when America attacked Syria’s Shayrat airfield with 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles, MSNBC’s Brian Williams waxed Continue reading →

Prophets Would Stand with Huddled Classes Yearning to be Free

04.20.2014 _____________________ Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy is being embraced by much of America’s right wing as a sort of modern-day Continue reading →

On Palm Sunday, a Chance to Reaffirm our Common Humanity

04.13.2014 _____________________ After church the women gathered, weathered, stout, some stooped, bent from years working in fields, mills, factories. All Continue reading →