My Name is Khan is a 2010 movie is about Rizwan Khan, a highly functioning autistic from India who is Muslim. Superbly played by Shah Rukh, … More
Month: July 2011
Jews and Aliens
In Cowboys & Aliens, spacecraft attack a frontier town. Amid explosions and mayhem, they swoop low and lasso the … More
GLBTQ Pride In Jerusalem
My first Yom Kippur service as a newly converted Jew was delayed by two hours because a pipe bomb was found under the … More
Getting Married
Congratulations to New York State for showing wisdom, acceptance, and leadership in making same-sex marriage legal! Mazeltov to all the couples now … More
Being the Wave
Yesterday my daughter rolled with the waves for hours. They were gentle and lovely, playful whitewater bubbling against smooth sand and stretching into … More
Killing Indians
I grew up “out West” with rodeos, cattle ranches, and working cowboys, some of whom still wore spurs on their boots and knew … More
All about Abel (from Holy Moriah)
A goat. It was a goat. Many were the times that Abel had said to himself that if God was … More
Kids for Peace Camp Day 1
This morning I drove my older daughter to Kids for Peace Camp in New Hampshire. She was met by a … More