When I was accepted as a Wexner/Davidson Fellow as part of my doctoral work in 2009, a friend of mine, who had just finished her time in the Fellowship said to me, “The Wexner experience is going to change your life!”. The truth is that I didn’t believe her – but she turned out to…
Out of the Depths – Rabbi Israel Meir Lau
As this book came out some time ago, and was very widely read at the time, it may be that many of you have read Out of the Depths, Rabbi Israel Meir Lau’s biography. I finally picked it up over the summer when I saw it at a bookstore. I read the first third, about…
Amos Elon- The Israelis
The Israelis: Fathers and Sons, by Amos Elon, is one of those books that I felt I should have read, but never did. I recently came across the book on someone else’s bookshelf, and knew it was perfect for my summer reading. The Israelis, written in 1971, begins by describing the post 1967 sense of…
Does the World Need Another Blog?
No, probably not. And yet… I’ve started one. Why? When I was young, probably between the ages of 16 and 23 I used to write a lot of letters. This was especially true when I was in Israel and there were those aerograms that you could fold up and put in the mail. But then…