I’ve been working in emergency preparedness for about eight years now, and writing seriously for the past year and a half. Those worlds seem very separate and different. But they accent each other in unexpected ways sometimes. In my admittedly … Continue reading
I read on Facebook an article someone posted about The Mount of Olives Cemetery being desecrated in Jerusalem. Then I read the vitriolic comments against any and every Muslim everywhere in the world. Both the content of the article, and … Continue reading
I recently saw a very cool version of the Ramayana–the story of Rama and Sita in Hindu myth. It was called Sita Sings the Blues, by an artist called Nina Paley. It’s a short animated movie, and it is interspersed … Continue reading
The world that is emerging around me as I read the news and tackle increasingly challenging socioeconomic and political barriers is far from, and will never be again the world I grew up with or expected. I grew up in a middle-class Jewish immigrant/refugee … Continue reading
I work in emergency preparedness. I spend my career preparing for the worst that could happen, and helping communities prepare. I have a smart wonderful precocious child and a husband who is a medical resident. In this context, I get … Continue reading