Like all of us, I have been reeling in the wake of recent events in the political life of our nation. For clarity in the midst of the chaos around us, I often turn to the outstanding blog published… Continue Reading
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, Sarajevo, five minutes before their assassination, 28 June 1914. Photo, Walter Tausch, Wikimedia Commons. I am in London visiting my dear friends Michael and Mary Pat Robertson I planned this trip months… Continue Reading
As we conclude our celebration of Juneteenth 2024, we remember especially Rev. James M. Lawson (September 22, 1928 to June 10, 2024) was perhaps the most important and influential teacher and strategist of Gandhian nonviolence after Mahatma Gandhi… Continue Reading
Martin Luther King, Jr., 26 March 1964. Photo by Marion S. Trikosko, Library of Congress, Wikimedia Commons Had he lived, Dr. King would have been 95 years old today — January 15, 2024. Imagine Dr. King at 95. … Continue Reading
Martin Luther King, Jr., Library of Congress, Creative Commons On December 24, 1967—the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave a prophetic Christmas sermon from the pulpit of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. Delivered more than a half-century… Continue Reading
Jordan River, 1934, American Colony (Jerusalem), Library of Congress From the River 1. Listen to the Muezzin, Eretz Yisrael. O Falastin لسطين The children wail. If I forget Thee O Yerushalayim. Eli, Eli. Mayim Mayim. … Continue Reading
In this time of bloody knives and 2000-pound bombs, this horrible moment of war, trauma and mourning, when terrorists hold hostages and all of Gaza is held in terror, and death is everywhere, words cannot kill. Words are… Continue Reading
הַבְּרָכָ֖ה וְהַקְּלָלָ֑ה וּבָֽחַרְתָּ֙ בַּחַיִּ֔ים לְמַ֥עַן תִּֽחְיֶ֖ה אַתָּ֥ה וְזַרְעֶֽךָ׃ I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day: I have put before you life and death, blessing and curse. Choose life—if you and your offspring would live— Deuteronomy… Continue Reading
Photograph by Jason Francisco A Prayer for the Mothers for Life and Peace Rabbi Tamar Elad Appelbaum and Sheikha Ibtisam Mahameed
Vincent Van Gogh, The Poet’s Garden (detail), photograph by Jason Francisco Today at the University of San Francisco (USF), in the Archbishop Romero room of the University Ministry Offices, I participated in a vigil to share our grief at… Continue Reading
