I thought I would commemorate it by highlighting an exhibit at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA where they featured Yiddish women writers—poets, novelists, journalists—in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who were mostly ignored because of their gender.

Cloudless blue skies, warm, dry air, green fields and flowers everywhere. That is what I call a perfect Berkshire summer day. I have been enjoying strings of these days, full of concerts, plays and exhibits in museums not to mention walks (we don’t so much do hikes these days) on shady paths with gorgeous views.

Each year, as I and many of my loved ones celebrate the High Holidays, I take time for self-reflection, and the word “regret”—a powerful word—often comes to me. What are my regrets as I look back on the years before?

This past weekend I saw a play and a movie—thought provoking, emotional and sometimes funny—that brought me back to the years I was growing up in the Fifties and Sixties.

There’s a voice in the back of my head, whispering, encouraging, imploring me. It sounds very much like my mother.

My new book, Street Corner Dreams, comes out in November!

Helping immigrants to resettle in the United States

The “How to Make a Life” Audiobook is HERE!

I dream of sharing a coffee or a glass of wine with a friend

The red fox held his gaze.

A new beginning to the year: helping strangers who were lost get home again.

This past Sunday 70 extended family members joined a Zoom call to share information about our ancestors and heritage.

The launch is over. The second printing of the book is being produced and I am immersed in the business of getting the book out there.

My thoughts and reflections on the virtual launch of my novel, “How to Make a Life.”

Each vote is a symbol of everything great about this country.

Why don’t we, who live in the richest country in the world, take care of our people?

Hope in the storm

The trees are bare, but I know that Spring will come.

Privilege changes our experience of even shattering global crises like Corona Virus.

Finding hope in a time of uncertainty and stress.