Love through good and bad
Gloria Levi’s recently published creative memoir The Hotelkeeper’s Daughter is a tribute…
One is never too old to learn
I had the privilege of seeing Mark Leiren-Young’s play Bar Mitzvah Boy…
Playing against hatred
A basketball game may not be able to bring about world peace,…
We are inheritors of history
When Toronto poet Simon Constam emailed me with a request to read…
Serious play with language
I always look forward to reading whatever Adeena Karasick writes, even though…
Continuing Chelm tradition
It’s been eight years or so since I reviewed Mark Binder’s The…
A life-changing meeting
A Visit to Moscow is a beautifully illustrated and haunting graphic novel.…
Into belly of the beast
Danny Danon, former Israeli envoy to the United Nations. (photo from IGPO…
Decadent cocoa brownies
Cocoa powder brownies by Christi Johnstone of lovefromtheoven.com. (photo from lovefromtheoven.com) And…
A new family tradition
(photo by Mark Binder) Rachel Cohen stared at the full box of…
