"And the angels came, did you hear them sing? In the shining light of the maternity wing Sayin' 'People, do not be afraid, Love is new! In the Heart of every child Love is born to you.'" -- Kathleen Hannan, "Every Child" It's that awkward time of year again. When store clerks puzzle over … [Read more...]
Archives for 2012
Maccabees, Taliban, and the Real Story of Hanukkah
I wrote this "Hanukkah Q&A" ten years ago for a web course on Judaism. Things have changed a lot since then, in the world and in myself. Back then I didn't identify religiously, as I do today, as a Unitarian Universalist of Jewish heritage. But when I wrote, "there's no holy book, ours or … [Read more...]
Don Quixote, Dulcinea, and Danny Shapiro
"To each his Dulcinea, Though she's naught but flame and air." -- "Man of La Mancha" I've heard it said that everybody ought to read Don Quixote three times in his or her life: in youth, in middle age, and in the ripeness of one's elder years. I've already followed two-thirds of this … [Read more...]
Kennedy Assassination, “NJAAP Bulletin”
Thanksgiving, 1963. The saddest Thanksgiving in recent memory. It fell on November 28, the week after the nation had sobbed together as we saw our handsome, beloved young President Kennedy laid to rest. (Actually, Kennedy wasn't particularly beloved back then. Lots of people detested him. But … [Read more...]
Sadat in Israel – Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind
"We now show uncorrelated targets approaching from the north-northwest ..." --"Close Encounters of the Third Kind" In reality, it was more like the southwest from which the alien craft made its approach. But otherwise, the climactic scene in the Spielberg movie--the one where the UFOs make a … [Read more...]
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