Members of the Scribe
Debating the Term “Concentration Camp”
In my blog posts this week I have written about the Kodachrome slides that Bill Manbo took while imprisoned with ...
Making It Human
The question that I am exploring in this series of blog posts is what a “concentration camp” looks like. In ...
Behind Barbed Wire
My new book Colors of Confinement presents dozens of stunning Kodachrome photographs of everyday life inside the barbed wire confines ...
What Does a Concentration Camp Look Like?
What does a concentration camp look like?Does it look like this?(Set aside for a moment the fact that it’s a ...
The Genesis of “The Jewish Furrier” in “The Prince of Tides”
Carol Conroy was browsing the poetry section when my parents Sigmund and Frances walked in. They were visiting with me ...
Higher Education: A Revelation and a Jewish Perspective
I know Jewish doctors and lawyers who are sending their children to state universities and tell me they are ‘great’ ...
From Stanislawow to Beach Music
My parents left the United States in 1973 to retire in Bat Yam, Israel, the country in which they met ...
Arbitrary Judaism
We grew up with my mother’s special brand of religion: Eccentric Judaism. My two older brothers and I were allowed ...
Shades of Privilege and Deprivation
People would often underestimate me if they knew that my parents hadn’t taken good care of me, so I used to be ...
Academic Freedom Is Wasted on Academics
Sometimes when I’m congratulated for writing well, the praise comes with a sense of theft, as if someone like me ...