Last November, after Muslim terrorists killed the directors of the Chabad House in Mumbai, India and other Jews, I attended a memorial service for them at Chabad of Stamford, Connecticut. There, I had a unique spiritual experience – and I mean that...

Going through some files, I found this piece I wrote on March 21, 1974, when I was 16 years old. It has more than historical interest. Restlessness As I write this essay, I can look out the window onto the field between the school building and the...

Long Day’s Journey into Another Long Day’s Journey: Blackout 2003 For 24 hours, no hearts were broken in New York City Thursday, August 14, was progressing nicely. I got an excellent year-end review, raising hopes for continuing employment and...

Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, following on Defiance, voices the Jewish musing on revenge against Nazis during and after World War II. Defiance was based on reality; Basterds was a fantasy (which I may see on video, but not at a theater)....