Governing Bodies
Amidst the many controversies that the IOC (International Olympic Committee) governing body dealt with leading up to the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics, one that has not garnered as much attention is governing the bodies of transgender athletes. For the first time in Olympic history the IOC has ruled to allow trans-athletes to complete according to […]
Ancestral Legacies
I called the Denver Jungian Institute to see if there was any space left or if it was too late to register for a seminar with a visiting Jungian analyst from Israel. “No, there is room,” was the reply. So the next day I drove to the appointed address, entered the building and followed the […]
The Heart of the Matter
President Obama came to Dallas to help heal the broken hearts of family and friends of the five police officers murdered by a gunman at a Black Lives Matter rally. His opening words of comfort addressed the character of each of the slain policeman, naming them and speaking about them each as men of valor, […]
Pocket Universes
For the past few summers KE has offered a film discussion class based on a common theme. This year’s installment is inspired by the film Room, an emotionally tense and disturbing portrayal of a woman and her son held captive in a shed behind her abductor’s residential home. For the young boy, Room is all […]
Old Friends
Many years back I was in contact with an elementary school classmate who I had not seen in years and suggested to him that we organize a reunion of our 8th grade graduating class, there were 90 of us and it would have marked 30 years. We began to track people down but quickly found […]
Feel the Jewish
He has not asked me to come to his defense. But he is “family,” so I feel obliged to at least speak up. The issue at hand is larger than Sanders, whether that be Bernie or David. It is not about politics. It is about identity, about family, about relationships. I would like to suggest […]
Garment of Faith
Abigail, Aishatu, Amina, Asabe, Awa, Awagana, Blessing, Christiana, Christy, Comfort, Confort, Deborah, Docas, Eli, Esther, Falta, Fatima, Febi, Filo, Gloria, Glory, Godiya, Grace, Hadiza, Halima, Hamsatu, Hana, Hanata, Hanatu, Hasana, Hauwa, Helen, Ihyi, Jinkai, Juliana, Jummai, Kabu, Kauna, Kume, Kummai, Kwadugu, Kwanta, Ladi, Laraba, Liyatu, Lugwa, Lydia, Maifa, Maimuna, Mairama, Margret, Mary, Maryamu, Monica, Muli, […]
Polar Opposites
Perhaps human beings will always need contrasts to appreciate the fullness of life: Light and dark, holy and defiled, life and death. Perhaps that is why we characterize knowing something thoroughly as knowing it “inside out.” The brilliant film Inside Out, which after many watchings I know “inside out”, portrays the inner workings of our […]
Statute of Limitations
“I felt a connection to these people. In an odd way blood calls—their suffering from so long ago called out to me and I felt a needed to do something for them—I just didn’t know what to do.” As Jay Sanchez reports, a lawyer admitted to the bar of New York State, his interest in […]
Prison Break
The greatest prisoner release is about to take place this coming year in the United States. It will exponentially eclipse the number of pardons by any President, including the record setting 248 prisoners that President Obama has either commuted sentences or pardoned from their drug convicted incarcerations. This greatest prisoner release about to take place […]