Members of the Scribe
You Don’t Have to Be an Addict to Be in Recovery
Thirty years ago I was drawn to a classified ad in the LA Times looking for a Social Worker with an MSW ...
How I Became an Accidental Housewife—and Ignored the Labels
I was sitting on the couch in my tiny apartment, trying to decide between takeout Thai and takeout sushi for ...
Lithuania’s Past and Present
In my last blog post, I recounted the background of Yiddish linguist Dovid Katz, who has been reporting on troubling manifestations of ...
The Shameful Distinction of Lithuania
I first came across the writings of Dovid Katz while researching what happened to my relatives in Lithuania in the ...
What’s New About Hanukkah?
This year Jewish Americans will participate in an extraordinary Hanukkah celebration—they will light the first menorah candle on the evening before Thanksgiving. This ...
Red Love and Betrayed Ideals
The reissuing of my novel about Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, Red Love, as an e-book this month is a joyful moment for me. ...
Memories of Swimming: From B- to A-Meets
Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School (or “JDS” as it was fondly known), the school my three brothers and I ...
Young Jewish Athletes
My brothers and I together attended various Jewish day schools in France, then in Northern Virginia, and in Southern Maryland throughout our ...
The Burden of Silence
I was born in Baltimore in 1954, nine years after the Shoah, one of signature events of the 20th—or any—century. That ...
The Day School Beginnings of a Marathon Runner
Last weekend I ran the ING New York City Marathon, which was an amazing experience—essentially, a 26.2-mile long party celebrating ...