A year ago this week, Baha Nababta was killed. I wrote the following post then: One of the best people I’ve met in a very, very long time, a social activist and community organizer from […]
Category: In Memorial
Remembering Esther Rothman, z”l (Yellow Springs News).
My beloved, brilliant, hilarious and kind grandmother, Esther Steinberg Rothman, died last week. I am both really sad, and really grateful for all of the minutes and years I got to spend with her. A number […]
In Memory of Baha Nababta
One of the best people I’ve met in a very, very long time, a social activist and community organizer from the Shuafat Refugee Camp, Baha Nababta, was murdered three days ago by an unknown assailant, while fixing […]
Remembering my hero, teacher and grandfather, Philip Rothman
My grandfather, Philip ‘Flip’ Rothman, died on October 6th, 2014, in his home, a few weeks before his 93rd birthday. My grandfather was a lifelong teacher, a source of wisdom and guidance and ethics to so […]
Remembering Leibel Fein z”l
I have been struggling to find words to address the sadness I’ve felt in the days since learning that Leibel Fein passed away. I have deleted and rewritten and deleted and rewritten. I guess I […]
The Leftern Wall 