A New Year’s Challenge: Connecting While Disagreeing
What resolution can we make as we begin 2015 that would have the greatest impact on our personal and public … Continue Reading
Peace
Defending Yourself Against Life Is No Way to Live
How best to keep yourself on the path to maximum success and happiness? Or, at the very least, avoid finding … Continue Reading
This Little Light of Mine
I love the holiday season. Whether in the subway, on the streets, or even at airport security, people are gentler … Continue Reading
How Open Are You to New Points of View?
Here is my viral video of the week: Will the Real Black Americans Please Stand Up, by Charles R. Patrick … Continue Reading
Lincoln’s Words of Wisdom on Bridging Our Divides
We have come to learn over the past few years that elections, as critical as they are, do not ensure … Continue Reading
You Left Your Daughter Where?!
I just returned from a week in Israel. And yeah, that means that I was there during the war with … Continue Reading
This Is Real Courage
I recently wrote about Palestinian professor Mohammed Dajani’s visit to Auschwitz with 27 of his students. On Holocaust Memorial Day … Continue Reading
Imagining the Other Side – Learning from a Palestinian Field Trip to Auschwitz
Whatever political views we have on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, it is pretty clear that conventional diplomacy has resulted in all … Continue Reading
10 Pieces of Wisdom from Desmond Tutu on his Birthday
Today – October 7 – is Nobel Peace Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s 82nd birthday.? I have the honor of serving … Continue Reading
When You Look at His Face, What Do You See?
This face could change our world and shape history.? Whether that happens or not, depends not only on him, but … Continue Reading