As in, I don’t post much here anymore. My observations on the general state of the world have devolved into quick hits on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. I don’t have […]
Happy birthday, Sala of Sala’s Gift, Sala of Letters to Sala, and real Sala, my mom.
March 5, 2015 by
For those who know her as a character in a book or play, my mother is an idea and an inspiration. For my family and me, she’s our real SALA […]
The fine art of UNFINISHING, or why I still like MOOCs.
December 31, 2013 by
I intend to run for 30 minutes today. But it is hot and I stop at 25. I pick up the latest issue of The Economist, drink deeply of an […]
Before they were victims, they were a family.
October 15, 2013 by
So wrote my daughter Caroline, when she posted this picture. We have had many a serious and sometimes contentious conversation about the unbearable weight of history carried by these pictures, […]
Letter from a Polish reader who is remembering my grandparents today, on the anniversary of the Warsaw uprising.
August 1, 2013 by
I have just read an email sent last night from a Polish reader of SALA’S GIFT and — call me crazy and call me naive — but surely the world […]
Flat Stanley and me, or what I did for love of Hannah #highereducation.
April 23, 2012 by
I carried Flat Stanley around for about a month; he and I had a lot of fun touring Zabars, going to the opera, and hanging out in a meeting of […]
More memories of Prague and Zacler…thanks to Czech TV! #salasgift
March 28, 2012 by
Great line from Czech Radio, “Sala’s Gift: A whole war in a box” #Salasgift
March 17, 2012 by
Met a Czech radio broadcaster in Prague, who posted this about my mother’s letters. Thanks David Vaughan! Sala’s Gift: A Whole War in a Tin Box Went looking for an […]
Could Prague have been more wonderful?
March 9, 2012 by
The publication of SALA’S GIFT in Czech was a cause for celebration; that I was there to celebrate in Prague made it all the more wonderful. I had a wonderful […]
“Letters to Sala” exhibition at Suffolk County Community College opening soon. Jill Vexler and I speaking on November 17@6p.
October 20, 2011 by
“Letters to Sala” exhibit opens November 17 in Selden, New York, at the Suffolk County Community College. Jill Vexler and I will be speaking on November 17@6p. Suffolk Center on […]