In 1967, Israel defeated the joint armies of Egypt, Jordan and Syria in six days, despite the fact that the Arabs had been supplied and trained by elite military units of England and The Soviet Union. Air-to-air communication in the Egyptian and Syrian war planes was actually conducted in Russian. After the war, Defense Minister Moshe Dayan was inundated by interviewers the world over asking him to explain how Israel was able to achieve such a miraculous victory. Unable or un

I had the distinct pleasure to talk to host T Love of Energy Awareness Radio the other day and was enthused by the response from the audience and T Love herself, which you can hear right here. She also kindly reviewed Bashert after our interview, which I've shared below. I'm touched by her lovely words. "I could not put this book down. I burned dinner, walked slower on my treadmill as I read, and totally blew off a conference call because I was so consumed by the honest, blis

Watering my flowers this morning, I heard a single perfect rose singing to me. It was a song by Amanda McBroom made famous by Bette Midler and Wynona Judd. Marion and I sang on our balcony, she on ukulele and me on guitar.

I recently read an article in the New York Times that was wildly popular in 2016 called “Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person.” The author, philosopher and author Alain de Botton, recently spoke with host Krista Tippett on her NPR radio program, On Being. While de Botton has many interesting things to say, I must state that I don’t agree with him. My problem with the article is that it takes a sociological, reasonable, practical approach to finding one's partner, which is not

In honor of International Women's Day and A Day Without a Woman, I'd like to share this beautiful poem by Lisel Mueller. The Laughter of Women The laughter of women sets fire to the Halls of Injustice and the false evidence burns to a beautiful white lightness It rattles the Chambers of Congress and forces the windows wide open so the fatuous speeches can fly out The laughter of women wipes the mist from the spectacles of the old; it infects them with a happy flu

…or to never have loved at all? Anyone who has read my novel, Bashert, knows that the answer is an unequivocal YES. If there is a single theme in the novel, it is that finding our soulmate is what elevates life and enables us to be the most we can be during our sojourn here on earth. But…inherent in the relationship of two people who love and aspire to bring joy and meaning into each other’s lives, is the reality that just as we emerge from different wombs at different times,