by Jack Moline | Oct 11, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
It seems that when a Jew declares support for Israel, they must always begin with disclaimers and clarifications. I am a faithful Jew, a rabbi, a Zionist, a progressive, a supporter of Palestinian self-determination. While it bothers me on one level to preempt the...
by Jack Moline | Oct 4, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
Gone are the days when newspapers would run regular columns by humorists. One of those writers was the practitioner of another extinct profession: housewife. Her name was Erma Bombeck. Among my favorite quotations of hers is, “One thing they never tell you about...
by Jack Moline | Sep 13, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
Many years ago, my wife gave me a copy of Einstein’s Dreams by Alan Lightman. I was captivated by the vignettes that Lightman imagined were dreamt by Einstein as he tried to understand the nature of time. If you haven’t read it, get a copy. But I offer two...
by Jack Moline | Sep 6, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
The public library in Wilmette, Illinois, had a small collection of 8mm films available to borrow. Like every other middle-class family in the 1960s, we had a projector on which to watch the growing collection of home movies that featured silent figures waving at the...
by Jack Moline | Jul 20, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
Something we hear a lot of today is the challenge to be on the right side of history. Depending on what you expect that side to be, you are either encouraged or horrified to consider what that challenge means. For me, the most powerful moment in Kander and Ebb’s...
