Daniel Lubetzky

His face is so calm Full of love and tranquility How blessed we are to have warm shelter and peace for him. How hard and how painful for the millions upon millions who lack peace, or water or heat, who may not have bread or milk to give their children. How hard and how painful [...]

War and horror tend to shake us out of complacency, to force us all to confront ugly realities and say what needs to be said, poignantly, once and for all, even if it is not pretty and requires nuance in an otherwise partisan puddle. And so The New York Times writers who have been following [...]

A very neat experiment I read about from my sister… A Violinist in the Metro A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it [...]

If someone had told me that I would enjoy changing diapers I would have thought they have very bad judgment. But one month into being a Dad, it is my favorite activity of the day. My attitude all along was that I’d deal with this chore and do what is minimally necessary.  As I work [...]

Here is a message I got from Mowaffaq Alami from OneVoice Palestine, who co-directs the Gaza office, and who learned of our baby’s birth amidst the beginning of the war in Gaza: Habebi Daniel Mabrook. Thank you Darya for lighting my dark night. You know what Daniel; yesterday I was counting when you informed us [...]

And here is a song by John Lennon that Gil Shamy from OneVoice Israel sent to me celebrating baby Romy’s arrival… Beautiful Boy / John Lennon Close your eyes, Have no fear, The monsters gone, He’s on the run and your daddy’s here, Beautiful, Beautiful, beautiful, Beautiful Boy, Before you go to sleep, Say a [...]

Susan Collin Marks, a dear friend and John Marks’ partner at Search for Common Ground, sent a beautiful note to baby Roman when he was born last December (which also explains why I have not gotten a chance to blog for a while – and may have less in the future also).  It is worth [...]

This may be one of the most entrancingly beautiful compilations I have ever seen: Women in Art (also available here and below):

I just got this book for my wife (eh, well, and for me).  Paul Simon is a real genius.  I strongly recommend this book.

At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves children with learning disabilities, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended. After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he offered a question: ‘When not interfered with by outside influences, everything nature does, is [...]