Mourner’s Kaddish in the Time of Plague
In the early hours of March 19, 2020, my 95-year-old father Albert Zimbler died (not from the virus). Originally I…
COVID-19 Preparations: Make Sure Your Advance Healthcare Directive Is Current
While it is the fervent hope of individuals, families, governments and countries that you won’t become so ill with COVID-19…
Author Joylene Butler Offers Me a Soapbox for My Top-of-Mind Concerns
For several years I wrote a monthly guest post for author Joylene Butler’s website about book marketing and other related…
Belgium and Anti-Semitism
Several years ago at an international coding conference held at UCLA I asked two young men where they were from….
Thirty Years Ago Stasi HQ Stormed
January 15, 2020, from DW.com: “Stasi HQ storming: German president praises ‘democratic act’” German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Wednesday marked the…