Totalitarianism

Refugees…Suffering…How do I respond to the daily diet of words and pictures from, the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Europe, Russia and the Americas? Hannah Arendt, Philosopher, a refugee herself, wrote The Origins of Totalitarianism in 1951. “How could...

Costly Grace

  Church & Politics: Just downloaded the Kindle version of Costly Grace, by Rob Schenck, who played a pivotal role in forging the alliance between evangelicals & the Republican party. He “is now a voice for ethical reform in evangelicalism &...

Stolperstein Verlegung in Koblenz: May 8, 2018

My heart-felt thanks to all of you who have come to witness the laying of Stolpersteine for my three aunts.  Perhaps the year was 1937. I would have been five years old when I walked through the front door of the grand house that stood here at Markenbildchenweg 30. I...

A Danger and a Threat to Society in Any Era

Josef Pieper, a German philosopher, 1904-1997, wrote this essay in 1974. His life spanned WW1, the turbulent 1920’s and the Nazi years. Abuse of Language – Abuse of Power begins with antiquity and the Sophists, experts in the art of twisting words. He...

Thinking About Holocaust Memorial Day…

Thinking about International Holocaust Memorial Day, January 27. Reading the new book, I found at Heathrow airport, the Latest research – answering My questions: Why? How? Thumbing through recently Discovered forms for Jews to List their assets And finding my...

A Jew in a Lutheran School

Sometimes Reading the FB feed Leaves me with sadness And then …I see an invitation Posted by Petra our friend, From Gemünd. ‘A reunion of former students of The Evangelische Schule will Take place on Saturday 9 September.’ The program: Sharing...