Michele Lowy
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Ways of Seeing: Learning from Holocaust survivors
Life is challenging right now. And I don’t mean just the price of eggs. Every day the news is filled with stories we never thought could happen outside…
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Ways of Seeing: My way of keeping ‘Kosher’
My parents grew up in kosher homes, but didn’t continue that when I was growing up. I thought the kosher rules were silly, though I would never have…
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Ways of Seeing: Cultivating fixes for local problems
When I look at the world it’s easy to feel heartbroken and paralyzed at the chaos. Granted, I’m a born pessimist, but I’m sure many of you share…
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Letter to the editor: Editorial got facts incorrect
In answer to the editorial, “Pull the Plug on Israel, Joe:”
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Letter to the editor: Another view on Gaza conflict
As a Jew and a lifelong Zionist (meaning that I believe the Jewish people have a right to a state of their own) I want to present a…
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Ways of Seeing: Ukraine still needs our attention
Both Oksana, who is in her twenties, and I, in my late sixties, grew up in Hashomer Hatzair, a worldwide Jewish socialist youth movement which began in Poland…
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Letter to the editor: Staffing trend at schools raises many concerns
I cheered when I read Donna Fournier’s letter in the Addison Independent. And I’m sure that my cheer was echoed by many teachers and former teachers in the Mount Abraham…