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  Marty Levine September 5, 2023 Imagine that your family has lived in the same neighborhood for years.  It is located alongside the homes of some of your relatives...

Marty Levine August 14, 2023 Earlier this summer, The Giving Institute published Giving USA 2023 which is a barometer by which we measure our nation’s philanthropy. Many readers were...

Marty Levine August 10, 2023 My mother was an immigrant. She and my grandmother arrived in New York City after the end of World War II to join her...

Marty Levine July 30, 2023 Here’s a story from three years ago that I took notice of when I read last week’s issue of +972. It is about one...

Carole Levine           July 24, 2023 This is not the first time I have tackled the topic of gerrymandering.  The drawing of electoral districts is a subject that is tangled...

Marty Levine July 24, 2023 I am horrified and sad.  Perhaps grieving is an even more accurate description of my current state. These are my emotions about what is...

Marty Levine July 16, 2023 This is from a recent issue of SALON, “Experts predicted America was racing towards a ‘looming hunger cliff.’ They were right, data shows.” The...

Marty Levine July 5, 2023 I’ve come to increasingly believe that many of us, when confronted with a narrative that conflicts with our understanding of our history, or an...

Carole Levine                       July 1, 2023   It is hard for me to decide if the Supreme Court ended its session this term with a bang or a whimper… perhaps...

  Marty Levine July 2, 2023 In 1948, Martin, a volunteer soldier fighting to establish the State of Israel wrote to his family back in America about his worries....