Tidings podcast

Observations and interviews from my trip to Lahore in April, 2011 provide some insight into who is educating Pakistan’s children when the state fails to provide this education.

Ray Oldenburg, professor, urban sociologist and expert on the ‘third places’ of our culture talks about what they are, why we need them and what we have lost by not having them.

Jeff Halper, of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD), speaks about the Israel defense industry, its relationship to the United States and its prominence in supplying the world with military hardware and security systems. Dr. Halper spoke to me from New York where he was doing research for his new book about the Israel […]

Interviews with seven people from the United States and Europe talking about the money taboos they learned from their parents–the secrecy and what it protects. Also–my illustrated blog post on this subject.

Julie Salamon, writer and reporter, speaks about her latest book, HOSPITAL: Man, Woman, Birth, Death, Infinity, Plus Red Tape, Bad Behavior, Money, God and Diversity, an intimate and compassionate portrait of Maimonides Hospital in Borough Park, Brooklyn.

Jeff Halper looks at the obstacles President Obama faces from Congress, AIPAC (the Israel lobby) and the military-industrial complex and the role of BDS, the international, Palestinian-initiated movement to impose boycott, divestments and sanctions on Israel.

Tom Damiani,  board member of the North Fork Audubon Society, talks about his life as advocate for birds, especially the local endangered piping plovers and terns.

Bill McKibben, a leading environmentalist, activist, author and leader of 350.org talks about how we have altered planet earth  and what we can do to sustain ourselves on it.

Ayeda Ayed is a Toronto-based Palestinian-Canadian expert on the culture of the Arab-speaking world.  A performer herself, she describes the Palestinian music scene and its most significant women musicians.

Dr. Adel Manna, academic and author, talks about the mounting challenges of being a member of the 20% minority of Palestinian Arabs who are also citizens of Israel.

About Hazel

Born to German Jewish refugee physicians in Lahore (now Pakistan, then British India) Hazel has lived, studied and worked in many places–India, England, Australia, Israel and the United States. She makes her home in the woods of the eastern end of Long Island, New York where she produces the art of leafages, the radio sounds of Tidings and writes about growing up Jewish in Lahore. Read more about Hazel…

About Leafages

"Credo" statement

Leafages by Hazel Kahan are made from real leaves, vines and tendrils interwoven with calligraphy, decorative pen and ink flourishes and imaginary Latin botanical names. Leafages contain a philosophical or inspirational thought, quotation or verse from sages, poets or religious texts. Some leafages are specially created for an individual, a couple or a family with words or leaves reflecting their personal narrative. They are available on the Leafages shop on Etsy although the supply is low right now, all my energies having been absorbed by the book I’ve been writing. Do come back soon when the shop will be full of new leafage abundance or contact me.