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India’s Dr. Sara Bhattacharji is talking about the philosophy and principles behind the community health clinic she runs in Vellore, Tamil Nadu and where I visited her in 2009.  Her belief in healthcare as a human right seems to me as radical today as it did then.  I am delighted to share the wonderful Dr. Sara with my […]

Dr. John Soos, is a clinical psychologist who describes himself as a spiritual traveller and social justice advocate. Speaking via Skype from Vancouver, Canada he tells us how his pilgrimages to sacred places led him to Gaza where, he and his mental health colleagues worked with the deeply traumatized people of Gaza. (Produced by Tony Ernst and broadcast […]

Links to North Fork Works programs 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 and to Southold Historical Society to learn about the North Fork’s past and present.   Laura Klahre, scientist, bee farmer, owner of Blossom Meadow Farm and Southold resident, talks about pollination, native bees and their existential importance.  (WPKN, re-broadcast March 2, 2016.  Produced by Tony Ernst.) https://ia601501.us.archive.org/6/items/LauraKlahreNorthForkWorks120716/LauraKlahre-NorthForkWorks-12-07-16.mp3   Lillian Ball, ecological artist, activist and Southold, […]

Richard Falk is Professor Emeritus of International Law and Practice at Princeton University, a prolific writer and, for six years (2008-2014),  Special Rapporteur on Palestine for the United Nations Human Rights Council. In what is conversation more than interview, we talk about the role of the Holocaust in the special US-Israel relationship, Israel’s occupation, and bearing […]

Yusuf’s story is relatively simple: before 1967, Batir was in Jordan. After the Six Day War, it became part of Israel’s occupied territories. Until two years ago, Yusuf was able to move and work between Batir and Israel. Today, Batir is enclosed by the wall and Yusuf has to pass through tunnels and checkpoints to […]

Like tipping, the subject of another early Tidings program, begging creates an unequal relationship between giver and receiver, an unbalanced one-way exchange with the amount of money transferred depending on the generosity and intentions of the donor with the receiver having very little to say. Here’s what I discovered.

Links to North Fork Works programs 2012, 2013 and 2014 and to Southold Historical Society to learn about the North Fork’s past and present.     Dave Dominy lives in Cutchogue and talks about his North Fork life as a recreational hunter, a carpenter and a member of Southold Town Deer Management Task Force.  (Produced by Tony Ernst and re-broadcast on WPKN on January 6, 2016.) https://ia601502.us.archive.org/34/items/DaveDominyNorthForkWorks070115A/DaveDominy-NorthForkWorks-07-01-15-A.mp3 […]

Christopher Bollen does not live and work on the North Fork but you wouldn’t know it from his book Orient, a dark mystery novel set in the hamlet of Orient among intrigue, politics, tension and murders. Cameo appearance by Beth Young. Listen to this North Fork Works program right here.  (Produced by Tony Ernst and broadcast on WPKN on August 12, 2015.)

Jenny Nordberg talks about her just published and most fascinating book The Underground Girls of Kabul: in search of a hidden resistance in Afghanistan. The book tells her discovery of bacha posh, a secret, hidden practice in which parents disguise young daughters as boys, usually until puberty, in a subversive attempt to counteract the oppression […]

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.