Radio

Listen here for Yusuf’s Story broadcast in 2006 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 […]

Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CODEPINK and Global Exchange, discusses her new book Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control, her recent delegation to Pakistan to express solidarity with the Pakistani people and to protest US drone strikes, the numerous legal, moral and practical issues raised by the proliferation of drone technology and how she and her fellow […]

Producer Catherine Komp and anchor Dorian Merina of Free Speech Radio News talk about FSRN’s news gathering and editorial process, its virtual, commuting operations and its worker-run collective organizational structure.  FSRN came into being in 2000 by striking reporters protesting the censorship policies of the Pacifica Network. (Broadcast on WPKN on September 12. 2012)

Nora Kramer, vegan and animal rights activist, Texas coordinator for  Mercy for Animals and founder of YEA camps, talks about her life’s path, her philosophy and practice of activism and her love of sports. (Broadcast on WPKN 89.5 Bridgeport, CT on August 8, 2012)    

You can see earlier (2007-2010) Tidings blog posts here.

Begging: a profession? a misfortune? a job? a scourge? a spiritual practice? an industry? a stain on society? freedom of choice? Like tipping, the subject of my previous post, 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 […]

Because I live on the North Fork of the east end of Long Island and because I wanted to record conversations with my neighbors on this unusual spit of land surrounded by water and woods and vineyards that we share. You can listen here. Listen to North Fork Works on the first Wednesday of each month […]

I ask healthcare professionals what it’s like to be dying and how much we can ever know about that experience.

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.