All Posted Writings

Credo: Beyond Tribal Loyalties

“Once you know, once you no longer have the luxury of ignorance, you have to take a stand.”  - Mother, peaceful protester and protagonist of Just Vision’s new film series  Home Front: Portraits from Sheikh Jarrah My thoughts exactly–as reflected in “An … View full post

Beyond Tribal Loyalties: personal stories of Jewish peace activists

I am honored to be a contributor to this wonderful book in which Jewish activists tell their deeply personal stories about how they came to hold the beliefs they do. I was pleased to review it for Mondoweiss (January 14, … View full post

Another Road-a novel

“Another Road” is an unpublished novel in which clashes between love, business and spirituality, technology and Buddhism take place in international locations. View full post

Enzyme@Dinner: a novella

Because I couldn’t stay away from the few characters in Dinner with Enzyme, I wrote a lengthy back story, a novella really, about them. enzyme@dinner by Hazel Kahan This entire story takes place during one evening at Seachange, a San … View full post

Dinner with Enzyme-a screenplay

Dinner with André made such an impression on me that I thought I could do one too.  Dinner with Enzyme is the result.  I wrote it when I was still living in my loft in NYC, working with technology companies on … View full post

Know water–a poem

I hardly ever write poetry but I wrote Know Water after hearing David Rothenberg speak.  He published it on his terrain site–where issues of the natural and built environment are pondered and illuminated. http://www.terrain.org/poetry/6/kahan.htm