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During my initial moments in the Auschwitz I camp, I felt confronted by the alterity of the past. As I retraced the steps of Lanzmann’s movie camera around the gas chamber and the crematorium, the words of Filip Müller echoing in … Continue reading →

My phone murmured at 4:30 a.m. I stirred and rolled onto my back, scrolling with an index finger for any Sunday evening messages and pings from the United States. With as much surgical care as a hostel bunkroom allows, I … Continue reading →

At the end of my week-long reprieve in Hyères, Claude Lanzmann unexpectedly passed away on Thursday, July 5th, some five-hundred miles to the north in Paris. He was 92 years-old. The cause of his death is unclear; Gallimard, his publisher, … Continue reading →

A disappearing latte and free WiFi at Glonojad Greetings from Kraków. I’m writing from one of the many vegetarian restaurants that became my unwinding space during two weeks of travel around Poland. The physical journey into Shoah is complete for … Continue reading →

  In the early morning of Saturday, June 16th, I boarded a flight from Geneva, Switzerland to Krakow, Poland having recently spent two weeks visiting family. The plane soared over the Alps before eventually touching down in the Polish countryside. … Continue reading →

The voice spoke during a predawn meditation in Southern California.  Its statement brief, scarcely five words,  A calm, self-assured observation,  Arising matter-of-factly in a reflective stream,  Like a small wave lapping at the edge of my consciousness, Then dissolving into … Continue reading →