Monthly Archives: June 2005

Matrix Healing

Posted on June 28, 2005 by

This NY Sun article pointed me to Dr. Raphael Kellman‘s Matrix Healing: Discover Your Greatest Health Potential Through the Power of Kabbalah. I am not particulalry endorsing it as I haven’t read it. I am a bit wary of the … Continue reading →

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Interfaith Encounter Association

Posted on June 27, 2005 by

(Received via email) Friends of IEAA group of supporters of IEA’s work is forming as an official non-profit organization in the United States. Yehuda Stolov and Najiba Sirhan came to the Chicago area last month and presented on IEA’s important … Continue reading →

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Interfaith Peace-Builders

Posted on June 15, 2005 by

(Received this via email) Join a delegation to Palestine and Israel with FOR Interfaith Peace-Builders We are still accepting applications for our July 30 – August 13th delegation to Palestine and Israel. By participating NOW in an FOR Interfaith Peace-Builders … Continue reading →

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Salaam/Shalom/Peace

Posted on June 14, 2005 by

As I learned from the Brattleboro Reformer SIT’s Center for Intercultural Programs is having a weeklong summer program titled as above, to “to further understanding of the relations of countries in the Middle East with each other and with the … Continue reading →

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Bride & Prejudice (India-UK-USA, 2004)

Posted on June 12, 2005 by

On one hand the story of the movie follows closely Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice that I re-read two years ago. At a few points I laughed out loud when the original lines were used. E.g. When Lalita’s father (Elizabeth … Continue reading →

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“The United State Since 1920″ Course Summary

Posted on June 11, 2005 by

I was quite disappointed that I had to take this course again. I already took a 20th century US history course at Cabrillo College, using the same textbook. But that was not accepted at UCSB and I couldn’t even just … Continue reading →

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Richard Polenberg: The Era of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933-1945

Posted on June 10, 2005 by

After providing a short 35 page summary of the 12 years in 6 chapters the other 200 pages are filled with documents. Every single one of them has a one paragraph long introduction placing it in context. This format was … Continue reading →

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Bruce J. Schulman: Lyndon B. Johnson and American Liberalism

Posted on June 9, 2005 by

It looks like a slim volume, but is printed on the kind of paper that can pack a lot in a tome. Thus it ends up being 250 pages. The first two third of the book is written by Schulman … Continue reading →

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William M. Tuttle, Jr.: Race Riot: Chicago in the Red Summer of 1919

Posted on June 8, 2005 by

Scary. How deep racism is. There is more to it of course. The historical context cannot be discarded. The red scare at its height was both generated top-down by politicians and officials, but it also found a fertile ground in … Continue reading →

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Sufism Course Summary

Posted on June 7, 2005 by

It makes such a difference to sit in the front rows of the calls. A friend of mine was taking this same course and was sitting in the back. For him it was boring. Admittedly the 8 AM starting time … Continue reading →

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