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Parashat Bo (בֹּא) 5783, Unnecessary Deaths, and Equal Access to Health Care — Inspiring Critical Thinking and Community via Books, Lessons, and Story

This week’s parashah is Bo (“Come!”), the 15th parashah overall, and third portion of Shemot/Exodus.  The last of the plagues, the first Pesach/Passover, and the Exit from Egypt are all in this week’s annual cycle of the portion for this week.   Last year, we asked about Parashat Bo, and when […]

Parashat Bo (בֹּא) 5783, Unnecessary Deaths, and Equal Access to Health Care — Inspiring Critical Thinking and Community via Books, Lessons, and Story

♫ Honky Tonk Women ♫ — Filosofa’s Word

A few days ago when I played Get Off Of My Cloud by the Rolling Stones, this one was mentioned by a couple of you in comments, and I was rather surprised to find that I hadn’t played it here before, but according to my archives, I haven’t (sometimes those archives lie to me, though). […]

♫ Honky Tonk Women ♫ — Filosofa’s Word

Saturday Surprise — Good People Doing Good Things! — Filosofa’s Word

I was pondering what to do for a Saturday Surprise post yesterday evening when I read a story from late December in The Washington Post that warmed my heart.  It’s really a good people story, so I pondered saving it for Wednesday, but … who says we can’t have a second dose of heartwarming at […]

Saturday Surprise — Good People Doing Good Things! — Filosofa’s Word

#art, Amalia Peláez pintora cubana (serie de mujeres artistas) – Amalia Peláez, Cuban Painter (Women Artists Series)

(Foto de fotografo desconocido/Photo by unknown photographer) No conocía mucho de esta mujer que ejerció su arte en Cuba y fue parte de la generación…

#art, Amalia Peláez pintora cubana (serie de mujeres artistas) – Amalia Peláez, Cuban Painter (Women Artists Series)

GENOCIDE: Over 570 Yanomami children under the age of five have died in the past four years from preventable diseases which are directly linked to …

« More than a humanitarian crisis, what I saw in Roraima was a genocide. A premeditated crime against the Yanomami, committed by a government …

GENOCIDE: Over 570 Yanomami children under the age of five have died in the past four years from preventable diseases which are directly linked to …