All posts by Andrea Schneider

Elayne Greenberg

It is with incredible sadness that I am announcing the passing of our dear DR colleague Elayne Greenberg on Friday.  Here is the letter that went out to St John’s faculty yesterday: Colleagues, I am sad to share the news that our colleague Elayne Greenberg passed away last night. Elayne’s son, Carey Alexander (who graduated … Continue reading Elayne Greenberg

Israel Reflections 2024–Day Three–Meeting with Freed Hostage Liat Atzili

After a very long day at sites of destruction, we were so blessed to have time with freed hostage Liat Atzili.  Liat was kidnapped by Hamas and returned after 54 days in one of the exchanges last fall.  Liat had already written quite beautifully about her experience for the New York Times in February in … Continue reading Israel Reflections 2024–Day Three–Meeting with Freed Hostage Liat Atzili

Israel Reflections 2024–Day Three–Kibbutz Be’eri/Honoring Vivian Silver

Lovely to see so many colleagues this past weekend at the ABA!  And back to reporting from last month’s trip to Israel: We had started day three by visiting Kibbutz Urim with Julia Chaitin, which miraculously escaped harm from Hamas.  We stopped in the middle of the day at Kibbutz Nirim, where we visited with … Continue reading Israel Reflections 2024–Day Three–Kibbutz Be’eri/Honoring Vivian Silver