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Teamwork

“It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make a helper corresponding to him.” (Genesis 2:18) There is a story in our family repertoire about our younger daughter, who told her...

FAQ: How To Find Your Own Member Profile URL

Here are the steps to take if you want to find your personalized member profile URL.   Login here: https://tiferetjournal.com/wp-login.php Under the "My Account" option that shows at the top of the screen you will choose "Profile" and...

Caught in stereotype

I'm always so grateful to be confronted with my own prejudices in order to weed them out. Last week, as part of a global series I'm doing,  I interviewed a water exec from Saudi...

A Room of Her Own

You can read an essay about my first writing room  when I was a teenager in Ahvaz, Iran,  published in LA Times: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-caw-off-the-shelf10-2009may10,0,2468635.story In case you are interested I will be teaching a fiction-memoir workshop in Assisi, Italy,...

An Etch A Sketch Life

The Etch A Sketch toy was invented in the late 1950s by André Cassagnes. He somehow put together the clinging properties of aluminum powder, along with rigged styluses and came up with one of...