by Barbara Gitenstein | Mar 7, 2024 | Blog
Because it’s Women’s History Month, I have been giving a good bit of thought about the place of women as leaders and agents of change in the current world. My thoughts have not been encouraging.I read Kristin Hannah’s THE WOMEN almost as soon as it was published....
by Barbara Gitenstein | Nov 16, 2023 | Blog
Earlier this week, during a call with a wide range of representatives from the post-secondary education community providing input on a publication for a higher education association, I was struck by a powerful lack of empathy evidenced by some of my colleagues. We...
by Barbara Gitenstein | Oct 13, 2023 | Blog
This is a follow up to the post “Waiting and Hoping.” Today I received an email alerting me to the fact that on Wednesday, October 11, before that day’s production of Nabucco, Peter Gelb came on stage to speak to the audience and “explained...
by Barbara Gitenstein | Oct 9, 2023 | Blog
On October 7, 2023, my husband and I attended a performance of Nabucco at the Metropolitan Opera. Up until time to leave, we had been glued to the television watching reports of the devastating and shocking Hamas attacks on southern Israel and the beginning of the...
by Barbara Gitenstein | Jun 21, 2023 | Blog
On Monday, I received a late night text from my daughter. Someone she dearly loves had been shot in the shoulder. The good news is that he survived, though he is recovering from a shattered rib and a punctured lung.The next morning, I woke up to two competing stories...
