Women in War, the Classroom and the President’s Office
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....
Retrieving the Sparks
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...
My Daughter was Right
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 that to honor the memory of...
Waiting and Hoping
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...
Beyond Thoughts and Prayers
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...
Knowing the Enterprise
On May 23, 2023 Jennifer Rubin wrote a pointed opinion piece in the Washington Post in part advocating for a change in leadership at CNN (https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/23/cnn-chief-christiane-amanpour/). She had heard a critique by Christiane...
Montgomery Independent Article on My return to Beth-Or
https://www.montgomeryindependent.com/news/alabama-author-reads-from-her-memoir-at-montgomery-temple-beth-or/article_81975e9e-b09f-11ed-b257-e31cb6548bc9.html
Returning to Beth-Or, my first synagogue
For Immediate ReleaseLongstanding member of Temple Beth Or, R. Barbara Gitenstein, returns to read from her MemoirExperience is the Angled Road: Memoir of an Academic New York, NY (February 8, 2022)– R. Barbara (Bobby) Gitenstein announced she will return to her...
Article in Southern Jewish Life Magazine
https://sjlmag.com/2022/12/06/gitenstein-finding-her-way-from-florala/
Press Release for December 13, 2022, 92nd Street Y, Book Event (virtual)
Experience is the Angled Road: Memoir of an Academic December pick by the 92NY Jewish Literature Book Club. After a reading by the author, R. Barbara Gitenstein, Lindsey Benjamin, host of the Book Club will lead a Q and A. Topics in the Q and A include: Facing...
