Len Zwelling

I Missed the DePinho Symposium, Did You? By Leonard Zwelling       At about 3 PM on Monday afternoon, October 19, I received an email notifying me that there had been a symposium in praise of the achievements of Dr. DePinho that very day in the Duncan Building. The writer sent me the list of speakers […]

Who Owns MD Anderson? By Leonard Zwelling          Talk about a stupid question! Everyone knows that the State of Texas owns MD Anderson in that MD Anderson is the free-standing cancer center of the UT System and one of two medical divisions of UT in the city of Houston. I do not believe that these

It’s a Damned Shame That It Has Come To This: Holcombe As A Mean Street and Administration as Secret Police in a Game of Faculty Gotcha By Leonard Zwelling          This is going to be a hard one to write because it cuts close to the bone—particularly mine and not my funny bone.          It’s

Three Weddings, No Funeral, But Very Quiet in Yafo By Leonard Zwelling          We are coming to the end of our journey in Israel. The tour of the West Bank, the Golan, Judea and Samaria is behind us as is the conference in Tel Aviv. Endless quantities of hummus have been consumed. When you eat

Restraint Is Hard, Resignation Is Easy By Leonard Zwelling          As we approach the end of another trip to Israel, I am struck that much like the problems facing the US, the ones here seem insurmountable. The cacophony on the ground about what to do with the Palestinians, let alone ISIS, Syria, Iraq, Iran and

The Gap Between What You Are Told And What Really Happens By Leonard Zwelling          Yes, there have been terrorist attacks in Jerusalem and near Tel Aviv (not in it). Yes, some Israelis have lost their lives and others have been injured. Yes, several Palestinians have also been shot. Yes, there is a wariness to

One State, Two State, Red State, Blue State By Leonard Zwelling          The emails are flying in asking whether the BW and I are surviving in the violence-laden Middle East. No violence where we are on the beach in Tel Aviv, but following the news on the various web sites, it does not surprise us

Two Unique Experiments in Democracy: Tea Parties and Walls from Valley Forge to the Valley of Elah By Leonard Zwelling          We are both young countries, the United States and Israel. One is a giant world power, the economic dominator seemingly riding herd over the globe to maintain peace. But it doesn’t even come close

The Hope of Israel and Its Despair All In One Day By Leonard Zwelling          The Max Rayne School-A Hand to Hand School for Bilingual Education in Jerusalem is the real hope of Israel. Started in 1998 the school is K through 12 for children of both Arab and Jewish backgrounds and draws students from

Bumble Bees and Burning Tires: Another Day In and Around the West Bank By Leonard Zwelling          Sde Eliyahu is a kibbutz that dates its origins to 1939, prior to the birth of the state of Israel. It is near the West Bank. It was settled first by German Jews who had the vision to