What is Possible: A Woman’s Journey from Iran to America

Her daughter wants to keep bouncing on the two big mattresses that lie on the floor, but Azadeh is tired. She’s been up all night. She catches a glimpse of her child’s eyes inviting her to play. She tosses aside her weariness and starts tumbling and laughing with her little girl. It’s a scene repeated […]

In Support of Park51, A Letter from A Rabbi

I will never forget the disheveled, homeless Jewish fellow who sauntered into my synagogue one Saturday morning. As he walked by, some members of the congregation flinched, and I reminded myself to treat him just as I would treat any other guest. We developed a friendship over the next few months. At the end, when […]

The New Yorker: Intolerance

September 20, 2010 / Intolerance / by Lawrence Wright