The Filmmaker
My movies and memories
A Thanksgiving Message
Make this a Thanksgiving celebration where you make new happy memories. Tell stories about not just what you are thankful for, but about people who are no longer with you. Talk about the funny moments you shared or tell a story about what you learned from someone who was very special to you.
The People Have Spoken
To live in a democracy is a profound gift. Our right to vote, to have a voice in who leads our nation, is too precious to be taken lightly or cast aside in frustration.
The Broken Hearted at the Holidays
The High Holy Days are the most important days on the Jewish calendar. They also stand as a time of complex emotions for many of us.
Fond Memories of Camp Coleman
Sixty years ago this summer I got the best summer job I could have ever hoped to have. I became the first program director at Camp Coleman. Read on to see my film of Camp Coleman in the beginning.
Looking to the Future: The Ethical Will of Rabbi Merle E. Singer
It’s a very old tradition in Judaism to write an ethical will. Here’s what I want you to know about what I think is most important in life.
L’Dor V’Dor: Celebrating the Bar Mitzvah of Jacob Singer
It is with great pride that I will be joining in the celebration of my grandson, Jacob Singer’s Bar Mitzvah this weekend. Here is what I want him to know.
You’ve Got to Believe in Magic
Something very important happened in my life when I was eleven years old. I was in fifth grade, and the second youngest child in a large family living in a big house in Duluth, Minnesota.