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Judith Hertog
Judith Hertog lives with her husband and two children in Vermont, where she teaches writing to college students and inmates. Her writing has appeared in Zone 3, Indiana Review, and Tablet. She is learning to play the accordion, hoping that once she is able to make music, it will be a reliable source of happiness.
The Sun Interview
Defending The Roof Of The World
Jamyang Norbu’s Lifelong Quest For Tibetan Independence
The Chinese empire is fragile, because it is built upon oppression. . . . If the oppression is too great, it may all come apart. If the empire were to break up, I think democracy might be possible in the smaller entities that would remain. . . . This is where Tibetans must keep up the fight and prepare for the long haul. We can prevail if we are able to keep our culture intact.
June 2021
The Sun Interview
Prisoner Of Hope
Cornel West’s Quest For Justice
[Black people have] learned a lot from being invisible, spit on, dishonored, and devalued. One thing we’ve learned is that when you have been terrorized, it is spiritually empty to terrorize others back.
September 2018
The Sun Interview
An Unlikely Friendship
An Israeli And A Palestinian Make The Case For Peace
Do not give up hope. Despite the Holocaust there is now a German ambassador in Israel, and an Israeli ambassador in Berlin. Fortunately the Palestinians didn’t kill 6 million Israelis, and the Israelis didn’t kill 6 million Palestinians. There is hope that we can reconcile, too.
October 2016
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