In honour of Passover and Easter

Reviving PBS' Frontline documentary, "From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians", a four (4) hour long program worth watching this weekend.

Superman

The other night I caught Jewish Americans on PBS, a six-hour long series, of which I only caught three hours worth.

One of the fascinating tidbits that David Grubin includes in this series is the authorship of Superman.

It made me smile to think that Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, two Jewish boys from Cleveland, created Superman as an alter ego.

Although a generation older they could have been any one of dozens of boys I went to elementary or high school with in New York.

And now it seems one of the comics sold for $317,000 at auction--wouldn't they be pleased.

Water, PBS and my own daughter

Today is the day for stars in my personal sky. I just heard from my daughter that she was interviewed and appears in a PBS special on water conservation--unfortunately, not available here in my local area.

A bio-ecologist, she was the Executive Director of one of Pennsylvania's watershed organisations, and undoubtedly the reason for her inclusion. She does not appear in the trailer.