The Words Matter

And yet, readers are going to interpret what we write for their own purposes.

I normally write once a week so as not to inundate your inboxes, but yesterday, after my essay published about my recent volunteering trip to Israel, I got an email from a reader. A white, privileged woman from a liberal locale, who works in a community of supposedly open-minded people.

I’m paraphrasing what she said, to make it less attacking and aggres…