Yehoshua was a Jew

How one word created a fractured world

I love languages.

I teach languages.

But languages divide as well as unite.

And language misused has brought interminable war to our world.

If I call Shlomo by the name Solomon or Suleiman or if I call Moshe by the name Moses or Musa I am doing more than translating a word. I am making a choice. A choice that has huge ramifications for peace in the world. …