Lisa Shatz, at The Blogs

Lisa Shatz

Jun 4, 2026, 11:16 PM

Recently, during a Brookline, Massachusetts Town Meeting debate about commemorating Brookline residents who were killed on September 11, a speaker warned about the dangers of Islamophobia. I agreed with him. After 9/11, many innocent Muslim Americans experienced suspicion, hostility, and...

May 31, 2026, 9:10 AM

Two Lenses Through Which Many View the Gaza War

Recently, I exchanged a series of emails with a fellow Brookline Town Meeting member who is convinced that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Neither of us changed the other's mind. But as the discussion unfolded, I realized that...

May 17, 2026, 1:48 PM

Extraordinary Claims and Unequal Skepticism

Carl Sagan famously observed that “extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.” That principle is especially important when accusations are both highly sensational and politically explosive. History repeatedly shows what can happen when emotionally overwhelming allegations outrun careful evidentiary scrutiny. The past...

About Me

Lisa Shatz is Professor Emerita of Electrical Engineering at Suffolk University in Boston. An alumna of a Bais Yaakov school, she has spent a lifetime engaged in Torah learning and Jewish communal life. She is also a Brookline Town Meeting Member.