Robert Israel’s reports on healthcare, the performing arts, politics, travel, religion and business appear in risrael1a.wordpress.com and in several online and print publications, including The Arts Fuse and Harvard University Divinity School Bulletin. His healthcare blog can be found at risrael1b.wordpress.com. He began his writing career for the Providence Phoenix while studying at the University of Rhode Island where he earned his masters degree in English. A recipient of the Hibakusha Award, he reported from Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Tokyo Japan on the lives of atomic bomb survivors for the Montreal Gazette and other newspapers. He can be reached at risrael_97@yahoo.com