Personal Essays

The Antisemitic Fight Against Antisemitism

A Passover plea to let Jewish people define our own values

Apr 13 •

It Should Always Be This Fun

Preserving the ubiquitous joy of Opening Day

Apr 2 •

Dissenting Into Madness

On political commentary in the age of Trump

Jan 20 •

When Auld Acquaintance Is Forgot

My 2024 in review, through a lens of credibility and compassion

Dec 31, 2024 •

Why I Voted for Kamala Harris

Reflections on a necessary compromise

Oct 30, 2024 •

I Am Not Joe Biden's Token

On Biden's cynical weaponization of Jewish identity

May 9, 2024 •

A Marshmallow Twist on the Seder Plate

Celebrating Passover in the shadow of Gaza

Apr 18, 2024 •

Over the Rainbow

A tribute to Joanne Lewis (1933-2024)

Feb 23, 2024 •

Should Recent Acquaintance Be Forgot?

Substack's embrace of Nazis supersedes my year-in-review post

Dec 29, 2023 •

Dear Well-Meaning Gentiles

On anti-Semitism and the meaning of allyship

Nov 3, 2023 •

On Jewish identity and the destruction of Gaza

Oct 17, 2023 •

My World's on Fire. How About Yours?

On getting older while the planet burns

Jul 27, 2023 •

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