Though I love my faith I have often shied away from publicly sharing my beliefs, even in religious settings. Perhaps some of it is due to the current tendency to discredit the intellect of religious people secular society; however, I have also shied away from it in Jewish settings. The…

To Jews at Every Point along the Religious and Political Spectrum You know in those movies when the child stays out late and doesn’t tell their parents — or the parents are supposed to be out of town but come back early and are terrified to find their child is missing— and when the kid returns there is yelling and tears…

I’m too upset to be eloquent so let me get to the point: If you don’t like us, leave us the fuck alone. Most if not all acts of hatred are executed by people who have gone out of their way to interact with people they do not care for…

I go to Equinox. I think of it as a White People Gym™. Is that fair? Well, this is the first ad I ever remember seeing for them. What exactly are we committing to? An aryan cult? Washboard abs? Both? Unclear. To their credit, I once responded to a survey…

I used to only read fiction. I found it enjoyable. I like a good story. Also, I also wanted to be “cultured.” I read the contemporary age appropriate crazes of my time and I also sought out great literary classics. …

Melding Blackness and Judaism — This afternoon I was enjoying a leisurely walk when I passed an elementary school during recess. My step slowed and my smile grew as I watched uniformed black children enjoying games of tag and soccer as they ran beneath an American flag and around a handsome stone school constructed in…

On Being a Witness and Other Acts of Community Responsibility — Anger. It’s one of the emotions that I am least familiar with but tonight it played a prominent role in my life. I experienced it but more influential I witnessed it. I was in an unfamiliar area and relatively unpopulated part of town. My friend accompanied me to the bus…

Nah. — When strangers see me for the first time I will grant them that it is logical to assume that I’m Christian. But it still bothers me. This is not a diatribe against Christians, quick assumptions or stereotypes—this is an open letter criticising the lack of deliberate consideration of major factors…