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How My Wife Taught Me To Love Myself

on January 29, 2019 by Elad Nehorai

How blaming my wife, and her refusal to blame me back, taught me what it means to love someone. Including myself.

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Why Do We Care So Much About The Covington Students?

on January 23, 2019 by Elad Nehorai

It’s not just about politics. Controversies like this reveal a much deeper sickness that is overwhelming Americans.

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There Is Nothing Wrong With Jews Leaving Their Communities

on January 22, 2019 by Elad Nehorai

Why we’ve got “Don’t confuse the Jews with Judaism” all wrong.

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My New Year’s Resolution: An Empowered Writing Experience

on January 14, 2019 by Elad Nehorai

For the last year, I’ve given up my agency as a writer to others. No more.

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Trump Supporters Aren’t Evil. But They Are Responsible.

on July 16, 2018 by Elad Nehorai

Seeing our fellow humans do so much evil in the world has caused many of us to question their goodness. But what if there is a way to explain their goodness without denying the evil they’ve done?

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A King, A Queen, And A World Going Mad

on June 26, 2018 by Elad Nehorai

A story about a kingdom going mad, and the painful choice the leaders had to make. And what this all means in a country where it often seems we are constantly trying to hold onto our sanity.

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Why I Criticize The Orthodox World In My Writing

on April 19, 2018 by Elad Nehorai

“Mentally ill.” “Traitor.” “Liar.” These are the words I have come to get used to hearing about my writing when it critiques my own community. Such attacks no longer concern me. Here’s why.

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The Philosophy Of Selfishness Is Destroying America

on January 31, 2018 by Elad Nehorai

There is an philosophy infecting our country today: that in order to get what we want, someone else must pay a cost. It is this that is at the root of so many of our problems. And it must be combatted before it destroys us.

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Why Do I Care So Much About The #MeToo Movement?

on December 5, 2017 by Elad Nehorai

I’ve always cared a lot about abuse cases, especially in my own community. But as a man who has never been abused, the #MeToo campaign forced me to examine why I cared in the first place.

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What I Learned From Talking To Both Sides Of An Activist-Zionist Conflict

on November 1, 2017 by Elad Nehorai

I started off angry at both sides. But the more I spoke with them, the more complicated the story became.

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The beginning of a beautiful future. I can’t wait.
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May we be lucky enough to be healthy, but supported enough to make it through unhealthy moments. 
Have a beautiful Shabbat. 
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  • OMG so honored by this beautiful drawing by @anshie_art. Love it! And love that @hevria got some love too ❤️ Beautiful!

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  • Love this subtle form of teaching diversity @bcmkids :) love seeing my little girl learning and playing with it.
  • Me in 2007: stepping into the orthodox world. 
Me in 2018: protesting the orthodox world. 
Just as proud of both.
  • When the grandparents take the family to the circus and the parents are for sure the ones having the most fun. #familytime
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Seen in Crown Heights. By the artist who is known for his portraits in the shuk in Jerusalem.

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