“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.
Why I Criticize The Orthodox World In My Writing
The Philosophy Of Selfishness Is Destroying America
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.
Why Do I Care So Much About The #MeToo Movement?
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.
What I Learned From Talking To Both Sides Of An Activist-Zionist Conflict
I started off angry at both sides. But the more I spoke with them, the more complicated the story became.
How The Reactions To “One Of Us” Have Exposed Our Poisonous Tribalism
I thought the reaction to the latest documentary about those leaving Hasidic communities, “One of Us,” would be different. I was wrong.
Why Orthodox Jews Marched For Racial Justice
We couldn’t complain in quiet anymore. We had to do what the Torah calls us to do: act.
What The Reactions To The Weinstein Scandal Reveal About Us
How our culture chooses to discuss sexual assault says a lot more about why it happens than specific incidents.
Maybe The Times Didn’t Change. Maybe It Was Me.
Maybe I should have been resisting all along.
I Don’t Care If You’re Not Afraid Of Nazis
Let me walk around with a broken heart in the middle of this beautiful, August summer day. Let me have my moment.
Charlottesville’s Other Jewish Tragedy
The debate swirling in the Jewish world over the blame for Charlottesville is not normal. And it’s one that has affected the Jewish psyche far more than most of us realize.