We were brought up on stories about the beautiful people. The better people. The people who rule over us.
No more.
No More Worshipping The Beautiful People
Posts Published by Elad Nehorai
The Non-Jews Are Using Us Again
How the tendency to see Jews as political abstractions instead of living, breathing people has been leveraged by the right to manipulate discourse.
How My Wife Taught Me To Love Myself
How blaming my wife, and her refusal to blame me back, taught me what it means to love someone. Including myself.
Why Do We Care So Much About The Covington Students?
It’s not just about politics. Controversies like this reveal a much deeper sickness that is overwhelming Americans.
There Is Nothing Wrong With Jews Leaving Their Communities
Why we’ve got “Don’t confuse the Jews with Judaism” all wrong.
My New Year’s Resolution: An Empowered Writing Experience
For the last year, I’ve given up my agency as a writer to others. No more.
Trump Supporters Aren’t Evil. But They Are Responsible.
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?
A King, A Queen, And A World Going Mad
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.
Why I Criticize The Orthodox World In My Writing
“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.
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.