ArchivesCategory: Essays

19May

They’re seen as heroes and fighters for justice in the Jewish world, when they’re nothing but cowards: they’re the Easy Target Brigade.Continue Reading

09May

The Internet has become a mythical beast, something completely imaginary. It’s time to pop the bubble.Continue Reading

05May

Last week I upset many artists by encouraging them to destroy one piece of their work. In this post, I explain why I don’t regret what I said.Continue Reading

30Apr

The way the world thinks about “change” and “revolution” is wrong, and so are the leaders we’ve chosen. There’s only one real way to change things…Continue Reading

24Apr

Why your success, and your mission, and your life, is beyond statistics.Continue Reading

22Apr

Why our country’s desire to find excuses for murder needs to stop.Continue Reading

16Apr

On the thoughts that run through a parent’s head after a terror attack…Continue Reading

09Apr

There’s a fight the religious need to engage in, but it’s not about legalizing gay marriage. Continue Reading

18Mar

Jew in the City recently published a mega-hit Buzzfeed post that challenged stereotypes about Orthodox Jews. Or did it?Continue Reading

06Mar

A story about how a Chassidicly-inclined Sephardi dude learned to accept that he wasn’t a weirdo.Continue Reading