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
Browsing Category Personal
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Maybe The Times Didn’t Change. Maybe It Was Me.
Maybe I should have been resisting all along.
The Racist Barbershop
How a haircut in St. Louis turned into a lesson in the mechanics of bigotry.