Category: Personal
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Baal Teshuvas And The “Happy Ending” Myth
What happens when a generation of Disney-consuming, wide-eyed, baal teshuvas enter the religious world?
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The Shallowness Of Logic
We live in a society that exults logic. But is that the best way to live?
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Why do some people attack Chabad?
Why are some Jews so obsessed with attacking their brothers?
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2012 In Retrospect (Part 2): The Most Significant Blog Posts Of The Year
The most significant Pop Chassid blog posts of 2012 and the untold stories behind them.
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2012 In Retrospect (Part 1): The Day Pop Chassid Was Saved
Part 1 of 2 of a look back at 2012, when Pop Chassid really started to take off.
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Who Is A School Shooter?
How Dylan Klebold can give us a window into the motives behind other school shooters like Adam Lanza, the shooter at Sandy Hook.
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Eric Harris, Adam Lanza, And Evil
What can Eric Harris teach us about Sandy Hook, school shootings, and the larger questions that such tragedies force us to ask?
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How Columbine Can Help Us Understand Sandy Hook: An Introduction
The introduction to a multi-part series using Columbine as a window into the world of school shootings.
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It’s A Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad World
On learning to accept my inner pessimist.
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Looking For Answers After School Shootings
A few days ago, a man walked into a school and killed 20 kids and a few adults. No one knows why it happened, but few are waiting to find out.