Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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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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Memoir Preview: The Finger
I’m currently working on a memoir. I’ve really enjoyed writing it so far. I thought I’d share one part that I had a particularly fun time writing.
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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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Steroids and Spirituality
What can baseball teach us about becoming a Beinoni?
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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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Cookies With G-d
In this week’s Friday column, Yerachmiel contemplates the deeper side of cookies, ex-Soviet Jews, and obsession.
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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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