Mike Doyle

Life

And Not Another Shit Was Given That Day

The difference between me and a native Chicagoan? I always say what others only dare to think.

Judaism

Hebreo Rizado

Sometimes when you're 'Jewish and' you just have to lead with the 'and.' I'm a Hispanic Jew who's taking off his kippah.

Family

The Shit That Weighs You Down

I may have started my forties yearning for my father, but I'm ending them leaving him behind.

Disney Parks

When Bad Things Happen at Walt Disney World

Oh, the ass-hattery of people jealous that for a few days your family's at Walt Disney World and theirs isn't.

Disney Parks

The Racism of Coronado Springs

At the newly "reimagined" Coronado Springs Resort, Disney took a a resort themed to ancient Mexican cultural motifs and implanted on top of it a giant tower themed to conquering Spain. Colonialism much?

Judaism

Off with the Show

I will never understand why Reform synagogues can become so aggressively ambivalent about leading their congregations into Shabbat.

Judaism

My Rabbi and Katharine Hepburn

A mensch simply being themselves is perhaps the greatest Jewish lesson of all.

Judaism

Passover from the Archives 2018

A new roundup of my Passover lessons since the beginning of my Jewish journey, from marching myself like a fool straight into Egypt--to finding the courage to finally leave it behind.

Food and Drink

Why New Yorkers Don't Understand Chicago Pizza

New Yorkers always seem to completely misunderstand Chicago pizza. There's a reason for that.

My Conversion Journey

Seven Years After Converting, How's It Going?

Recently, I was asked how my Jew-by-choice life was going now seven years since I converted. That's a great question. Here's my answer.

Judaism

The Anger and Emanuel

How do you apologize to an entire synagogue? With love. On Emanuel Congregation and the teshuvah I've owed for a long, long time.

Elsewhere

Some Like It (Alarmingly) Hot

Does anyone really like obnoxiously hot, humid Central Florida summer weather? Yes. Me.