Passing on Passover: The Pandemic Edition
On why we’re choosing not to observe Pesach during the COVID-19 crisis.
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.
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.
The Shit That Weighs You Down
I may have started my forties yearning for my father, but I’m ending them leaving him behind.
Fear No (One Else’s) Holiday
If Halloween makes you fear for your Judaism, your problem isn’t Halloween.
The Death and Life of My Planning Career
What do you do when you want to pivot back to what you used to do, that you never thought you’d do again?
E Pluribus Pluribus
When we stop respecting our shared Americanness, we have no respect left for anything else.
Token Branding
The worst thing about inclusion on the left is exclusion on the left. Identity politics doesn’t work when you aim it at each other.
Just Shoot You
I don’t think Trump was an accident. I think we got exactly what we wanted–and deserved.
Living in Un-Trump Tower
Everybody is different, yet everybody is the same. Is the most politically dangerous statement in the world.