Careful What You Wish For: Nine Years of Chicago Carless
My ninth blog anniversary arrives with old wishes granted. If only I still wanted them.
The Benefits of Membership
After four years, our membership at the synagogue down the block is expiring for the final time. Here’s why we’re not renewing it.
Mourning and the Rest of the Day
My final link to the person I used to be in Brooklyn is broken, and so is my heart. Camoes, my danger cat, is gone.
B’nei Los Angeles
It’s official. Ryan and I have decided to trade the Second City for the second city. Hooray for Hollywood: we’ll be moving to Los Angeles.
Moses at the Rock of Self-Doubt
Do you believe that you will achieve your dreams? If your answer is No and you’re not there yet, maybe you should rethink your answer.
In Merry Measure
Get out of your head. Raise your eyes to the heavens. Never forget that joy is the baseline, not the finish line. Whether Christmas is coming or just another Wednesday, our job is to love one another every day.
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Maybe Rachel Shteir Was Right
Every Chicagoan has a list in their head of friends and family who left this city to be successful in other places. But does everyone leave willingly, or does Chicago not understand the value of holding on to its own talent?
Turkey Under the Wrong Tent, Part Two
If you left the Thanksgiving table to stand in line at a department store, did you really deserve to be sitting at that table in the first place?
Time to Change
Rabbinical school. Public transit. Jewish legitimacy. And something you’re not expecting. There’s been a lot of rearranging this month. Let’s talk about who I am–and what I’m gonna be.