When the Rabbi Shows You Their Backside, Show Yourself Out
When the synagogue Membership Director asked why we were leaving, I felt bad giving an honest response. But I should have.
If Not Now, Later Is Okay Too
Two months since the October 7th massacre, many Jews feel torn between a need for self-care and urgings by some to continue the work of social justice.
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.
Off with the Show
I will never understand why Reform synagogues can become so aggressively ambivalent about leading their congregations into Shabbat.
My Rabbi and Katharine Hepburn
A mensch simply being themselves is perhaps the greatest Jewish lesson of all.
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.
Fear No (One Else’s) Holiday
If Halloween makes you fear for your Judaism, your problem isn’t Halloween.
Please Don’t “Shalom” Your Supermarket Jew
I love being stalked by strangers eager to say hi to me in a foreign language because of my religion. Said no one, anywhere, ever.
The Casual Bigotry of Facebook Messenger
Or, why is there a Christian Easter egg in the user interface of this Jew’s Facebook Messenger app this weekend?
The Point of Life Is Each Other
The same people who doubt their stories have meaning are often the people whose stories help heal the world.