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Elad Nehorai is the creator of Hevria. He also is the writer behind Pop Chassid. His writing has appeared in the Guardian, the Huffington Post, and more.
The Indiegogo campaign is over and Elad reveals just how much crowdfunding sucks, but also how miraculous it is when it reveals the beauty of a community.
Today marks a year since Hevria launched. Elad waxes poetic over what the last year has brought and what's to come.
There are a group of people determined to get every Jew to move to Israel. Here's why I'll never listen to them, and why I'm committed to staying in the US for the rest of my life. #longread
Hevria reached its Indiegogo goal in less than 5 days. That means we have the opportunity to do even more amazing things. Here's our plan.
Today Hevria officially launches our Indiegogo campaign. But the story of how we arrived here begins much earlier, years ago.
I had never heard about Faigy Mayer until today. But her suicide brought me hurtling back into what these days are supposed to be about, and a community we often ignore.
We blame authority for the problems in society. Or we blame others for not listening to authority. But we aren't looking where it matters: ourselves.
On the magical life a baal teshuva leads, and why they need to not forget the value of their old ones. And why, often, they need to go back.
I'm at a posh, fancy conference for cool Jews who do cool things and I can't get my eye to stop twitching. Why? Because I'm scared out of my mind.
They keep telling us that we're nonconformists, rebels, against the system. We're not. All we want is to conform.
