My outsider status was hard-won. Earned with my own blood.
I act like a nervous lunatic when I encounter people who upset me in the past. Maybe I should calm down and see them as fodder for an adventure.
There was something different about us, those whose parents came to halachic Judaism later in life -- and I wondered if it was just me who noticed it.
I hesitate to affiliate with any group, but somehow, Jews keep finding and charming me, probably because I'm one of them.
I spent a year with Chabad Hasidim in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. I exulted, starkly disagreed, and considered glorious possibilities—often in the same moment.
I am right about this, but tell me how you'd rank these Asheknazi Jewish foods, from best to worst.
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before.
This is very hard to have to write. But I do feel like I have to. Even though it’s making me physically ill to do so. Even though you already know how the story ends.
My wife and I are celebrating ten years together. But we chose to push off having kids.
There is no magic bullet for making Jewish education universally available and affordable, but prioritizing it for our kids and ourselves is vital for our tradition.
