Essays, notes, poems, and prayers
Writing
Most of this started as a Facebook post and got a second life here. Every piece carries its date in two calendars.
- 21 April 2026ד׳ באייר תשפ״וNote
What a Gift This Home Is
After years decades centuries of being hated as a Jew, there are few things more life-affirming than celebrating the founding of this country together with my fellow Israelis. That we...
- 21 April 2026ד׳ באייר תשפ״וNote
If You Are Struggling, Get Help
I'm sharing the post below anonymously, not just out of respect for the author (though he posted it publicly) but because I believe that he speaks for countless others, from...
- 19 April 2026ב׳ באייר תשפ״וNote
Here Is Bombs
America: Here is Bombs, please use them World: Can we eat them? America: No World: Can we live in them? America: No World: Can we burn them for fuel? America:...
- 19 April 2026ב׳ באייר תשפ״וNote
Communal Self-Determination
As a Maimonidean, as a #Zionist, as a Libertarian Socialist - communal self-determination has a high place in my hierarchy of values. I think it's all the more important here...
- 19 April 2026ב׳ באייר תשפ״וNote
Why Don’t I Become a Rabbi
"If you think you know so much, why don't you become a rabbi?" My sweet brother in Moses, I'm a father of 2 with a full-time job struggling to afford...
- 19 April 2026ב׳ באייר תשפ״וEssay
Perks of Being a Maimonidean
Come To The Dark Side, Luke While I'm still recovering from the flu and am stuck on the couch with all this extra time to examine my life lol, I...
- 18 April 2026א׳ באייר תשפ״וEssay
Solving the Agunah Crisis
The Agunah Crisis Women Chained to Dead Marriages Is Easily Solved We have so many options: - a clause in the kethuba stipulating binding arbitrage (including divorce, if mandated) in...
- 18 April 2026א׳ באייר תשפ״וNote
Image and Autonomy
The divine image and autonomy are intertwined To say one is to say the other That's the foundation of the Torah's legal system
- 18 April 2026א׳ באייר תשפ״וEssay
Yom Haatsmaut Amid Missiles
(long but LIFE AFFIRMING 👍) This week we are supposed to celebrate Yom Haatsmaut. A national day of independence. A celebration of the achievement and the miracle that was the...
- 17 April 2026ל׳ בניסן תשפ״וNote
Radical Far Left Democrat
"Israel will not be bombing Lebanon any longer. They are PROHIBITED from doing so by the USA. Enough is enough." Can you believe this Radical Far Left Democrat has the...
- 17 April 2026ל׳ בניסן תשפ״וNote
Naming the Crimes
It's interesting what people assume. For those few who regularly read what I write 🙂 you'll have noticed that I've been very careful for years not to refer to members...
- 17 April 2026ל׳ בניסן תשפ״וNote
Words Matter
Words matter. I try to choose my words carefully: The IRGC - not Iran. Hezbollah - not Lebanon. Hamas - not Gaza. Criminals - not terrorists. Autonomy - not sovereignty....
- 14 April 2026כ״ז בניסן תשפ״וEssay
Comparing to Nazis
I am not persuaded that Israeli soldiers are Nazis. There is so much that separates your average soldier from an actual Nazi, just as there is so much that differentiates...
- 13 April 2026כ״ו בניסן תשפ״וNote
Hungary Reminder
The people of Hungary have given us a breath of fresh air and reminded us all that This Too Shall Pass. They suffered for over a decade under an incompetent,...
- 12 April 2026כ״ה בניסן תשפ״וNote
Hope on a Sunny Day
I'm hopeful. Yeah I'm watching the clock waiting for the missiles to start coming again - waiting for the big barrage of remaining missiles, recovered missiles, manufactured missiles, while we...
- 11 April 2026כ״ד בניסן תשפ״וEssay
Doña Gracia, Mother of Israel
Went down the rabbit hole today researching alllllll the links in the chain from the expulsion from Spain in 1492 to the establishment of the state of #Israel in 1948....
- 10 April 2026כ״ג בניסן תשפ״וNote
Ask Me About Anything Else
Don't ask me about the ceasefire (it's BS and prepare for the possibility it won't last). Don't ask me about the war (it's BS and prepare for the possibility it...
- 10 April 2026כ״ג בניסן תשפ״וNote
1492 and Modernity
Hot Take 🔥🔥🔥 The event that catalyzed the dawn of modernity in general, and of modern Zionism in particular, was the expulsion of the Jewish people from Spain in 1492.
- 9 April 2026כ״ב בניסן תשפ״וNote
Four Categories of Disagreement
4 Categories of Disagreement with the Orthodox Street (Believe it or not the great rabbis of the past actually got most of the following right imho) A) Issues where the...
- 9 April 2026כ״ב בניסן תשפ״וNote
Two Roads of Love
"Love the Lord your God with your entire mind, personality, and capability" is no small thing, yet crucially, the road of this love is meant to be easy. We are...