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.
- 15 June 2026ל׳ בסיוון תשפ״וEssay
AI Is Not the Problem
I use AI all day every day. The leverage it gives me is astounding. The path from ideation to creation to implementation is shorter than it's ever been in my...
- 7 June 2026כ״ב בסיוון תשפ״וPoem
A Flower from the Patch
If I offered you a flower Plucked from the patch Growing between concrete And asphalt No word could hold its petals Or trace its severed stem What passes between lovers...
- 7 June 2026כ״ב בסיוון תשפ״וEssay
Bodily Autonomy and Down Syndrome
I have met men with Down Syndrome who were wise and empathetic, not to mention mostly self-sufficient. I have met men without Down Syndrome who were foolish and self-centered, not...
- 7 June 2026כ״ב בסיוון תשפ״וPoem
-Bellum
"-Bellum: A Meditation on Thanotic Theater" The roar of the modern age Tears across my night sky The mask has fallen The reverberating backdrop of stitched sounds The vibrations painted...
- 7 June 2026כ״ב בסיוון תשפ״וNote
Support All of Us
"The Israelis" "The Palestinians" I looked for two sides I found only one side The side of humanity, life, and love 8 billion human beings and counting, created in the...
- 1 June 2026ט״ז בסיוון תשפ״וNote
Critics and Defenders
Critics of Israel underweight everything good that comes out of this society. Defenders of Israel underweight everything bad. Both groups are convinced of the unassailable rightness and reason of their...
- 22 May 2026ו׳ בסיוון תשפ״וNote
Thick and Thin Intelligence
Working with AI every day really gives you an appreciation for the difference between thick and thin intelligence It's possible to be very fast, very informed, very articulate, but not...
- 16 May 2026כ״ט באייר תשפ״וNote
Sit With That Feeling
If what I write ever makes you mad Sit with that feeling And keep asking yourself why until you understand why I wrote it in the first place My time...
- 15 May 2026כ״ח באייר תשפ״וEssay
You Can Not Own Land
"You can not own land." "Yes I can!" "Prove it." "Uhhhh..." (Americans in particular will not like this politically incorrect post 😀) An object can be made or bought from...
- 15 May 2026כ״ח באייר תשפ״וNote
Ode to Jerusalem
Jerusalem is not just my home of 15 years. It is not just a sprawling city of hundreds of thousands nestled among the Judaean Hills. It is not just a...
- 13 May 2026כ״ו באייר תשפ״וNote
Lincoln and Jefferson Trade Insults
I use AI every day for important things. Sometimes I like to use it for silly things. Some of these really cracked me up. Lincoln: Mr. Jefferson, I hear Virginia...
- 9 May 2026כ״ב באייר תשפ״וNote
Jewish Trinity
Love of Israel is love of humanity is love of Hashem. 3 loves = 1 love It's the Jewish trinity.
- 4 May 2026י״ז באייר תשפ״וNote
R Shim’on ben Yohai
Tonight does not mark the passing of R Shim'on ben Yohai - it marks his celebration. After all the thousands of students of the founding father of the rabbinic movement,...
- 3 May 2026ט״ז באייר תשפ״וNote
Equal Citizenship and Halakhic State
I'm the only person I've ever met who wants both equal citizenship with Palestinians and a halakhic state. 🤷 Right/left politics are banal. 😂
- 2 May 2026ט״ו באייר תשפ״וEssay
Hard Conversations With Soldiers
We need to talk about what too many soldiers in the IDF are doing. But imho our brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, nieces and nephews, cousins and childhood friends,...
- 28 April 2026י״א באייר תשפ״וNote
Don’t Pick a Side
You can say I support genocide and apartheid all you want... You can say I support terrorists and am a naive traitor all you like... But you live in a...
- 28 April 2026י״א באייר תשפ״וEssay
Two Sides to a Flag
This post is definitely politically incorrect but I'll be honest... I have a problem with the 🇵🇸 flag. For me, it represents a history of exclusionary Pan-Arabism and organized violence...
- 27 April 2026י׳ באייר תשפ״וEssay
AI and the Target List
I use ChatGPT and Claude every day. Claude is better than ChatGPT - both are fascinating and powerful tools - but they both have serious, structural limitations. In its current...
- 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...