Satire
Love Thy Neighbor and All That Jazz
Remember to love thy neighbor, especially if they are not Jewish/religious and are showing...
Lights Out
In 1946, following the holocaust, a highly unusual event occurred, one that involved, for the...
Bliss
It's been a while. Can you tell I'm angry?
I guess this one has been too...
Kiruv vs. Orthodoxy: Blue and White Edition
I had more fun making this than I did in a long time. Something about...
No Rest for the Wicked
The bible, so full of contradictory statements, is a perfect setting for Rorschach tests.
It’s all...
Kiruv Oxymorons for the Ages
It took me a long time to realize this, but the kiruv system pulls some...
Book Covers
This one is a kiruv special, not aimed at Judaism as a whole.
"Did you know the Matrix is a metaphor?That Groundhogs Day teaches us a valuable lesson?That the lead singer for Maroon 5 is Jewish? (and hawt, mmm!)What Gossip Girl can teach you about having a great Jewish marriage!
If...
Judaism teaches that our interpersonal relationships are just a key to relating to God, especially our romantic ones. So, capitalizing on the bestselling book that opened people’s eyes to the fact that not all people are exactly the same, here’s our appropriation of this pop psychology masterpiece.
The first...
A precursor of things to come...
Biography
Philosphy
Parenting 101
I must go now, children. But there is cereal in the pantry and I made a list...
There is no God, Only Bigger and Better Questions
In the beginning, man created God. And he thought it would provide him some answers. But bigger...
Fiction
A Life of Service
Avreml Zingelwald kicks off his shoes and jumps into the freshly dug grave. He’s done this a thousand times before. It’s his job.
Yankel Vozserzach...
Kiruv
One of my biggest struggles, even when I was still religious, was with the realization that as a person I had grown way more from therapy and self-help books than from any amount of “Torah wisdom”.
This was unacceptable to me. I didn’t want it to be this way. Torah was wisdom for living, I was taught. It was God’s...
Around two years ago, one of my siblings was struck in a hit and run accident.
They spent a day in the hospital before any of us family members even found out about it.
When we did, there were a few panicked hours as we tried to figure out what had happened to them, how they were doing, and...