Satire
Anecdotal Evidence
See also, Hashgacha Pratis.
Discourse
Rabbi Chananya said: who is a dumbass? he who walks four cubits without his head...
Conditioning for Pleasure
I’ve been working with a coach on experiencing pleasure. It’s not that I haven’t experienced...
Lost, Not Found
The 80s get a bad rap. For synth music and terrible fashion. Generalized away in...
Lights Out
In 1946, following the holocaust, a highly unusual event occurred, one that involved, for the...
Der Judenstaat – FINAL (3).doc
Hear me out. (No good idea ever started with that, did it?)
What if the entire...
Book Covers
In Judaism, we're taught, everything has the right context.
Some days, you shouldn't eat anything.Other days, you should stuff yourself like a pig.
Some days you shouldn't have sex at all.Other days, sex is a big mitzvah.
Some days, you should be happy.Other days, sad.And others still, you should get so blacked...
I think this one actually best expresses the issue that bothers me the most.
This being a satire website, I couldn't resist satirizing my own book cover, creating a limited edition version of it.
I can never see the words Die at the beginning of a sentence and not think of German. Get your holocausty mind out of the train tracks, it's just because...
Biography
Philosphy
The Cult of the “Tolerant”
For the most part, I identify as left-leaning. In many ways, I am more critical of Israel...
But it Works for Me
I struggled for a long time with the clash between my own values, own way of doing...
On Compassion
It’s hard to be compassionate when you’re afraid. And charedim are afraid of everything. Of God, of...
Fiction
Jerusalem Flakes
The streets were windy.
Dark.
Grey and overbearing.
Little slits carved into limestone to accommodate passerby.
Endless tunnels, where people lived over the street.
Never walking in a straight...
Kiruv
I have alluded to this before in other scathing posts, but it's becoming more and more clear to me, to the point that I almost see it as synonymous.
People generally become religious because they have a fucked up past, and the more religious they become, the more their past was fucked.
Here's my definition of a Ba'al Teshuva: (noun)...
This was a post I wrote in my teens, while I was still very much religious. As you can see, I was still very bothered by the absolutely abysmal quality of literate in the Jewish community.
BS”D
By C. Yackobovitch
Writing Frum novels can be an exciting, creative and rewarding experience. Not to mention the loads of money you can make;...