I was 11 or 12 years old when my school took us to the neighborhood holocaust museum (what, yours doesn’t have one?)
The rabbis warned us that the museum curators might not have the same sensibilities that we enlightened religious people did, and therefore we might encounter some pictures of...
The way I was raised, race, peoplehood, and identity were intertwined with ethics and morals.
In Teachings
It started with Jewish texts and teachings. Muslims were descendants of Ishmael, “a nation who resembled donkeys,” destined to be perpetual shit-disturbers.
Christians were sons of Esau, a bloodthirsty cutthroat who lived by the...
Why must drag our next generation through the dregs of the holocaust?
So that it doesn't happen again? Baloney.
It's happening right now. It could happen again in a heartbeat. And if it happened to anyone else but your own ethnic kin, you'd be a lot less bothered.
So let's...
With the help of AI, I am now able to attend to my true calling of being a children’s storybook author.
This book is about pride.
Jewish pride.
The best kind.
Even More Freidom
Musings on Religion
https://soundcloud.com/shalom-tzvi-shore/with-alex-shandrovsky
Recently, in light of recent events, a friend of mine asked to have a call with me, which...
Chumash as an Instagram Post
I think I was still religious when I made these. The writing was on the wall. Facebook...
Lost, Not Found
The 80s get a bad rap. For synth music and terrible fashion. Generalized away in three syllables,...
Kiruv Oxymorons for the Ages
It took me a long time to realize this, but the kiruv system pulls some really sophisticated...
Chapter #15: Detox
I always transition quickly. Within a week, there was no indication that I was ever religious.
I would...
