Everybody should —in their lifetime consider death, To wonder what it will be like to go to sleep and never wake up. the contemplation of death, and the acceptance of death, is very highly generative of creative life. - Alan Watts
In my hypnotherapy practice,...
Even in this time of crisis, I am incredibly conflicted about the Israeli flag.
I completely support Israel’s right to defend itself. To strike, and strike first, at those who intend to kill Jews. The intentions of those who live in Israel’s own backyard...
The bible, so full of contradictory statements, is a perfect setting for Rorschach tests.
It’s all just spilled ink on the page.
You see what you want to see.
You want airy fairy hippy shit? You got it.
When I left religion, I lost the reason to get out of bed in the morning.
Aish had the only reason, and I left it behind. No longer was I doing God's work. No longer was I saving the Jewish people, keeping the...
I must go now, children. But there is cereal in the pantry and I made a list on the fridge of 613 things I’d like you to keep in mind while I’m gone. I’ll be back in 2,000 years. Feel free to interpret my points as you...
I made a song about a certain someone. No clue if anyone else will like it. But it was good for my healing.
You gotta admit that the metaphor of Noah's ark sinking is a good one though.
Hear me out. (No good idea ever started with that, did it?)
What if the entire Zionist idea was just a first draft for an even more Final Solution?
At the time, Zionism was revolutionary. And it has had its benefits,...
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.
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...
For the most part, I identify as left-leaning. In many ways, I am more critical of Israel than the average Jew.
But I have long been aware of the dangers that far left ideologies pose - the prioritization of minority rights above all else,...
Even More Freidom
Kiruv vs. Orthodoxy: Blue and White Edition
I had more fun making this than I did in a long time. Something about...
Chapter #11: Mitzpeh
Mitzpeh yericho was my only exposure to the National Religious community in Israel.
Torah Tidbit #1: The Fucking Snake
My favorite talmudic anecdote from a gemarah in Shabbat somewhere around daf 134ish.
The Cult of the “Tolerant”
For the most part, I identify as left-leaning. In many ways, I am more critical...
Shit People Teach in the Name of Religion
I recently crowdsourced a list of things people had been told or taught during their...