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December 3, 2020

056 | Post-Mikvah Slumps, Lame Duck Dumps, and Pandemic Punishment: We enter the darkest months of the year

Things are beyond difficult for millions. A week from tonight, we begin to light the lights to guide us into a better chapter

Conversion Process and Personal Stories 4 min read
November 20, 2020

Rebecca Solnit: On Not Meeting Nazis Halfway

I’m loving this piece by Rebecca Solnit at Literary Hub. Let’s look at violence and the political divide in America right now.

Links 2 min read
August 30, 2020

050 | Rewind: Pesach, Patience, and Seinfeld-Era Memories of Matzah and Maror

Passover is one of the highlights of the Jewish calendar and nearing the home stretch of my Jewish journey to conversion, I was truly looking forward to experiencing it for the first time as an adult. The banter, the torah, the weird foods—the gathering is the biggest thing American Jews do during the year. So naturally Trump ruined it by […]

Conversion Process and Personal Stories 3 min read
July 31, 2020

049 | My Poor Jerusalem: Tisha B’av, Portland, and Grief

This week as I marked my first Tisha B’av as part of the community, booms filled the sky. Smoke filled the air in Portland and beyond, and I thought of all the atrocities that befell Israel over time and how we’re now seeing it again in America.

Conversion Process and Personal Stories 5 min read
July 19, 2020

047 | George Soros Did Not Pay for This Post: QAnon and Deep State-Delusion are Deeply Anti-Semitic, Y’all

The far-right takeover of the mainstream GOP, a call for mass violence, and anti-semitism

Opinining 6 min read

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