Religion & Beliefs

The Secret: What I Learned

The Secret is no secret. Everyone—including my most intellectual, pop-culture-deprived friends submerged in academia—has heard…

Learn Some Trope, Make Some Cash

I went to a Jewish day school, (this one, specifically) and in third grade we…

You Can Pick Your Friends…

Over the last few years, I’ve become involved with several listservs that have really changed…

Jews for Jesus?

There’s an interesting piece over at Nextbook, about Sholem Asch, the Jewish writer best known…

Blogging the Cleanse #3: Dukkha Day

Well, today was harder. Dukkha day, they'd call it on a meditation retreat; the "day…

What To Expect When You’re Not Expecting

Yesterday in my fiction workshop we talked about a story I wrote in which a…

“Jewish American Heritage Month” Kinda Bugs Me

Did you know that we’re about to enter Jewish American Heritage Month?  I didn’t! Which…

Blogging the Cleanse #2: Just Like Beyonce

I feel like Oprah Winfrey. 48 hours without food, and I must've dropped five pounds…