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December 27th, 2011
It’s been an exhausting 16 months, to say the least. No one told me it would be this hard to go back to school. I actually thought it would be more party and fun and ...
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October 25th, 2011
Annie was so kind to take me to see a documentary last night called Mister Rogers and Me. The premise was about these two filmmakers, Chris and ...
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October 19th, 2011
For five years, Gilad Shalit was held captive by Hamas for fighting for his country, Israel. After the global fight to get him back – the art work, the protests, the diplomacy and the hundreds ...
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September 26th, 2011
Tekiah Shevarim Teruah
It was a Saturday morning in New York City, in a class taught by Rebbetzin Harris, that the meaning of Rosh Hashanah ...
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August 5th, 2011
My very good friend Marina, who I plan to conquer the world with, added me to a “Personal Development” Facebook group. Anyone who is in a Facebook group already knows that those messages are a ...
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June 16th, 2011
At what age are we supposed to receive everything we've ever dreamt of? Not 25 -- I'll tell you that. But for some reason, many of us at this age feel like we are supposed ...
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April 27th, 2011
It was as if it never was here. When one is in graduate school, the most important thing is a break, a vacation – Disney World. Annie and I up and went last minute to ...
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March 23rd, 2011
What would you do with your millions of dollars? Give it away? Move into a mobile home? Make a documentary?
This past weekend I was inspired, to say the least, by two media productions. The first ...
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February 20th, 2011
You haven’t heard from me in a little while. Miss me? School started just a few weeks ago and I’m already in the deep end ...
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January 22nd, 2011
This past week I took a trip away from the apartment to Atlantic City, a place that survives solely on believers. With more than a dozen casino resorts, hundreds of blackjack tables and ...
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January 11th, 2011
So, recently, I’ve been trying out this new thing called bubble baths which I hear are great for relaxation. I make a warm bath, get ...
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December 21st, 2010
It’s been an interesting, beautiful, difficult kind of year. The year 2010 has brought some unexpected changes in my life – and no matter how wonderful or heartbreaking – Judaism teaches us that “this is ...
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November 27th, 2010
Thanksgiving is over and Black Friday is coming to an end. Everyone is finishing their leftovers and enjoying family time before Monday calls us back to work again. Some of us took pleasure in our ...
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November 22nd, 2010
How much pain does it take to feel G-d? The people of Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, worry about their kids and gangs, about drugs and homicide. They have the projects and they have their churches. But ...
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November 10th, 2010
Journalism school really makes me want to spend all my spare time reading and watching films. There is a difference in watching a documentary, for example, and then watching it through the lens of how ...
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October 30th, 2010
This week I locked myself out of my apartment. I locked myself out and immediately went on survival mode. I slipped through a fence, climbed over a tree, up a fire escape only ...
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October 28th, 2010
So just a few days ago I posted on how I’ve been feeling a bit, well, unsatisfied. These moments of dissatisfaction just peek up out of nowhere, usually when I see someone with more than ...
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October 25th, 2010
I’m about to say something that may shock everyone. I am hardly ever satisfied. When I think I am, I soon after am no longer. It’s a disease that has hit 3 of every 4 ...
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October 11th, 2010
I met a man this weekend at the Fort Greene Flea Market who explained everything to me, everything.
“With vintage, there is an imperfection,” he said. “They ...
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September 25th, 2010
Is it ironic that the most Jewish thing I do is contribute to a Catholic website? I once did a lot more. I worked Jewish, I freelanced Jewish, my entire social life was pretty much ...
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