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Aliyah, Israel, and reflections on a life lived inside the Jewish tory.

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Part Two: The Flattening of Everything

In my previous article, I argued that one of the great intellectual temptations of our time is the flattening of everything: the impulse to take complicated people, histories, identities, and conflicts and force them into categories that are easier to understand and, perhaps more importantly, easier to judge.

Part One: The Flattening of Everything

For today’s flat earthers, everything needs to fit into a tidy categorical box.

Four Weeks Home

Is This the Real Life? Is This Just Fantasy?

Three Weeks Home

When a Star of David Is Simply a Star of David

When a Personal Story Isn’t Allowed to Be Personal

I grew up believing that liberalism meant openness—openness to people, to ideas, and to respectful disagreement.

Two Weeks Home

Article 1 Post-Aliyah

Leaving SOMA after 34 Years- A Love Letter- and a Challenge

On Tuesday, after 34 years serving as a community leader in South Orange–Maplewood, and the last 10 years living here, my wife Raina and I will be moving.

Looking back on inflection points, forward toward aliyah

Reprinted from the Nee Jersey Jewish News

Running toward, not away from

Reprint from the New Jersey Jewish News