Yoni Mayer

19 pieces · 2021–2023

College Newspaper Articles

Opinion columns for The Commentator, written between classes at Yeshiva University.

May 2023 Dear Freshmen … Dear Freshmen, College will fly by in a flash. The days are long but the years are fleeting. 7 min · THE COMMENTATOR Apr 2023 The Inner Worlds of Zusha On Friday afternoons, as Shabbat draws near, I turn off whatever podcast or song I’m listening to and mentally prepare… 4 min · THE COMMENTATOR Mar 2023 Humanity In The AI Age How can the net amount of entropy of the universe be massively decreased? 5 min · THE COMMENTATOR Feb 2023 Confessions of a Naïve Zionist Aliyah will be difficult. There is no way around that. 3 min · THE COMMENTATOR Feb 2023 Man Does Not Live by Bread Alone – The Arts as Divine Nourishment “If I could express it in words, there would be no point in painting.” – Edward Hopper It is fundamental to the human… 10 min · THE COMMENTATOR Dec 2022 The Fabelmans: A Review and Analysis For over 50 years, Steven Spielberg has been the artist who has captured the minds and imaginations of moviegoers… 6 min · THE COMMENTATOR Nov 2022 A Yeshiva As Much As A University Yeshiva University’s reputation has been denigrated by the media. 6 min · THE COMMENTATOR Aug 2022 Wear a Kippah in the Workplace The hours have been logged. The company laptops have been returned. 5 min · THE COMMENTATOR May 2022 Why I Write Opinion Pieces This is not a feature. It isn’t an editorial. It certainly isn’t news. It is an opinion piece, and it is just that. 5 min · THE COMMENTATOR Apr 2022 A College Course of Action  The job or the experience? The future or the moment? 4 min · THE COMMENTATOR Mar 2022 What One Week With Ukrainian Refugees Taught Me About Building a Better World It was shrieks of joy that interrupted my Google Translate conversation. 11 min · THE COMMENTATOR Mar 2022 Credit Where Credit is Due I saw a funny tweet this past week. It read, “Thank rid got Editing award matter what Oscars god cares order.” The post… 4 min · THE COMMENTATOR Feb 2022 Why Movies Are the Pinnacle of Human Creativity How can we quantify and qualify the creativity inherent in a piece of art? 6 min · THE COMMENTATOR Jan 2022 Maximizing Their Grant: Advice for the Career Center The most underrepresented deficiency in the YU college experience is not the size of the campus. 4 min · THE COMMENTATOR Dec 2021 The Networking Game The networking process in the business world goes a little like this. 4 min · THE COMMENTATOR Nov 2021 The Metaverse: A Chilling Window into our Digital Future Facebook’s recent name change to Meta, and its demonstration of the proposed metaverse therein, is a dire warning for… 4 min · THE COMMENTATOR Oct 2021 Journey to the Center of the Mind –– the Magic of the Theater Disney Pixar’s movie “Luca,” the tale of a young sea monster who visits an Italian town with his new friend in search… 5 min · THE COMMENTATOR Sep 2021 This Year’s US Open Is a Must for Tennis Fans and Non-Tennis Fans Alike Both tennis fans and non-tennis fans should go to the U.S. Open this year. 4 min · THE COMMENTATOR Mar 2021 TAMID: Always Stronger It’s easy these past few semesters to feel as if we’ve gotten the short end of the stick and have had to endure a… 5 min · THE COMMENTATOR