106 pieces · 2021–2026
Writing
Everything in one place: dispatches from the road, short fiction written against a timer, the army journal, and four years of college columns.
Only the very oldest people remembered a time when humans could see in colour
Only the very oldest people remembered a time when humans could see in colour.
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The sound of laughter drifted up from the street below, making him feel very alone in this new town.
The sound of laughter drifted up from the street below, making him feel very alone in this new town.
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Day 31 - Qatar layover
We weren’t going to let a 12 hour layover in Qatar go to waste. Last night, we booked a tour for Qatar.
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Day 30 - 3rd day of Ha Giang Loop and leaving
We woke up to rain. Igor decided to wait a little so we ended up departing around 10:30 Our first stop was a waterfall…
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Day 29 - Day 2 of Ha Giang Loop
Another day of incredible views We took pictures at what Igor considered the nicest view of the whole trip I had what…
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Day 28 - Day 1 of Ha Giang loop
We woke up around 8 AM to meet our tour guides and motorcycle drivers in the hostel lobby.
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Day 27
We booked a day tour late last night for Ninh Binh.
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Day 26 - Last Shabbat of the trip in Hanoi
We had a great time at the Chabad of Hanoi.
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Day 25
We left around 11 to the Hanoi old quarter.
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Day 24 - Flying to Vietnam
Avi and I woke up at 5 am to catch the train for our flight We landed in Hanoi at around 1 Pm local time and took a…
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Day 23
Third day of Avi and I on our own journeys in Tokyo I began my day at Yoyogi park - a huge park next to the shrine id…
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Day 22
Another day of Avi and I doing different things in Tokyo I began my day on Kappabashi street - a street selling goods…
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Day 21
Avi and I split up today since we both wanted to spend our time seeing different parts of Tokyo I began my day with the…
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Day 20
Today was packed. We began our day by traveling by bullet train to Mt Fuji.
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Day 19- Shabbat #3 - Chabad of Kyoto
Shabbat was great. There was a group of about 80 Israeli bank workers and their families with us at the Chabad so it…
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Day 18
We began today by going to the house connected with our hotel.
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Day 17
We started the day by traveling to Kyoto.
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Day 16
The day began a bit late - we got out of the hotel at 10:30 AM. We took public transportation to Mount Rokko in Kobe.
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Day 15
We began our day with some coffee from a local shop We then took the subway to the Osaka Castle - a castle which was…
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Day 14 - First Day in Japan!!
After flying through the night, with a quick stopover in Kuala Lumpur, we reached Osaka, Japan.
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Day 13 - Last Day in Thailand
We began our day by picking up our laundry from a local laundry service (if you’re wondering how we packed enough…
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Day 12 - Motzei Shabbat #2
It finally happened- I got sick. Friday night was relatively normal.
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Day 11
I’m experiencing a mentality whiplash; Avi and I traveled at incredibly fast clip the first week that I have to remind…
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Day 10
About 2 days prior to our trips departure, Avi and I debated bringing laptops.
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Day 9
Today was primarily travel. We booked a travel company to take us all the way to the phi phi islands.
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