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.
Day 8
Majority shareholder of the blog here - don’t worry, no Huxley or Frost references from me Today was another relaxing…
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Day 7
To all our readers out there (all five of you) this is Avi writing day’s blog post as Yoni decided to sleep all day so…
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Day 6
We flew out early Sunday morning to Don Sak airport and exited the plane directly onto the tarmac We booked a van to…
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Day 5 - Motzei Shabbat
Shabbat was great. We were a 10 minute walk from the Chabad and it was straight down from our hotel so no worries…
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Day 4
We started our day by using the same tour company as yesterday since they were so great.
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Day 3
Today was action packed. We were picked up by a van in the middle of the city and drove an hour and a half through…
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Day 2
We started our 2nd day by taking an hour and a half taxi ride to a unique market.
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Day 1
After 25 hours of international airline travel, Avi and I landed in Bangkok at 6:30 AM local time.
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The whole family had been cursed since
The whole family had been cursed since Alex entered that odd cave last November.
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There was something not quite right about the window.
There was something not quite right about the window. Emile couldn't recall when he had noticed it at first.
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My First Post - An Outline for the Blog
This is the world's most dangerous substack - an idea founded out of my impending boredom.
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She'd only given in because she was lonely.
She'd only given in because she was lonely. She had never wanted to open her own bookstore.
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Dear Freshmen …
Dear Freshmen, College will fly by in a flash. The days are long but the years are fleeting.
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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…
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Humanity In The AI Age
How can the net amount of entropy of the universe be massively decreased?
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Confessions of a Naïve Zionist
Aliyah will be difficult. There is no way around that.
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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…
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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…
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A Yeshiva As Much As A University
Yeshiva University’s reputation has been denigrated by the media.
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Wear a Kippah in the Workplace
The hours have been logged. The company laptops have been returned.
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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.
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A College Course of Action
The job or the experience? The future or the moment?
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What One Week With Ukrainian Refugees Taught Me About Building a Better World
It was shrieks of joy that interrupted my Google Translate conversation.
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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…
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Why Movies Are the Pinnacle of Human Creativity
How can we quantify and qualify the creativity inherent in a piece of art?
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