I recently moved up North to SF, which has a similar city-vibe to NY. What I love about here is that people are super nice. It got me thinking how important kindness is, especially to an outsider. And to be real, I don’t care if you’re being fake. In fact, I rather you be sweet …
As a Jew, the Holocaust hangs over our heads as a visceral, perpetual reminder of the vulnerability of our humanity. Just 30 years ago my parents decided to start anew because the mentality of anti-Semitism proliferated and threatened, again. Today, rampant throughout the world, not only in Europe but also America, anti-Semitism, if not in …
It is a beauty of life that our imperfections are what make the beauty in life. Because we are lacking do we have the pleasure of giving and receiving. Because we feel lonely do we experience the love of loving and of being loved. Because we are born flawed do we have the joy of …
Passover is a time where we celebrate our suffering. The most prized possession, the most pronounced expression of who you are are your wounds. It expresses you more eloquently than any poem, defines you better than any words, depicts you greater than any picture. What you have to be most proud of in your life …
I had a good friend who analyzed some of my statuses to try to make light of the underlying theme that ran through my writings Below is my response: I’ve never articulated my philosophy, neither in writing nor speech, but I began taking a look at my writings, mostly my personal correspondences, journals, etc., and …
With time racing and Passover impending, the question arises: what does it mean to be free? Conventionally, freedom is associated with being able to do what you want, being devoid of limitations, becoming free of constrictions, and not be binding by obligations. Passover teaches us that true freedom is defined not by being limited in …
If I got a million dollars every time a girl told me there are so many good guys out there I would be broke. Ladies ladies, I get it, we guys are arrogant, we’r picky, we don’t know what we want, and when we do know what we want it doesn’t exist, when we find …
My good friend was telling me how his grandparents were married for almost 70 years, and when his grandfather passed away, she lived on for four more years but in spirit she passed away with him. Her health collapsed, her energy depleted, and her personality diminished. Marriage for her was union, and when he died …
We are all plagued by our own vulnerabilities, insecurities, and sensitivities. No human has found refuge in total certainty; everyman is endangered by a sense of anxiety. As humans we desire to connect and share, to love and to give. And because we know ourselves the best we want to share ourselves the most. Yet …
Ancient and modern philosophy has viewed that the fate of man lies in the hands of fortune. We are born without consent and die without our permission – randomly, haphazardly. All that transpires in history is absurdity, everything means nothing and our life does not signify nor stand for anything. In the clash of man …