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Haiti to Afghanistan to right here. Is there an antidote for all this hopelessness? August 23, 2021, J – The Jewish News of Northern California

The Meaning of Jewish Existence, May 16, 2021, The Williamsport Sun Gazette

This Elul, It’s Time to do Teshuva for American Racism, September 4, 2019, The Forward

Israeli-Palestinian conflict through the Kaleidoscope, February 27, 2019, J – The Jewish News of Northern California 

Bible Wrestling, August, 25, 2018, Somewhat Montaigne Inspired

How Could Someone Who Wrote Beautifully About an Innate Human Proclivity for the Divine Brutalize Slaves? June 13, 2018 Somewhat Montaigne Inspired

Éloge de Manu Chao, September 25, 2017, Somewhat Montaigne Inspired

What Reading Heschel Did For Me, September 8, 2017, Somewhat Montaigne Inspired

Jewish Defense League counter-protests turn violent outside AIPAC conference, March 27, 2017, Washington Jewish Week

Rethinking rituals: It’s no longer as simple as saying ‘I do’ March 9, 2017, J- The Jewish News of Northern California

What are Judeo-Christian Values? Analyzing a divisive term, December 1, 2016, Washington Jewish Week

Seeing Poverty, December 11, 2016, Somewhat Montaigne Inspired

Does Tikkun Olam need some repair? November 2, 2016, Washington Jewish Week  

JDLand Is Chronicling Navy Yard’s Transformation, Three Photos At A Time, May 2, 2016, DCist

What Should an Essay Be? April 26, 2016, Somewhat Montaigne Inspired

Coming Out: My Mom Isn’t Jewish, Aug. 7, 2016, Pardes Blog  

The Culture of Fear Fueling the Dominican Deportation Crisis, August 15, 2016, The American Prospect

Why the 100th Anniversary of the U.S. Invasion of Haiti Matters Today, July 29, 2015, Stateless Kiskeyans

Is Haiti our Next Iraq? American Exceptionalism and Botched Reconstructions, February 20th, 2014, Tikkun Daily

What comes after the sense of awe, March 1, 2013, J- The Jewish News of Northern California

It takes a minyan, November 30, 2012, J- The Jewish News of Northern California  

A Smashing Success: Derby Draws Crowds, Aug. 16, 2010, Addison Independent  

Making a Life in Addison County series, Summer 2010, The Addison Independent

Reading Baudelaire While Grouchy, November 12, 2009, George in Growth