Jamie Evan Bichelman, at The Blogs

Dec 22, 2022, 4:23 PM

The artistry, ancestry, and activism of Danielle Yablonka

Danielle Yablonka stands at the Auschwitz-Birken concentration camp in Poland wearing a shirt she spraypainted with a yellow star and says “pride”. | Photo Courtesy of Danielle Yablonka

It’s a muggy Monday morning in Miami when Danielle Yablonka greets me with equal parts enthusiasm and calm, a tone that underscores the multitudes roaring within the activist-model-artist-of-all-trades I would soon seek to unveil. What I quickly discovered was...

Dec 7, 2022, 10:26 PM

Style, synagogue, and Sunday brunch with Elizabeth Savetsky

With impeccable style and a sense of grace and elegance befitting a mondaine woman more than twice her age, Elizabeth Savetsky is so much more than the narrow perception of a social media influencer. Indeed, @lizzysavetsky, an accomplished mother...

Nov 10, 2022, 9:13 PM

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Protect your peace – social media surely won’t

A woman checks her cellphone inside a cafe. Photo | Angelo Moleele via Unsplash

Caveat emptor! We all deserve a life free of perfectly-curated hatred and vitriol, but a happy, calm social media user is, for the algorithm, a less-engaged user

Nov 2, 2022, 8:16 PM

Judaism, veganism bring peace, control amid chaos

A woman stands in front of a buffet table in Tel Aviv. Photo | Elijah Bryant via Unsplash

My therapist—ever the one to tap into her own sechel and dispense life-changing wisdom—reassures me that no matter how dire a situation may be, we can always find something within our control. No matter how small the action, maintaining...

About Me

Jamie Bichelman has experience as an Applied Behavior Analyst with a straight-A graduate education at Harvard's Extension School and currently in New York University's graduate mental health counseling program. Jamie is a proud Jewish man and vegan and has been a lifelong disability rights advocate.