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Aug 7, 2026, 12:43 AM

Should You Get Back Together With Your Ex?

My breakup with Confident Guy, my first love, was your typical first love breakup. First loves tend to feel like your only love. Like your last. I had said those three sacred words to other men before but needed...

Jul 31, 2026, 8:18 AM

The Musician I Let Pass Me By

I shuffled through songs in the car as I searched for parking in Beverly Hills on a Tuesday afternoon. The stakes were high. I needed the perfect song to end my drive with. As I heard the first chords,...

Jul 22, 2026, 11:46 AM

When a Guy Knows Just What to Say

A few years ago, I was head over heels for Political Guy, a DC man who could talk about foreign policy for hours. He would compliment me, take an interest in my opinions, and call me right after seeing...

Jul 17, 2026, 5:53 AM

The Elephant on the Date and in the House

Boring Australian went on a strange tangent involving anarchy and South African apartheid as I sipped on my mezcal Negroni, making me realize there was no part of me that wanted to be on this date. It wasn't just...

Jul 10, 2026, 7:20 PM

When Couples Are Arguing With History

Illustrative AI image created by the author. When fear takes over, repair may begin with one small reach across the distance.

Since October 7, Jewish and interfaith couples are fighting about schools, safety, and whether to stay — arguments that are really conversations with the past. Naming that is the first step. Knowing what to do next is the second. It...

Jul 9, 2026, 11:06 PM

The Leading Men of My World Cup

Effortlessly, Astronaut put his arm around me as he spoke to my friends. It occurred to me he was getting to know them. We had just watched Colombia advance to Round of 16 against Ghana and were wearing matching...

Jul 6, 2026, 3:17 AM

Breakups and Oslo Accords

I sat in the shower, rosemary shampoo in my hair, water falling on me, replaying my last exchange with New Guy. Since I started dating at fourteen, I've had more breakups than I care to admit. They've come with...

Jul 3, 2026, 4:38 AM

Stories, Trauma, and Boy Drama

During my year of travel, I found myself in Boston for two days. It happened while I was almost over convincing myself I liked my job, and just before I was planning on leaving the US entirely for an...

Jun 29, 2026, 6:06 AM

American Jewish Parents, Don’t Raise Frightened Jews

American Jewish parents are asking how to prepare their children for a world where antisemitism is once again visible. The recent Democratic primary in New York’s 10th Congressional District offered two different political answers. I think it exposed a much deeper...

Jun 27, 2026, 10:06 PM

Diplomats Can Sign a Ceasefire. Relationships Keep the Peace.

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A ceasefire can be negotiated in conference rooms. Peace cannot. Diplomats may end the exchange of weapons, but only ordinary people can end the cycle of fear, resentment, and dehumanization that makes violence return. Lasting peace is sustained not by...

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