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Jun 9, 2026, 6:16 AM

How to Vet Dates and Politicians

My friend was going through a break-up. We sat on the grass outside her home as I tried to convince her to hate her ex. I had been seeing New Guy. It’s hard to tell a friend to hate...

Jun 2, 2026, 6:42 AM

Admitting Your Candidate is Toxic is Step One

Last week, I sat at happy hour with one of my best friends. For the purposes of this article, I’ll call them Bay Gay. They’re a gay from the Bay Area. The Mexican bartender may have mistaken my speaking...

May 27, 2026, 7:31 AM

He Fumbled Me Like a Nuclear Negotiation

Moving to Los Angeles ten years ago hit me like a nuclear bomb. I had just been through my first round with Alcoholic Ex-Boyfriend (for those who have been reading and are familiar with my lore) and had lost...

May 10, 2026, 1:10 AM

Things Not to Say on Dates or On Television

I was running late, which is unlike me, but work had thrown me into a week of community engagements and television interviews I was unprepared—and unprepped—for. At the time, I was working with October 7th survivors and hostage families....

Apr 29, 2026, 5:51 AM

Forgetting Your First Love/First Country You Flee

I didn’t know it at the time, but I met my first real love when I was fifteen. He was tall and confident, that was my first impression of him. We wouldn’t get together until four years later after...

Michael Shandler

Apr 6, 2026, 6:39 PM

Distance and Pursuit: From the Intimate to the International

There is a familiar story told in the world of family therapy. A couple comes in for help. The wife speaks first: “I walk as fast as I can, but he always walks faster.” The husband shakes his head: “No matter how slow I...

Mar 1, 2026, 3:27 AM

Book review: The Marital Knot – Agunot in the Ashkenazi Realm, 1648-1850

Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch writes that the methodology for divorce must mirror that for marriage. Just as a man must give his wife an object and take her into his home, he must also be the one to formally...

Andy Blumenthal

Nov 30, 2025, 3:51 AM

Rachel’s Cry: Empathy’s Thanksgiving Lesson

Thanksgiving—a holiday Jews in the diaspora have joyfully embraced—embodies profound gratitude for life's abundant blessings, G-d's unwavering role as our Creator and Sustainer, and the irreplaceable love from family, friends, and community. This spirit mirrors Judaism's sacred command to...

G. Orah Adarah Paris

Nov 20, 2025, 8:16 PM

Parashat Tol’dot: A Hidden Collaboration Par 3

The following essay is continuation of the revised version of the d’var Torah I posted here in 2023, 2024 and 2025, each time adding more supporting commentary. This year I have re-edited it also into 3 part: According to the...

G. Orah Adarah Paris

Nov 19, 2025, 12:05 PM

Parashat Tol’dot: A Hidden Collaboration Part 2

The following essay is a continuation of the revised version of the d’var Torah I posted here in 2023, 2024 and 2025, each time adding more supporting commentary. This year I have re-edited it also into three parts: Rivkah and...

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