The tale of the "ordinary schmuck" who created a viral Facebook group and turned it into a 501(c)(3) who was then hit with a cease and desist by the nonprofit's board. Includes everything from bans to body shaming. My latest in eJP. @longreads.com ejewishphilanthropy.com/founders-fig...

My kids spend months each year designing characters for me to tattoo into my skin, and I love getting to look down and see their creations dancing around my forearm. I even came up with a name for it: tattoodles. My first in GQ. www.gq.com/story/kid-ta...

While Jewish congregations, communities and families grapple with fraught discussions over Israel, Reconstructing Judaism attempts to face these discussions head on. But will they serve as an example to others or will they implode. My latest. ejewishphilanthropy.com/with-new-ceo...

I'm in my early 40s and I have a 4 and 6 years old, so we talk about death a lot in my household. Dumb stupid death. Stealing friends and family. I'm on the End of Life Conversations Podcast discussing a topic that has engulfed too much of my life. www.endoflifeconvos.com/2257447/epis...

Last Monday, 59 Afrikaners were fast tracked to receiving refugee status. 4 days later, thousands of Afghanis parolees who'd put their lives in danger to ally with the U.S. received letters telling them to leave the country within a week. My latest ejewishphilanthropy.com/jewish-human...

My latest in JTA about how I nearly got sued over a Facebook status about an incorrect Israel map. www.jta.org/2025/05/21/i...

HR is a funny thing to write about these days. There's a ton of potential to support employees, but I've often felt like they are fellow employees whose job it is to steal my time off and make sure I get paid as little as possible. My latest ejewishphilanthropy.com/urj-offers-j...

I don't know the answers, but this is an important question the Jewish community needs to be having. My latest.

Discussing the expertification of celebrities in my latest for eJP

New new in eJP with updates on this year's Maccabiah

National Library of Israel’s U.S. arm creates archive to document post-Oct. 7 campus antisemitism. For student researchers, documenting a year and a half of turmoil can be taxing when you also have to attend class. My latest.

I love that the best low blows in pro wrestling include the performer letting it sit in for a minute, wiggling his arm around the other person's crotchal area to add emphasis. #wrestlemania #wwe #paulheymanguy

Man, did not expect that visit to #joannfabrics to turn me into an emotional mess. Let go of so many iterations of Jay: wanna-be comic artist Jay, jewelry creator Jay, clothing designer Jay. I miss them all.

Writing something up on Art Spiegelman, who I adore, and I can't summon the strength to crack open Maus. Such a brutally important book I hope to never read again.