The Curious Jew

I am your worst nightmare.

This is the way it ends Don't tell me it's meaningless There'll be no compromise We fall and we too shall rise You held me a...

Some of you are aware that I spent an academic year as editor of the Yeshiva University Observer . Now, Liege Productions brings us a short ...

(Disclaimer: This post contains spoilers.) Tonight's episode of "House" ("Help Me" - Season 6, Episode 21- the seaso...

Hijacked by a life that suddenly includes the creation of wedding registries, the writing of thank-you cards, the wording on invitations, th...

You gotta stand for something or you'll fall for anything . ~ Fall for Anything by The Script / ( Lyrics ) The most recent episode of G...

Dear God, I'm so full of feelings; they are flooding my mind. And so I would like to speak to you. I have an image in my mind and it...

~with thanks to Solely in Black and White , who photoshopped the picture

If you are a friend of mine and would like details on the New York L'Chaim, please email me and I'll give you the date, time and loc...

Four years ago, a kind and thoughtful blogger wrote a flattering review of my efforts on this blog. He linked my site to his. I was seventee...

A poem- in honor of my friend Joseph, who likes my little compositions The dark is wrenching; it tears the heart asunder. It sings a song re...

Sometimes you wake up in the morning and feel like you are going to have a perfect day. You feel safe, warm, happy and content. You feel gla...

She pushes herself away from me slightly away but she keeps her arms around me. She looks down at the ground and at the blackness near her f...

Those of us who operate within Orthodox religious circles read the newspapers. We know about scandals pertaining to sexual abuse or molestat...

On the bed, I was a lone, absurd figure in the history of my times, a sleeper in the century of ruthless law, of bombers over suburbs, of ar...

My fantastic sister is being honored (for about the fourth time this year, in fact!) and I am super-proud of her. So huzzah for Dustfinger!

There's been a lot that's happened this past year that has confused me about my core beliefs. I've raged, been angry, felt deade...

As we are approaching Pesach , I thought it would be nice to focus upon a beautiful Jewish tradition we possess: namely, of the few defeatin...

The adage "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me" is a myth. Words are harmful and wound deeply. Many...

Butterflies by the thousands fluttered maniacally before the headlights then exploded like tiny half-angels on the windshield leaving a scan...