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Because we all need more of it...
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The Jews Make the World Safer for Everyone Else.
Meanwhile, everyone else will go on demonizing Israel & scapegoating all Jews.
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Wake up, America. I see your lack of moral outrage following murder on the streets. Is it bigotry or cowardice?
You tell me.
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Register for a Virtual Conversation with Dara Horn: An Event Cosponsored by the Never Alone Book Club & the Jewish Book Council
Thursday, May 15th, 2025 from 8-9 pm ET (Virtual Event)
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On Being Jewish Right Now: How it Looks in My Mind's Eye
In Between & Up Above
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Dear Writing Community: I Don't Believe You
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An Open Letter to Rebecca Makkai by Emily Kaplan
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The Message is Clear: On The Return of Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Jewish Trauma: Sometimes it's Weaponized Against Us. Sometimes it's Raised as a Prop for Social Justice.
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Where Am I Going, Where Have I Been? On Child Sex Abuse
This essay was originally published in my other newsletter, "Too Late For Questions?" It's important, so I'm sharing it with my Holy Chutzpah…
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Sending Light to Our Jewish Warriors in the Writing Community
On AWP 2025
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Between Queen Esther and Me
(Happy Belated Purim!)
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Jewish Trauma: Sometimes it's Weaponized Against Us. Sometimes it's Raised as a Prop for Social Justice.
Where is the empathy for actual Jewish persons?
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Mar-a-Gaza
Are we building sandcastles in the Middle East now? Or did I just lose my f'ing mind?
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2025
A Family Affair
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Turning to Torah While Waiting for Hostage Release: Shemot
On Names
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What kind of woman decides to convert to Judaism after the worst massacre in Jewish history since the Holocaust? Read here to find out.
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