On the mysterious persistence of faith
My Thoughts When You Quit Observant Judaism
20 Things I Didn’t Learn In Jewish Day School
Why They Lie To You In BT Yeshiva
This story takes place at the same Yeshiva as A Lesson For John On King George St. and Kalman’s Heart. Akiva kicks the side of the dumpster for the third time and hurts his foot. He swears and staggers down the road. He is pretty drunk, and the weight of his full backpack adds dangerous momentum to […]
Why Did No One Defend Yeshiva?
I recently wrote a post on Hevria that caused a bit of a stir. The point of the piece was to, in a more-clever-than-wise way, point out that both yeshiva and college fall short in terms of providing a true education to their students, and for very similar reasons. As soon as the essay went online, […]
A sequel to “A Lesson for John on King George Street.” The most brilliant student in the Yeshiva considers leaving. But parting is never simple, especially after sacrifice… The three of them walk to the yeshiva in the rain. “Will I ever look upon your fair face again, my lady?” John asks his girl. They walked without […]
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