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#MeetaJewintheCity on 770WABC The Bernie and Sid Show

I was delighted to return to “The Bernie and Sid Show” this morning to discuss our Meet a Jew in the City. Make a Friend. pop up tomorrow. We are so excited to have our second event tomorrow at 42nd St between 2nd and 3rd Ave from 11:30am-1:30pm. We also spoke about the Coronavirus and […]

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How Makom Is Helping Ex-Hasidic Members Who Were Suicidal

In the last several weeks, there have been three suicides in Israel in the ex-Hasidic community. While I don’t know the particulars around these tragedies, I unfortunately, have learned a few things about suicidal ex-Hasidim in the last few years, due to our work with the members of Makom. I am proud to say that […]

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Why “The Good Place” Series Finale Was Too Depressing

This entire article is a spoiler alert. If you haven’t watched this show and plan to, stop reading now! As a person who was pretty obsessed with my mortality for most of my childhood, NBC’s “The Good Place,” which just ended, was a fascinating and enjoyable show. As far as I know, there has never […]

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2019: A Decade Of Progress, Yet Ancient Jew Hatred Makes a Return

I’m seeing all these articles online about how far we’ve come in the last decade – all sorts of technological advances: ride sharing apps, tablets, smart homes, virtual assistants. We’ve made medical advances too, in cell therapy, gene therapy, cancer immunotherapy. As a society, we have made advances in how we treat people. We are […]

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