Do these things if you DON’T want a grant writer to work with you and your org. — Do not harass anyone or any org you think you know. Had I taken my own advice, 7 Scummy Writing Situations I Left and Red Flags I Shouldn’t Have Ignored, I could have avoided most of these. Are you or your org seeking grant monies? Here are some ways to…

It’s a safety issue and then some. — I choose to keep the program and those involved anonymous. Do not contact anyone you think you know is involved. Spring, 2015. I’m in the last season of my master’s in writing program. Someone in class brings up a prestigious program related to my (non-Jewish side) heritage. I gleefully apply…

Your chosen party philosophy is not Torah-aligned. Beware of “Jewish” accounts campaigning for political parties against their “fellow” Jews. — As antisemitism becomes a more intense public issue (only now that it’s affecting more than ‘just’ visible Chasidim, of course!), more than ever we need to dig into love and allyship with every Jew, but that’s not what’s going on. Instead, allegedly Jewish accounts agitate more actively for their chosen…

On Consent, Gratitude, and Event Planning: Sometimes walking away is the kindest thing you can do. — Do not contact anyone you think you might recognize over this or any related situation. Since I was a babe attached to my mother’s hip, I have been around event planning. From observing her women’s group events to starting help events with my Girl Scout troop from the age of…

Where can I read this??? (And amazing article! At first I was like I LOVE THIS DAY MY FAVORITE HOLY DAY then I realized it was TISHA B'Av when TU b'Av is my favorite and it's like 4am).

I’m tired of very bad dudes being reframed as heroes, pillars of justice, and innocent victims, so I’m going to write about it. — Scene: Middle America, mid-1990s. A young elementary schooler plays with dolls on the family room floor while her father reads the newspaper. She hears a name on the TV, and asks her father about him: “Who’s Slobodan Milošević?” “Very bad dude,” her father answers without looking up from his paper.

How many more attacks will it take for Jewish safety to matter before a tragedy? — Tragedy struck this weekend on Shabbes preceding the Jewish “New Year for Trees,” Tu B’Shvat and Martin Luther King jr. Day when a terrorist took hostages at Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas. Not even 24 hours later, the focus of this antisemitic event has shifted from the Jewish survivors to…

Jews are the internet’s most valuable free resource for identifying online extremism: human honeypots. — While this post references the Beth Israel terrorist hostage situation, it was drafted much earlier. If a place like Beth Israel, whose rabbi, Charlie Cytron-Walker, is involved with interfaith and intercommunity dialogue, can be so vulnerable to a terrorist attack, it could be anyone. The news mentions he seeks to…

They’re only fooling themselves. — While such accounts often have indicators they’re less-than-credible as I’ve previously described, this post focuses solely on supersessionism. …