yisro: be ready and be gay
hey cats, This email is a bit late and a bit short because I have been overwhelmed by the three-pronged trident of starting a new semester teaching,...
beshalach: apocalyptic hope
hello friends, My school decided to go remote for the first couple of weeks this semester, thank g-d, so I just finished reorganizing my classes for that and...
bo:
sholem aleichem, Welcome to 2022! For better or worse, time does keep moving. A short note this week, starting with a common question: if g-d knows who all...
vaera: one plague two plague rich plague poor plague
hello friends, The last week has been quite chaotic for all the reasons you can guess. My New Year's plans are now officially postponed, so I'm going to...
shemos: this you call a torah commentary?
hello friends, I just submitted my last paperwork of the semester, handled my last student emergency of the semester, and closed my work email -- the school...
vayechi: it is permitted to change
hello friends, What a ride Bereishis has been this year! Thank you all for joining me for it. We're closing up the semester here as well this week, so...
vayigash: why should we die while you look on
sholem aleichem, Chanukah is over, but hopefully some of the light remains. Personally, I spent my Chanukah inventing the 13-branched menorah and finishing...
miketz: i am but a heap of bones
sholem aleichem, another short note, alas, as we dive into the final weeks of the semester. so this week, have some Quick Torah Hits in the form of my raw...
vayishlach: kisses and other methods of midrash
sholem aleichem, It's been a week! Let's dive right in. Content warnings: eugenics, antisemitism I'm teaching statistics this semester, which means that I'm...
vayetzei:
sholem aleichem, I'm drafting this newsletter later than usual, because a school I teach at had a COVID outbreak last Friday, went fully virtual, and came...
toldos: hunting with our mouths
sholem aleichem friends, Oy, what a week. It's Wednesday as I write this, and I just got hailed on walking back from teaching calculus, so you know. Winter...
chayei sarah: strangeness for the sake of heaven
Hello friends, It's cold, it's rainy, it's autumn. I hope you all have a delightful Spookot (the Jewish holiday celebrated by leaving the Sukkah up until the...
vayera: yitzchak imeinu
sholem aleichem friends, It's Wednesday as I write this, and I just got back from teaching a calculus class on the Chain Rule, in which we calculate how...
live laugh lekh lekha
Sholem aleichem, Once upon a time, the villagers of Chelm were trying to move a large boulder down a hill. They had dragged it about halfway down, when a...
Noach: fear g-d not history
Gut shabes friends, I'm drafting this newsletter on a quiet Sunday evening. I spent all morning grading assessments and preparing for my classes this week,...
Breishis: not only for profit or pleasure
Gut shabes my friends! It's a bit of a gloomy day here, but the sun is supposed to peak out a bit later. I just got back from teaching class, where I seem to...