Archive - I Am a Real Doctor But I'm Not a Real Wolf

Staying in Community

Hello, patient subscribers!

Nov 29, 2023 •

July 2022

I’ve written here about past romantic relationships, but I have not generally been interested in or comfortable with sharing publicly about sex.

Jul 17, 2022 •

June 2022

Re-productivity

So there’s a reason I have barely written here in the last year: I recently had a baby.

Jun 29, 2022 •

January 2022

Against Repentance

The Problem with Teshuvah

Jan 10, 2022 •

July 2021

I’m really glad I did not promise you readers that this newsletter would be written on any specific schedule, because lately I have not been sticking to…

Jul 6, 2021 •

June 2021

One of the yeshiva boys

I've been thinking a lot recently about how I got into Talmud, and in particular how absolutely wacky my first introduction to it was.

Jun 1, 2021 •

May 2021

Ugly Jewish Feelings

I was talking with my friend Francesca a while ago about how if I were at a party with certain members of the Brooklyn literary scene, from whom I am…

May 21, 2021 •

April 2021

On love, friendship, and peer editing

Apr 26, 2021 •

When I was in high school, I had this New Yorker cartoon taped to the front of my planner:

Apr 14, 2021 •

March 2021

That's not my mother's minhag

It’s April 2012, I am preparing for my first Passover as a halakha-observant Jew, and I am frantically scrambling to get everything right.

Mar 23, 2021 •

On a Personal Note

When I left my first job out of college, my boss’s boss told me something like, “One day you’ll understand what professionalism is.” I don’t think he…

Mar 14, 2021 •

February 2021

It's Funny Because it's Terrifying

or, Happy Poo-rim

Feb 26, 2021 •

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