I am four thousand, nine hundred and forty-five miles from home. On the wooden table in front of me, there is a bowl of chicken noodle soup. The soup is simple and inconspicuous, but I am staring at it as if I have never seen […]
I didn’t know what to expect when it came to HIS-290: The Historical Imagination. I expected a traditional methodology course, much like POL-226, a ‘weedout’ course that taught me how to read and write for Political Science and International Relations. It weeded me out, and […]
For our HIS-309: The Enlightenment in Europe semester-long research project, we were challenged to create a digital salon. As the salonniere, I decided the type of salon that I wanted to create. I had to choose the participants and I had to decide the audience I wanted […]
This poem I wrote about my Birthright trip to Israel. I went to Israel over winter break 2017-2018, and the trip had a profound impact on me. I don’t always write poetry, but sometimes I find it to be a wonderful way to get my […]
This year has been a year of realizations. I’d say come-to-Jesus moments, but I’m Jewish. I always hesitated to call myself a writer before this year, which is odd, because all I do is write. All I have ever done is write. From a very […]
Nearly three decades ago, Alan and Laura Katz sat down to dinner, a steaming basket of garlic bread between them, olive oil and vinegar swirling, untouched, already separating as the minutes passed. In their usual restaurant, with their usual menus and their usual table, their […]
