Selected Writings
Is Midge Maisel my modern Orthodox neighbor?
Forward, May 2023
For Jews who struggle with eating disorders, Passover is a monumental challenge
Forward, April 2023
I teach on a campus without Hillel or Chabad. My Jewish students yearn for connection, not politics
Forward, February 2023
As a Jewish Squirrel Hill native, how should I honor the tragedy of Tree of Life?
Forward, October 2022
Volunteering for a Jewish burial society showed me how to live a more sacred life
Forward, July 2022
Can we make our synagogues secure without causing the vulnerable to suffer?
Forward, January 2022
Spending time with unhoused people challenged everything I knew about Sukkot
Forward, September 2021
Ramadan, High Holidays, and women’s community roles: A Muslim and Orthodox Jew exchange notes
Forward, May 2020
Media Appearances
Ep. 94: The Tunnels Under 770
Talking in Shul,
February 2024
Artifacts of Orthodox Jewish Childhoods Personal and Critical Essays
New Books Network,
June 2022
Hannah Lebovits: Jewish women as knowledge holders, and commodification of Gedolim
Jewish Coffee House,
May 2022
Ep. 76: Anti Semitism & Perfect Summer Shabbats
Talking in Shul,
July 2021
Recent Presentations
State-Based Administrative Burdens and the Fight for Hareidi Housing: Between Reckless Abandon and Pragmatic Skepticism, Association for Jewish Studies conference, San Francisco, CA, December 2023
Where Did the Shtetl Go? Investigating Jewish Self-Erasure in Dallas, Texas, Dallas Jewish Historical Society Jim Schwartz Annual Lecture, Dallas, TX. March 2023.
Not In My Eruv? Navigating Orthodoxy and Progressive Advocacy with Dr. Hannah Lebovits Jews United for Justice, Baltimore, MD. November 2022.
Jewish Medical Ethics and End of Life Care, Invited speaker, Drexel University. Virtual. November 2022.
Where Did the Shtetl Go? Investigating Jewish Self-Erasure in Dallas, Texas Southern Jewish Historical Society Conference. Charleston, SC. October 2022
From Shtetl Streets to Council Seats. Invited speaker, Harvard Law School, Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law. Virtual (Boston, MA). May 2022.
Not in My Eruv: Exploring Jewish Community Development. Scholar-in-residence, Congregation Kol Sasson synagogue, Chicago IL, December 2021.
What Synagogues Responses to COVID-19 Teach Us About Communal Emergency Management, Association for Jewish Studies Conference, Chicago, December 2021
Presentation slides and details available upon request
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