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Jewish Safety Cannot Require Palestinian Suffering
I recently came across these words from Robert Rosenthal, and they stopped me because, whether someone agrees with every word or not, they capture much of where my thinking has arrived after years of questioning what I was taught, listening to others, reading,...
The Detour Is the Point
My friend and former business partner John Andrews posted about my recent visit to Hickory, North Carolina. We built a company together back in the Collective Bias days, and I stop at John and Shannon’s house on both the northbound and southbound legs of my annual...
Why I Admire Mayor Mamdani
I’ve been thinking about why I admire Mayor Zohran Mamdani, especially because admiration in politics too often gets confused with agreement. So let me start there. It isn’t because I expect to agree with every policy he proposes. I don’t believe we should expect that...
They Don’t Just Cheer You On… They Call You Up
If you’ve ever had someone in your circle who brings you back to your center, who sees your blind spots, challenges the stories you tell yourself, and somehow reignites your fire when it begins to dim, you know how rare that relationship is. We all appreciate the...
When Everything Is Antisemitism, Nothing Is Antisemitism
I am 68 years old. When I grew up in the 1960s, in addition to the Israeli narrative that was drilled into all of our heads, I was taught something very simple about being Jewish... don’t be afraid, stand tall, be proud of who you are, engage with the world. Yes,...
The Jobs That Never Made My Resume
Doug Zarkin recently posed a great question on LinkedIn... “What’s the best job that isn’t on your résumé?” My answer isn’t one job… it’s most of what I did before my post-college career even began. Looking back, those jobs probably taught me more about work ethic,...