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As I wrote in my last newsletter, I’m now working at Yeshivat Eretz Hatzvi, as Director of Development. It’s a really great program in Jerusalem for gap-year and college students from literally all around the world. I’m proud to be part of an institution that helps students emerge as leaders on their campuses and in their communities - and obviously that is especially important these days. Yeshivat Eretz Hatzvi has been around for 21 years and makes a real difference.
For me, it’s a big change, mid-life and mid-career, exciting and terrifying all at the same time.
AND — you can help!
I’ve never asked anyone to pay for a subscription to this newsletter or anything like that (I’ll be back to a weekly writing schedule, maybe even including even more content as well).
In lieu of that, would really be grateful if you could support me/us by joining our online fundraiser today and tomorrow! This fundraiser was originally scheduled for last June, but was put off because of the Israel-Iran war. It provides the scholarship funds we use to provide a yeshiva experience for those who would otherwise not be able to afford it. It is transformative for those kids AND helps the institution grow.
Small donations make a big difference (they’re even matched!).
You’ll be helping me in my new professional life by benefitting an institution that promotes the kinds of mindset and values you appreciate if you’ve already been following me. Win-win!
Would you consider even a $10/month donation? Or whatever you feel comfortable giving. I really, really appreciate it.
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My most recent Author Discussion telecast aired this past Thursday on JBS-TV. Click below to watch my conversation with Allegra Goodman about her book ISOLA, which I enthusiastically recommend.
We spoke about the process of writing historical fiction, getting into the head of someone who lived in a very different time and place, and abusive personalities, then and now. I hope you enjoy!
Finally, I (at last!) got around to reading the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman, inspired by this NYT profile. I enjoyed it! It’s sort of a modernish retelling of Milton’s Paradise Lost, sort of a children’s coming of age novel. (But you probably knew that already.)
Here’s an evocative bit of dialogue:
“But think of Adam and Eve like an imaginary number, like the square root of minus one; you can never see any concrete proof that it exists, but if you include it in your equations, you can calculate all manner of things that couldn’t be imagined without it.”
Suffice to say, I’m looking forward to reading the second trilogy.