“It all seems so very arbitrary. I applied for a job at this company because they were hiring. I took a desk at the back because it was empty. But, no matter how you get there or where you end …
Going to Shabbat For the First Time…
As someone who went to Catholic school K-8 grades, I’ve only ever been to one bat mitzvah in my time (and it was for my high school friend who went rogue and had hers at 15). So walking into the …
Beyond What We Owe to Each Other
For those of you who don’t know, I had to put my horse down this Monday. It hurt me on a far deeper level than I ever would’ve expected — at random times, the pain will hit me and I’ll …
Thoughts on a Decoration
I have the above poster on the wall in my dorm room. It caught my eye in my grandmother’s resale shop this past summer, and I picked it up to bring to college. It’s a decoration that I’ve given some …
First Impressions
In college and during first days (and possibly up to your last days at Williams) you make a lot of first impressions. The first impressions you make partly depend on the context in which you meet, which can change the …
Adjusting the Zoom
What would you do if you only had 5 minutes to live?
It can be fun to play around with this question, something I’ve done several times with different people over the years. The answers are often split between the …
The Butterfly Effect
For anyone who isn’t familiar with the butterfly effect, it is the belief that even the smallest of actions can have a major impact later on down the line — for example, the flap of a butterfly’s wings in one …
SAMAR
From the book Lost in Translation, which features beautiful words without English equivalents. Here’s one of them I particularly like. Though, there’s one thing I wish could be different. I wish the next morning didn’t have the effect of …
The Holy Formula
Arguing about religion is hard. Even talking about it can be tough, because people’s religious beliefs are often very deeply held and tied directly or indirectly to their value structures, which then are tied in to the rest of their …