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What I have found most useful is that the word “special needs” is truly expansive. Everyday and everywhere, people face challenges, overcome obstacles, and can benefit from special accommodations.

You are not broken. Neither am I.

Building queer family is an act of resistance.

The thief does not need a key. The thief does not show up on cameras because it is already inside of her. 

Perhaps no single line from Jewish literature sums up the Jewish attitude about prayer and politics than the berakhah in Fiddler on the Roof: “May God bless and keep the Czar … far away from us.”

Let’s just put it this way: January 17th is National Ditch New Year’s Resolutions Day. 

Deadlines and experimentation keep me going.

When I have been in moments of grief and someone tells me, “You will learn so much from this,” I want to scream.

Inspiration has never been a big part of my process. I much prefer deadlines.

Torah, prayer, and politics mix. Even in an elections season that has been characterized as bitter and nasty, void of civility or compassion, the Torah does not let us off the hook.