"...The kids taking the “no” side had an easy time coming up with reasons why humanity was a bad idea. War, violence, corruption, environmental destruction, the climate crisis – many reasons why humanity is a net negative.

Oy: it feels like half of my corner of the internet is arguing about whether or not the mayor of NY is a traitor to his values, and also whether his treason took the form of being too nice to Jews or not being nice enough to Jews. I think it's time to log off and work on my d'var Torah.

Yeah, I'm in a similar boat - Amazon has cleverly figured out that 1) I have a cat 2) who eats greenies; 3) I like to bake with precision and cook with good tamari; and 4) I like speculative fiction. Most of this seems blindingly obvious.

Yeah. The last ten years have left a lot of us, me included, feeling ground down in ways I don't think I can wholly articulate. You're not alone.

My teen invited a (non-Jewish) friend and friend's family over for dinner in the sukkah and then delighted in regaling them with hypotheticals about elephants. :D

I love this simile. Yes: bigotry (incl. antisemitism) is like evil mycelium.

Today I learned.

Remember that repentance, atonement + attaining forgiveness are not the same thing. Focus on the first. 1) Own the harm, fully + completely 2) Begin to work to change for real, addressing root causes via therapy + education 3) AMENDS in convo w/SA experts* cot'd + *DON'T APPROACH VICTIM UNPROMPTED

You get me. :)

5 potatoes cubed is still 5 potatoes because potatoes are root vegetables