mazelandmagenOct 27, 20241 min readJewish DeadheadsThough there has only been one Jewish member of the band the Grateful Dead (Mickey Hart), there has always been a sizable subculture...
mazelandmagenOct 27, 20244 min readAppropriation, Appreciation, and AllyshipThis is a follow-up to my last post: Allyship or Appropriation? I suggest reading that first before continuing with this post. Allyship...
mazelandmagenSep 26, 20243 min readAllyship or Appropriation?By now most of us have seen the article (linked below) from the Jewish Telegraphic Agency about the latest trend of non-Jewish people...
mazelandmagenJun 29, 20245 min readAn Intro to Jewish IdentityThe Jewish People are first and foremost that - a People united by common ancestry, history, culture, language and geography.
mazelandmagenFeb 24, 20242 min readMonica LewinskyHad Monica been a thin, blonde Christian rather than a voluptuous, brunette Jew, her treatment would have been remarkably different.
mazelandmagenFeb 22, 20242 min readMy So Called LifeThere is nothing overtly Jewish about the seminal teen drama, My So Called Life, but I think we can still consider it a Jew-ish show.
mazelandmagenFeb 22, 20243 min readJewish Stereotypes in Teen DramasI’ve been exploring a new avenue of my teen drama obsession: Jewish representation within the genre.
mazelandmagenJan 13, 20244 min readA Guide to Bias, Prejudice, and DiscriminationOne does not have to explicitly hate Jewish, Muslim, or Arab people to implicitly engage in antisemitic, Islamophobic, or anti-Arab behavior
mazelandmagenNov 23, 20233 min readA Guide to Race, Ethnicity, Nationality, and ReligionRace, ethnicity, nationality, and religion are all social constructs, meaning they are created by humans and not objective realities.
mazelandmagenNov 1, 20234 min readThoughts on G-d“You don’t have to believe in G-d, but you’re still Jewish.”
mazelandmagenNov 1, 20232 min readThe Day Everything Changed“I went to sleep on October 6th, 2023 in one world. I woke up on October 7th in another.”