The Sealed Room: On Clarity, Uncertainty, and Learning to See
Most people think the sealed room is a place. For me it became a metaphor for the moments life forces us into uncertainty, and what we can learn to see from inside them.
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Essays and articles on identity, technology, society, writing, and the personal stories that shape how I see the world.
What I Talk About When I Talk to AI
Notes on a year of conversations with language models, and what they revealed about how we think, seek certainty, and mistake patterns for understanding.
Read essay →Two Passports, One Conversation
What it means to belong to two countries arguing past each other — and the small daily decisions that hold both in the frame.
Read essay →What Relationships Taught Me About Trust, Commitment, and Communication
For most of my life, I thought relationships were about love. What I learned is that love is the easiest part. Trust, commitment, and communication are harder, and far more important.
Read essay →How a Children's Book Begins
The first draft of every Ember the Fox book starts with a single overheard sentence. Here's how the rest gets built.
Read essay →Why I Stopped Looking for the Answer
And what I found instead — a slower, more patient way of holding the question itself.
Read essay →I also write for San Diego Jewish World.
Read the full archive of my columns — covering identity, family, technology, and life between Israel and America.
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