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Perplexed Jew

Writer, English professor, late-life dad. Second-generation Holocaust survivor raised as a Christian, living as a Jew, dabbling in religion, philosophy, politics, and culture.

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Latest issues

  1. Issue · Sep 24, 2026

    Yom Kippur Black Pilled (opens the original)

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  2. Issue · Aug 19, 2026

    A Tale of Two Torahs (opens the original)

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    <img alt="File:Maurycy Gottlieb - Torah Scribe.jpg - Wikimedia Commons" class="sizing-normal" height="660" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!FdD3!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2

  3. Issue · Jul 27, 2026

    Art vs. Joy? (opens the original)

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    <img alt="Song Sung Blue': The Realities Behind Stardom - The Cornell Daily Sun" class="sizing-normal" height="819" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fNzC!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com

  4. Issue · Jul 20, 2026

    No Accounting for Taste (opens the original)

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    <img alt="File:The Procession of the Trojan Horse in Troy by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (cropped).jpg" class="sizing-normal" height="739" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HAM-!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-med

  5. Issue · Jul 16, 2026

    A Perplexed Guide to Pick-and-Jewsism (opens the original)

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    <img alt="The Bather, or The Diver, 1877 - Gustave Caillebotte - WikiArt.org" class="sizing-normal" height="564" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Wu9h!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpu

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