Archive - Responsa

Torah: Public Health

Apr 13, 2024 •

January 2024

My best friend Emet passed away on March 25, 2019.

Jan 4, 2024 •

March 2023

Recent publication: Reflections on disabled ancestors & the passing of Judy Heumann

https://www.respectability.org/2023/03/disabled-ancestorhood/Responsa is a reader-supported publication.

Mar 16, 2023 •

September 2022

At the beginning of the pandemic, my partner and I watched a lot of science fiction shows, like Star Gate and The Expanse.

Sep 19, 2022 •

The shape of absence

A few weeks ago there was a fire in my neighborhood that burnt down a house.

Sep 8, 2022 •

August 2022

Recent Publication

Aug 18, 2022 •

Recent publication:

Emet Tauber: Disabled Oracle

Aug 18, 2022 •

May 2022

Mishkan building

At the beginning of the pandemic, I started to take pictures of the outdoor restaurant structures that I saw.

May 9, 2022 •

February 2022

Purim on the eve of pandemic

Written on Purim 2020

Feb 17, 2022 •

The single most consistent determinant/predictor of mass violence is domestic or intimate partner violence.

Feb 17, 2022 •

Public education

The reason the government wants public school to be open for in person instruction is because public schools are the primary form of childcare for…

Feb 17, 2022 •

Plagues & Prophets

At the beginning of the pandemic, right around Passover, my estranged father began eating only matzah, feeling that these are biblical times.

Feb 12, 2022 •

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