Karen Katz // New York, NY I dunked three years ago. In some ways it feels like a lifetime away,…

Max Irving // London, England A colleague in the dusty Spanish town where I was staying had told me about…

Andrew Davis // Brooklyn, NY It began innocently enough, merely a teenager’s desire to fit in with the world around…

Dr. Joel Armato // Phoenixville, PA Realizing it’s not a popular choice, I write this in full personal disclosure: I…

Alix Wall // Oakland, CA By the time I learned that we Jews aren’t supposed to eat pork, it was…

Chaviva Galatz // Teaneck, NJ I am, for all intents and purposes, an Orthodox Jew living in New Jersey. I…

Yael Wagner // Santa Clara, CA There’s a Chinese folk saying, “Chinese can eat everything that has four legs, except…

David C. Harris // Brooklyn, NY My father (z”l – may his memory be a blessing) did not eat pork.…

Aaron D // New York, NY Growing up modern Orthodox and attending Yeshiva until college, the pig epitomized “us vs…

Gilad Muth // Brooklyn, NY When I was younger, before my parents were comfortable with leaving me home by myself…