Perplexed Jew
Thomas P. BalazsWriter, English professor, late-life dad. Second-generation Holocaust survivor raised as a Christian, living as a Jew, dabbling in religion, philosophy, politics, and culture.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 111 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | 9 days ago |
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For the Love of Star Trek
In the episode “The White Iris,” Captain Kirk, recovering from experimental head trauma treatment, experiences heart pain both literally and figuratively. He is having “cardiac events”—and is seeing the apparitions of the many women he has...
ChatGPT Can’t Wrestle Your Angel
In “The Tallowed Image,” a 1983 episode of Fantasy Island,1 an actress gets her wish to meet William Shakespeare in the hopes that he will write a play just for her. To facilitate the writing, the island’s assistant concierge, Tattoo, intro...
Yom Kippur Black Pilled
I know it’s Tishrei, the holiday season, and we’re supposed to be getting ready to party in the sukkah—and in truth, I love hanging out in the sukkah. But I’m not in the partying mood, and I blame Yom Kippur.
Honestly, sometimes the whole...
A Tale of Two Torahs
A rabbi once told me the surest way to lose your audience is to begin, “In this week’s parsha. . . .”1
And never let it be said that I ignore good writing advice.
So, in last week’s parsha . . . we are told (Deuteronomy 17:18–20):
And...
Art vs. Joy?
We just watched two movies back to back, A Complete Unknown and Song Song Blue. They’re both excellent, entertaining films about pop artists, and together they represent a fascinating dialogue about art itself.1
A Complete Unknown is, of c...
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Thomas P. Balázs is a cultural critic, storyteller, and “perplexed Jew” writing on faith, fiction, and keeping kosher and its discontents. His work appears in Quillette, Tablet, Horror Library, and other picture postcards.
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