Substack · since 2026
Sketches of a Chosson Bochur
A dramatized version of my life's events.
Read and subscribe →Brooklyn, NY
Writer and film photographer in Brooklyn.
I report for Chabad.org News, write the world as I see it, shoot on film, read voraciously, and vibe code small and not-so-useful tools that only I really use.
Photography
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Writing
Everything →Poems & sketches
- Sketch · 15 October 2026
- Poem · 3 September 2026
- Poem · 3 September 2026
- Sketch · 21 August 2026
Newsletters
Substack · since 2025
Where's Waylen
Follow along my travels. Two seasons of day-by-day dispatches from the road.
- S2 Day Seventeen: The Grand Finale
- S2 Day Sixteen: Discovering That I'm the Only Western Tourist In This City
Substack · since 2026
The Watcher's Lexicon
A vocabulary for the patterns I notice in everyday life. Each entry tries to give words to what shapes us.
Read and subscribe →Reading
The whole shelf →- Amor Towles · Masterpiece
- Dead Souls 88.5Nikolai Gogol · Excellent
- Gabriel García Márquez · Excellent
- Homegoing 85.5Yaa Gyasi · Excellent
Projects
All projects →Nowy Korczyn, drawn again
A reconstruction of a medieval Polish market town
About the project →Ohel grave finder
An interactive map of Chabad-Lubavitch burials at Old Montefiore Cemetery, Queens
About the project →