I'm a writer based in Brooklyn. My reporting runs on Chabad.org News, where I've filed more than sixty stories: from the Bondi Beach attack and its aftermath in Australia, to missile nights in Israeli bomb shelters, to the small, strange joys of a menorah lighting in Prudhoe Bay.
Away from the news desk I write because I love to write. When I was seven years old I won a Pepsi sweepstake competition. I had the choice of prize between: $1,000 cash, a Playstation 3 and a PSP, or a Sony Vaio laptop. I chose the laptop. It came with a free year of Microsoft Word. I've been writing since (even when the subscription lapsed and my seven-year-old self found out how to pirate a free version).
Beyond writing, my hobby is film photography. I mostly develop and scan the shots myself, but there are some rolls too precious to leave to my home darkroom. I'm not hiding.
And I build things. Lately that means data-heavy little web apps made with a lot of help from AI tools (read: I have no idea how to code but was fortunately born into a time where I don't have to). The projects page has the details.