I started drawing Hebrew letters when I was five.

But what does that have to do with Nazis in Munich, the time I met Igor in solitary confinement in an Israeli military prison, and a really weird rabbinical heiter?

Welcome to the first episode of our podcast!

Today, we’re excited to share a recent project. Adam, a psychology professor from the US, came to us with a deeply personal dilemma. It brought to mind the story of Jonah and the whale, only with an unexpected twist.

An attempt to answer one of the questions I am frequently asked: "so what inspires you?"

The question “but did anyone else ever do this or ever think of this or ever want this or feel this and what does that say about me as a person?” seems to hunt some of us to a point where a productive contemplation of a project sometimes becomes hard to maintain. 

I think we might be better off letting go of that question.

Why we're overly fixated and rigid about your gender, even though last time we checked we were not your obnoxious redneck uncle.

Amsterdam and the last 13 month left me tired.

A few thoughts about Jewish visibility and how it influences our self perception and collective identity.

A few thoughts about why Jewish tattooing is definitely cultural appropriation. And why that's a misleading claim. And why William Shakespeare is pissed, ever since 1961.

A few thoughts about tattoo of the word "Timshel", John Steinbeck's Hebrew skills and authenticity in translation.

A few thoughts about the Venice Biennale and how diversity is becoming an oppressive, limiting discourse.

A few thoughts about one of my favourite topics: the Diaspora as a mental state. Being an immigrant. Distances within ourselves.

After recently reading a book by Daniel Boyarín, something shifted me. Something I wish had shifted years ago.

The way we tell our stories is the way weunderstand ourselves. But what if stories disappear from our lives?

A few thoughts about why Jewish tattooing is definitely a sin... and still probably a good idea.

So what is that Freedom we’ll be celebrating in a few days? A different reading of the question that probably has a different answer, each generation.

I like to start conceptualizing any tattoo project by considering its placement. Here is why.

A few thoughts and guidelines for you, if you are looking for a calligraphy cover up tattoo

How Israeli automatisms I was sure I had overcome got their sticky fingers on me, on October 7

Bin ich jetzt zum Nazi geworden... oder was?

My work got published in Izzy Pludwinksi's newest anthology of Hebrew lettering.

Why I often strip letters of their most basic function: conveying a message.