Former tech professional and Unit 8200 intelligence officer Two books Researcher of contemporary Jewish history, Bar-Ilan University A Shabbat Treat, every week since 2015 Content manager, VLU Group
Educator
What I write, record, and teach on a regular basis. Most of it is in Hebrew.
- Every Friday
A Shabbat Treat
One story and one idea from the weekly Torah portion, every Friday morning since 2015, on WhatsApp. In Hebrew.
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Simply Judaism
My blog, where Judaism meets Israeli life, written for people taking their first steps into Jewish life. In Hebrew.
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Content manager, VLU Group
A community of young managers and entrepreneurs that brings professional success and Jewish wisdom together.
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Lectures and classes
Torah classes, talks for organizations, and talks drawn from my research.
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Writer
- Coming in English
Just Curious: Judaism at Your Pace
A guide for people who want to take their first steps in Jewish life. The Hebrew original came out from Maggid in 2019, and the English edition, in three volumes, is in the works.
- In Hebrew
Don't Look at Me Like That
A detective novel (Kinneret Zmora) about the secular and Haredi worlds, and the people who cross between them in both directions.
- Interview
"I ran away from Judaism, but it caught me"
An interview about the novel in Makor Rishon, by Racheli Malek-Bodeh, February 2026. In Hebrew.
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A Shabbat Treat: The Book
124 short essays on the weekly Torah portions and the holidays, each ending with a question for the Shabbat table. In Hebrew.
Soon - Online
Tell Me About Him
A guide to comforting mourners, free to read on this site. In Hebrew.
- Editor
Books I edited
Among them the Hebrew edition of Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan's biography of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, Rabbi Hagai Londin's Haggadah of the Soul, and How to Build a Life, a study of Mesillat Yesharim alongside the late Hadar Goldin (all Maggid).
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Researcher
- Bar-Ilan
Researching contemporary Jewish history
My PhD at Bar-Ilan University studies Religious Zionism, Israel's national-religious community, and its place in Israeli society.
- Podcasts
Want to hear about my research?
Two conversations, in Hebrew: on Tamir Dortal's podcast On Meaning, and on Dr. Roi Yozevitch's podcast.
On Meaning, with Tamir Dortal With Dr. Roi Yozevitch - Op-ed
Religious Zionism gets a second chance to lead a wave of teshuvah
My article in Makor Rishon, October 2025. In Hebrew.
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The quiet revolution in the IDF
A Makor Rishon report on my conversation with Tamir Dortal. In Hebrew.
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I knew a great deal about how Jews died, and almost nothing about how Jews live.
I grew up in a secular home in Israel. In high school, I went to Germany with a group from my school to meet students from a Catholic school there. In the synagogue in Bonn, one of the German students handed me a siddur, a Jewish prayer book, and asked, completely innocently, "Could you show me where we are in the prayers?" I had no idea. That day I promised myself that no one would ever again ask me about my own tradition and find me without an answer.
The full story, in Hebrew →בעברית
Get in touch
Write to me here, in English or Hebrew. I'd be glad to hear from publishers, agents, and editors, from anyone who'd like me to speak, and from readers with a question.