What’s the point of struggle, strife and dysfunction if you can’t transform them into memoir? I write about family, illness, mature love, immature love, intercultural intimacy, mental health, insecurity, exile, foreigness, death, and other hilarious things.

Hoarding: A Love Story
Salon, 17 December 2011

At a holiday celebration, I found out that the man I was falling in love with was the child of a hoarder – a surprising coincidence, since I was as well. A story about home, shame, and skeletons in the closet – not to mention, everywhere else.
Watch me chat about this piece with Anderson Cooper on ‘Anderson: Living with a Hoarder.’

Chicken
Tablet, 22 February 2013

Hear the tale of my lapsed and relapsed vegetarianism. (I read it on this podcast.)

My Rudest Date
Nerve, 1 July 2011

After years of dating in England, adhering to strict social and romantic rules, it was only when I dropped my act that I met a crass, hairy toad – who turned out to be my prince charming.

The Day I Died
The Jerusalem Post Magazine, 12 March 2010

An essay about being a North American Jewish comedienne in England – a place where Jewish humor is not only not mainstream, but potentially lethal.

Nine Tips for Befriending a Brit
The Frisky, 30 June 2010

Some tips I gleaned from my attempt to navigate the social, romantic and professional codes of the Brits – a true Victorian minefield.

The Joy of Kvetch
Jewish Chronicle Celebrations Magazine, Autumn 2008

The only thing worse than complaining about your relatives is having nothing to complain about at all.

The Holiday of Light, Not Chiaroscuro
The Jewish Quarterly, Winter 2007

On my first Chanuka in England, I threw a party assuming that my posh cultured guests had heard of the holiday. They hadn’t.

An Interior Saunalogue
The Jewish Quarterly, Autumn 2007

My attempt to bridge the Muslim-Jewish culture gap in an East London sauna.