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Kindness is Not Always Nice - Rosh Hashanah Sermon
"Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things." An exploration into kindness and situations when kindness is not nice. We must be people who resist oppression even when we go against the status quo and risk our reputations.
Ariel Tovlev
Sep 267 min read
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The Birds Don't Know
A poem in response to the US presidential election
Ariel Tovlev
Nov 8, 20241 min read
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Our Shared Struggle For Peace
Our struggles are not with each other; we must unite in the shared struggle for peace
Ariel Tovlev
Oct 16, 20247 min read
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Anti-Trans Legislation
The government's attempt to roll back trans healthcare protections is personal to me. Between 2014-2015, I spent an entire year trying to...
Ariel Tovlev
Jun 14, 20204 min read
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Lessons From My Mother: On Hatred and Our Responses To It
I'm having some thoughts on some of the responses to the hatred brewing in the US, namely the two following ideas: no one is born knowing...
Ariel Tovlev
Aug 17, 20173 min read
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