Fine dining with the Houthis

October 5, 2025

My birthday and my daughter, Merav’s birthday are only a week apart. So, this year, we decided to celebrate together by taking the whole family out to dinner at Janjaria, the over-the-top chef restaurant in the boutique Ramban Hotel in central Jerusalem. Janjaria is operated by the Mahaneyuda Group which has expanded in recent years […]

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What a way to end it all

September 28, 2025

What would I do if the CAR-T didn’t work or didn’t give me the long remission I’m so hoping for? Or a secondary cancer? Would I choose more treatment?

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Actually, I did die

September 7, 2025

A few columns back, I wrote about how I almost died while waiting to start the CAR-T cancer treatment that ultimately saved my life. But actually, I did die.

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How much should you push yourself?

August 24, 2025

My brother and I have the opposite problem: While I’m in a race to gain back some of the weight cancer stole from me, he is looking for ways to lose a few pounds. His latest idea: cut out all carbs and sugar. That means no bread, no sandwiches, no pizza or garlic Indian naan; […]

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It takes a village

August 10, 2025

When I contracted my second urinary tract infection in a month (infections are probably the most common side effect of the CAR-T treatment for blood cancers that I received and have been writing about over the past several months), I needed some antibiotics in a hurry. The simple act of peeing had become torturously painful […]

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My coma of denial

July 27, 2025

Everyone else saw it. My wife, Jody, saw it. My kids all saw it. The few friends who were able to visit me in the hospital saw it. Even my doctors saw it. Everyone but me could see that I was dying. “I don’t think he’s going to make it long enough to start the […]

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Cloudy with a chance of missiles

July 13, 2025

In case of missiles, it takes about two-and-a-half minutes for a hospital patient like me to get out of bed and reach the protected space.

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This is your brain on mushrooms

June 29, 2025

“Drink it down slowly,” instructs Shawn, my guide for what will be one of the most unusual therapy sessions I’ve embarked upon, unusual because the chunks in my beverage is not chocolate.

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Could consciousness last forever?

June 15, 2025

Is consciousness fundamental? And if it does exist separate from our minds and bodies, would we actually want that?

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Words matter: How we speak about cancer can hinder healing

June 5, 2025

The biggest issue I have when it comes to speaking to someone with cancer is the personification of the interlocution. It’s so narcissistic.

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