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Accoutrements
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Techdirt Review
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Accoutrements, a game about arcane tools and Faustian bargains and featuring images from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Open Access Collection, won Best Remix in Techdirt's Gaming Like It's 1929 game jam. Read Leigh Beadon's review of the game and download it here.

Nude on a Yellow Sofa
Techdirt Review
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My tabletop role-playing game Nude on a Yellow Sofa won Best Analog Game in Techdirt's Gaming Like It's 1926 game jam. Check out Leigh Beadon's review of the game, and learn more about it here.

Seekers of Meaning
Jewish Sacred Aging Podcast
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I spoke with Rabbi Richard Address about the history of Jewish life in the American South, and the Institute of Southern Jewish Life's role in interpreting, sharing, and celebrating that heritage.

Watch the episode here.

Gravy
Southern Foodways Alliance Podcast
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I appeared on Gravy to talk about southern Jews and Civil Rights, my deep love for Jewish delis, and tabletop role-playing games—trust me, they're connected.

​Listen to the episode here. And check out "Lunch Rush," my tabletop role-playing game about delis, here.

Southern & Jewish
Institute of Southern Jewish Life blog, hosted on MyJewishLearning.com
Find some reflections on my life in the Jewish South on the Institute of Southern Jewish Life's blog! Favorite pieces include a meditation on baking during Passover and some promises for 2021.

"Travelers, Tourists, Pilgrims: Identity and Place in Journeys to the Jewish South"
Virtual lecture for the 2018 Global Day of Jewish Learning.

Token Talk
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I was the resident Jewish person on a holiday episode of Token Talk, "a cross-cultural podcast with three cross-cultural guys who just so happen to be Black." We had a lot of fun talking about life in Jackson, Jewish history, the connections between the Jewish and African-American experiences, and, of course, our favorite holiday songs.

​Listen to the episode here (my segment starts at 23:44).
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