Welcome to the latest incarnation of my profile! I have removed all the old lame jokes and prepared all new lame jokes.

Currently I'm a freelance journalist and I've spent years writing about politics, foreign affairs, and entertainment. I've interviewed Benjamin Netanyahu, Mel Brooks, and most recently Ron Ben-Israel, the Sweet Genius. But journalism doesn't pay the bills quite like it used to, so I just started a master's program in global affairs with hopes of going into policy analysis, focusing on the Middle East. I haven't been in school in almost 10 years, so this will definitely be a big adventure.

I like to have adventures and try new things. Fortunately, living right by New York affords such opportunities. Granted, my adventure list includes some touristy stuff, such as taking a Duck Tour (one of those land/sea combos), going to the wax museum (been to the one in London, not in New York), and dropping a penny from the top of the Empire State Building and seeing what actually happens to the pavement (OK, I know this is not legal and highly unlikely to actually happen, but I can dream, can't I?).

Israel and Zionism are very important to me as is being Jewish. I love having a job where I can have an impact on the Jewish community and do what I love - writing.
When I'm not out muckraking, I'm usually catching a movie, playing skeeball or mini golf, playing board games, or cooking something new and delicious. I recently became addicted to the Food Network and want Bobby Flay to come do a vodka sauce Throwdown with me. I will kick his butt!
Some of my other specialty dishes include spicy Italian sausage with broccoli rabe, harissa chicken, sushi, and peanut noodles. As you can probably tell, I enjoy cooking, especially cooking Shabbat dinners for my friends. And I love spicy food and add hot sauce to most things.

I'm a sci-fi buff and yes, I once took a chess set into a night club and played with a couple of friends. After the DJ made fun of us the manager gave us all free shots because we were so awesome. So there's my geek cred right there.

I am eccentric, entertaining, and ready for adventure. So let's see where the yellow brick road (or the 1 train) will take us.

I'm a journalist and spend a lot of that time in the Jewish media. I love writing about food and food-centered events, a big change from the big stories on corruption and scandal that took up most of my time until recently.

I'm also a graduate student in global affairs at NYU. Politics! Politics! Politics! I have way too much sense to go into politics but I'm studying foreign policy and how to make it better.

Writing, cooking, chess, dancing the Hora, scrabble, skeeball

"You're quite tall."

Books: Stranger in a Strange Land, Exodus, Snow in August, books about the history of Israel, Slan, the AP Stylebook

Movies: Inglourious Basterds, Superman, Iron Man, Star Wars, Kill Bill, Clerks, Mallrats, Dogma, Star Trek II, Star Trek IV, Star Trek VI, Star Trek VIII (Do you notice a pattern yet?), Searching for Bobby Fisher, Batman (1989), Batman Begins, The Producers (Original), Spaceballs. I have a large DVD collection, do I really have to narrow it down to just a few favorites?

Shows (TV): Big Bang Theory, Doctor Who, Throwdown With Bobby Flay, Kitchen Nightmares, Hell's Kitchen, Iron Chef (original).

Shows (theater): The Toxic Avenger, The Producers, Les Mis, Avenue Q, Jewtopia, The Book of Mormon, and there are a few other good ones I've seen too.

Music: Early Matisyahu stuff, Beach Boys, Weird Al, They Might be Giants, Arrogant Worms, Moxy Fruvous, a lot of Israeli stuff.

Food: malai kofte, galub jamun, sushi, nachos, white pizza, a juicy steak, all blended into one energy drink (OK, not really because that would be very not kosher and also disgusting). Indian, Japanese, Mexican are my favorite cuisines, but I also love a good shwarma - extra tahina, and don't forget the chips!

Oxygen, food, water, my AP Stylebook, human contact, the written word (save the newspaper industry!)

The future. Jack Napier said to think about it right before he shot Carl Grissom in the 1989 Batman movie, so it must be good advice because he turned into the Joker, right?

Also, if a vampire bit somebody with AIDS, would the vampire then become a carrier? Would those dens where people go to get bitten but not drained have to start testing vampires before allowing them to bite people?

Having a relaxing (I can try at least) Shabbat dinner with close friends.

I have a birthmark on my calf in the shape of South America.

I sound at all interesting and you are an interesting person. I want to meet fascinating people who can spin exciting yarns of their adventures.
I'm sorry, but I only date Jews. If you're not Jewish, we can still be friends but nothing more than that.