Letters from the Editors

Okay. Hershel told me to write a real introductory letter and I have been actively avoiding it for several weeks, which means by the time you are reading this, this letter has either been rewritten in a panic at 11 PM on a Thursday or it has been quietly inserted by Hershel while I was tutoring.

I am Elia. I am one of two editors of this publication. My duties include the calendar, the recipe corner, most of the cooking that ends up in the recipe corner, photography on Sundays, talking us out of starting a business approximately twice a month, and reminding Hershel that there is, in fact, a deadline.

For the record, a list of what I bring to the partnership:

• I do, despite reports, like coding
• I drive
• I can tutor Calculus I, having recently taught it to myself in approximately four hours
• I owned the Rubik's-cube-tutorial market in Israel for one (1) afternoon
• I will be there in five minutes, except that I will not

A counter-list of things I do not bring: sports; punctuality on Shabbat; patience for Hershel's guitar tempo during candle-lighting; the ability to sit through the middle of a movie.

I would like to note, for the historical record, that I was the one who suggested BananaGrams on the night of November 5, 2023. This is, on the available evidence, the most consequential thing I have ever done with my evening. I will be accepting credit retroactively for the entire rest of this publication on that basis.

Thanks for reading. Please write in. We need the engagement.