Author Archives: Omer Rosen

Life Without a Cellphone

This is an ongoing series of articles and cartoons about my life without a cellphone: Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Reintroduction Part 3-A: Maslow Into Madness Part 3-B: Maslow Into Madness (Rabbit Holes) Part 3-C: Maslow Into Madness (Unbound) Part … Continue reading

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The Healthiest Block In New York?

An article about a particularly healthy block: The Healthiest Block In New York?

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Banking Articles

Here are two more articles about my time in banking: I, Too, Have Messed With LIBOR On Greg Smith, Goldman Sachs, and a Perp Walk Down Memory Lane

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Art After Terror

An edited version of the below appeared in the Winter 2011 issue of NY Arts Magazine The ACTION–ReACTION exhibition at .NO, a Lower East Side gallery dedicated to Norwegian artists, aims to explore power relations. However, .NO also creates a link to … Continue reading

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Footnoting David Foster Wallace: Part 1

Published in The Huffington Post Co-written with Casey Michael Henry There are recognizable rituals to the post-burial coalescence of an author’s legacy: the heartfelt memorial, the vaguely similar-to-visage-seeming New Yorker cartoon, the earnest and inspiring discussions of author and work … Continue reading

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Footnoting David Foster Wallace: Part 1

My latest piece is up at the Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/omer-rosen/david-foster-wallace_b_968257.html The article was prompted by Maud Newton’s piece about David Foster Wallace in the New York Times a few weeks ago. My article deals with the mythologizing and appropriation of … Continue reading

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From Point A To Point A By Way Of Point A

Published in The Huffington Post A pretentious open letter, full of generalizations and exaggerations, to current and recent high school and college students: The following is not a lecture, though it might seem to be. Nor is it an attempt to … Continue reading

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X-Men: First Class: Reviewing Magneto and the Super Jews

Published in The Huffington Post Ever since I converted to atheism, I have wondered what it means to be a Jew. Was I even Jewish anymore — the ‘ish’ appending my classification suddenly appearing more appropriate? Such were my musings at … Continue reading

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X-Men: First Class: Reviewing Magneto and the Super Jews

My latest piece is up at the Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/omer-rosen/xmen-first-class-magneto-_b_877751.html It is not a straight film review. Rather, it deals with questions of Jewish identity in X-Men: First Class, in life, and in relation to Israel. Take a look!

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Will be back soon…

Just a quick note that I’m still in Costa Rica (as I have been for almost three weeks now), still without much internet (which is good), but should be back by month-end (maybe)….at which point I will be a more … Continue reading

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