By Bella Brannon and Megan Freeman
Ha’Am is saying “chai” to 2025 with our list of 18 ins and outs for the new year, curated by Bella and Megan.
In
- Saying “L’chaim” even if we’re not drinking alcohol
- Writing for Ha’Am
- Challah
- Reading for fun
- Shabbos naps
- Electric toothbrushes
- Yiddish
- Dating for marriage
- Including Native Americans in your activism
- The Velvet Underground
- Philip Roth books
- Calling internationally-recognized terrorist organizations terrorist organizations
- Saying “chungus” when you don’t like something
- The Free Press
- Going to Hillel between classes
- OKT
- Buying flowers for your friends
- Getting out of your comfort zone
Out
- TikTok
- Borrowing other people’s toothbrush chargers
- Wedge salads
- “As a Jew”
- Coleen Hoover and Sally Rooney books
- Arak
- Seed oils
- Obsessing over celebrity drama
- “Zio”
- Influencers
- Ending friendships over political differences
- The New York Times
- Norovirus
- B-Plate
- Luigi Mangione apologists
- Gatekeeping
- Overdoing political correctness
- Michel Foucault
