Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, Martin currently lives in NJ with his wife and three children. He is an avid marathoner, Daf Yomi participant, Wordler, vexillologist, and halvah aficionado. He is a technologist by day, and a writer by night.
A freelance writer on Jewish interest topics for three decades, his work has been published in The Huffington Post, The Denver Post, The Washington Times, The Jewish Press, Country Yossi Magazine, Modern Magazine, The Jewish Link of NJ, The Jewish Book Council, scoogiespin, israelinsider, bangitout, jewcentral, Jew in the City, Aish, and Shepherd. His work was translated for Germany’s only weekly Jewish newspaper, The Jüdische Allgemeine. Zaidy’s War was translated into Yiddish and serialized in Der Yid. He is the co-creator of TheKnish.com, a popular Jewish news satire site, the beat reporter for JRunners, the surname columnist for jewishworldreview, the cufflink columnist for The Jewish Link of NJ, and is part of the Word Prompt rotation in The Jewish Press.
The Emoji Haggadah, The Festivus Haggadah, The Coronavirus Haggadah, The Shakespeare Haggadah, This Haggadah is the Way: A Star Wars Unofficial Passover Parody, and The Dad Jokes Haggadah generated much praise and media attention, and were covered in The Jewish Week, The Jewish Link of NJ, Jewish Vues, Vos Iz Neias, Jewish Book Council, northjersey, The Forward, Jewish Journal, J-Wire, Vox, The Jewish Press, The Jewish Fund, The Jerusalem Post, The Jewish Telegraphic Agency, The Jüdische Allgemeine, Moked, various blogs, eater, nj1015, New York Shakespeare Instagram Live, The Cindy Grosz Show, and The New York Times.
Zaidy’s War, the memoir of his grandfather’s unreal WWII experience, launched Martin on an international, multi-venue public speaking/podcast/Zoom talk/book club tour that remains ongoing.
His latest, Haggadahpalooza: The Unofficial Weirdly Perfect Passover Pop Parody Panoply is his fourteenth book. He’ll eat it up, he loves it so.
Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, Martin currently lives in NJ with his wife and three children. He is an avid marathoner, Daf Yomi participant, Wordler, vexillologist, and halvah aficionado. He is a technologist by day, and a writer by night.
A freelance writer on Jewish interest topics for three decades, his work has been published in The Huffington Post, The Denver Post, The Washington Times, The Jewish Press, Country Yossi Magazine, Modern...
I really enjoyed this program. It was about his grandfather's experiences in 4 countries' armies during WWII, and though it could have been depressing, the way he told it, everything was interesting and upbeat. Very few people get to have relatives with such interesting stories to tell.
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Pleased Zaidy's War book talk attendee
My thanks again to you for such a wonderful presentation today. Your grandfather’s story is amazing, and you were able to recapture it in such an engrossing way.
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Pleased Zaidy's War book talk event organizer
Thank you so much for a beautiful talk. My community enjoyed it very much.
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Pleased parody haggadah book talk event organizer
I have been invited to this interesting podcast ostensibly to talk about Zaidy's War, but more specifically to discuss my commitment to preserving and sharing stories that might otherwise be forgotten.
Elsplend Realities explores the stories, experiences, and perspectives that shape how we understand ourselves and the world around us. We'll be discussing writing, history, legacy, storytelling, and what I've learned from researching and bringing important narratives to life through my work.
With Zaidy's War as the jumping-off point, we're going to discuss the balance between a professional career and a deep commitment to writing, research, and preserving meaningful stories.
We're going to get throughly into the weeds:
- The path from technology into becoming a published author
- How writing became such an important part of my life
- The inspiration behind Zaidy’s War and why it feels especially significant
- The process of researching historical and Jewish-interest topics
