Ecclesiastes

To Everything There is a Season

Reflections from a southern Jew on New Year's Eve

Living With Death

Death is a problem. It is death that seems to suck the meaning out of life. If it is all ...

Ta-Nehisi Coates and King Solomon, Telling it Like It Is

“I would not have you descend into your own dream. I would have you be a conscious citizen of this ...

What’s Your Question?

What question will guide your New Year’s resolutions this year? What will be the focus of your self-improvement plan?Maybe it’s ...

Yogi Berra and Sukkot

Yogi Berra was the master of saying the wrong thing in the most right way. His death a couple of ...

Happiness is Contemplation

Passover ended less than a week ago.Many Jews say that Passover is our favourite holiday. And why not? On Seder ...