Happiness

Mazel Tov, Young Graduates!You’ve done it! Your hard work has paid off. We put hoop after hoop in front you, ...

At the end of the week, I embark on a weeklong meditation retreat. As the retreat starts, and for its ...

Do you want to be happy?Then here’s my advice: don’t try to be happy.That idea comes from Oliver Burkeman’s excellent book  ...

I’ve been looking for meaningful full-time work since crash-landing in Philadelphia in August. After living in Boston for eight years ...

The week began with me feeling self-conscious gesturing with my hands and glittery purple nails. I recently read Rebecca Sirbu’s ...

Almost any article I’ve ever seen to do with Judaism, any religious critique of a political event, and even in ...

Just before Sukkot began, news came out of a prominent Conservative rabbi who came out to his congregation as gay. ...

Tonight begins the 8-day festival of Sukkot (7 days in Israel and in the American Reform movement). One of the ...

As we cross from 5774 to 5775, the Akeida (the Binding of Isaac, which is traditionally read on Rosh Hashanah) ...

A few weeks ago, I celebrated the marriage of two dear friends.  Along with the biological and chosen families of ...