What Cows and Donkeys Can Teach Us About How to Grieve
Death and grief affect many people who seem ancillary to those most directly impacted.
When “Only” Isn’t the Only Choice
The assumption that there is only one path to true and perfect joy, especially when one makes that claim in the name of God, or any other redemptive scheme be it religious or political, has a rather deadly track record in human history.
No Reason? No Problem!
The discovery that happens in the space where there is no explicit answer has immense application for the world of organized religion.
I Was Excommunicated for Asking Questions. Now I Watch American Jewry Do the Same
Our advantage is that we are geniuses at raising children. Our failure is that we are terrible at raising adults.
Judaism Out of the Box: Tradition in Non-Traditional Spaces
A synagogue-without-walls shows people how to create a Jewish life that travels with them wherever they go.
Everyone is Holy
I know nothing more about him, despite how intimately we spent time with his body, but I know that he was and is holy.
Your Final Itinerary is Confirmed
Planning a vacation when your parent is dying presents a host of challenges I hadn’t anticipated.
Two Ways of Greatness – What Jalen Brunson and Elon Musk Reveal About America’s Competing Visions of Human Excellence
What Brunson and Musk actually represent are two genuinely different theories of how greatness is constituted.
Quarreling Ourselves to Death
There’s no doubt that our ability to have sustained dialogue, especially constructive arguments, has severely declined.
Two Stories of Estrangement
What would ritual look like for people who, for whatever reason, become estranged from a family member?