Often, our minds paint grim images of the future. As a therapist, I see this every day. The everlasting 'what ifs.' 'What if I lose my job?' 'What if my wife leaves?' 'What if I get cancer?' These ...

Jewish families will gather for Passover this year in circumstances that will, like the celebration itself, reflect on dark times while looking ahead toward better ones to come. The first two nights ...

For decades, America has operated on a simple yet precarious principle: Borrow from tomorrow to pay for today. This mindset, deeply embedded in our economic systems and individual behaviors, has ...

When asked why he didn’t begin writing novels until his 30s, the celebrated Czech author Milan Kundera said he didn’t have the requisite experience when he was younger. “This jerk that I was, I wouldn ...

I’ve always appreciated the present-tense quality of Yom Ha’atzmaut. Coming right after Yom HaZikaron, a day of remembering past losses, it is like a full day of “dayenu“ prayer, a collective ...