If you had to choose a single attribute to bestow upon your child, would you choose happiness, success, or goodness? Our Jewish narrative places goodness at a premium. I suspect, and others have suggested, however, that more people choose happiness, … Read More
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On Happiness: Wisdom from a Current Parent
This past week, a Hillel parent and actively involved Hillel Board member, Josh Levine, won the Detroit Jewish Federation Frank A. Wetsman Award for his outstanding leadership, service and commitment to the Jewish community both here and beyond. At his … Read More
The Theology of Hope: Embracing our Future on the Shoulders of our Past
If you are one who reads the news and is following the presidential primaries, then it is sadly easy to understand why so many people feel that we live in “the worst of all possible worlds!” Much of the collective … Read More
If You Asked Your Children
If you asked your children what was most important to them, “achieving at a high level, happiness, or caring for others,” how do you think they would answer? How would you want your children to answer? A Harvard Graduate School of … Read More