Dear Rabbi and Susan, I am a practicing physician working during tremendous change in healthcare over 25 years. These changes are in a negative direction: increased bureaucracy that decreases quality and access, and decreased autonomy and financial reimbursements for complicated, hard work. I have witnessed many physicians with years of experience and wisdom retire early
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Thousands of years passed between the first use of iron tools and the accidental discovery of steel before the steel industry transformed daily life in the mid-1800s. Close to a hundred years elapsed from Robert Fulton’s first commercial steamboat launch in 1807 until the first diesel boat debuted in 1903. That same year, Orville Wright
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Dear Rabbi and Susan, I am reading and loving Rabbi Lapin’s books. They are changing my heart and mind. I have a question that maybe you can direct or counsel me. I know my hubby has many mental and spiritual blocks about money…his parents too. They say things like “so and so is so nice
As a boy who grew up in South Africa, I retain fond memories of trips on South African Railways. If I concentrate, I can still smell the morning coffee, the green leather seats, and the thick smoke from the big Garrett class steam locomotive as I traveled with my family from our home in Johannesburg,
Many years ago, my nine-year-old cousin told our grandmother at her birthday celebration that she was, “the oldest person I’ve ever met.” His mother, my aunt, was mortified. Grandma just laughed. Even though we may smile at blunt comments from children, one hopes that we acquire tact and discernment as we grow older. Yet as
Dear Rabbi and Susan, In my mind I grade male female relationships. With Husband-Wife upper tier and boyfriend-girlfriend lower tier. I am curious, if I may ask, these days I see in society a guy take or envy another guy’s ‘girlfriend’. How does Hashem [God] view that scenario? Is that also opening the door to
“I just heard the most amazing insight,” our teenage daughter announced, introducing a perceptive observation from her teacher. Admittedly, the thought was worthwhile. Yet my husband and I had made the same point at least twenty times to guests at our Shabbat table while she was present. She was blithely unaware of that as she
I had a question after watching your show on the righteous women [on our Ancient Jewish Wisdom TV Show]. Can a righteous woman be a rabbi? Theresa K. Dear Theresa, Before we can discuss whether righteous women can be rabbis, we need to define the word rabbi. This is more difficult than it might seem.
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Have you been reading divorce memoirs? Neither have I, but they do seem to be having a moment. An article by journalist Tara Henley made me aware of just how ubiquitous they are. She cites numerous books presenting a buoyant and fulfilling vision of marriage break-ups and references essays such as the New York Time’s
With gratitude to God, our children have grown to become outstanding parents themselves. We recently celebrated the bris (circumcision) of a very cute little eight-day-old baby boy. A bris is a great celebration for the family. Along with official membership in the Hebrew people, the baby also gets his name—in this case, Joshua. During the
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