These should be my people. I should be one of them.
And get everything you want from your relationship instead.
I have pictures of my bar mitzvah. There are lots from my wedding. Somewhere, there is even a videotape of my birth that I regret having watched once. We cherish the markers in life that signal our progress and try to capture those moments for the future.
I don't like to pray-- at least not the kind of prayer that involves a prayerbook. Maybe its too regimented. Maybe I’m not disciplined enough. Or maybe I just never learnt how to pray.
There is nothing more addictive than traveling. And sometimes, I wonder why I bothered coming back.
Among the surprises of pregnancy that I've experienced has been a flood of gratitude. Gratitude for everything, because pregnancy has made every small thing seem very, very important.
Heaven and hell do not resonate with me. I much prefer an afterlife that allows all souls to learn, grow, and reach their spiritual potential. But that doesn't require me—or you—to tolerate mean people.
Chaya's most unexpected Yom Ha'atzmaut experience.
The pursuit of happiness has no end goal. The pursuit is everything.
How Humans of New York made me realize that no Jew is happy, and none ever will be.
