Take A Walk With A Turtle. And

Social Media Is Fine, But We Need To Put The Phones Down And Look Somebody In The Eye. Talk To Your Neighbor. Talk To Your Community. Especially Talk To The One You Love. It's All About Connection. It's Hard, But It's Ultimately What Gives Us Meaning In The World.

When It Comes To Gender, Marriage, Family, Work, And Religion - We Once Thought Of Them As Being Fixed, But They're Incredibly Fluid. The Same Is True For Love. Love Was Not Something That Was Originally Built Between Two Equal Partners In A Relationship. It's Something That's Been Hard-earned Over Time.

One Question Hovers Over All Of Us Who Choose To Spend Our Lives Writing: Why Keep Doing This In A World Where So Many Forces Are Aligned Against Us?

When I Was Growing Up, I, Like Many Jews, Cheered What Appeared To Be The Receding Of Faith From Everyday Life. The Further Religion Got From Our Lives The Better Our Lives Would Get, I Thought, Because Persecution Had Been Such A Burden To Jewish Families For Generations.

Moses Is Our True Founding Father.