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Am I Not Kosher Enough for My Daughter?
Rabbi Rami responds to questions about white supremacy, a loving god, and Christian tracts, among others.
Book Review: Holy Rascals
Spirituality & Health columnist Rabbi Rami Shapiro won’t tell you that your religious beliefs are silly and superstitious. However, he might tell you a joke that leads you to disco…
Book Review: The Happiness Track
The Happiness TrackHow to Apply the Science of Happiness to Accelerate your SuccessBy Emma Seppälä, PhDHarper OneThe pursuit of happiness shouldn’t be such hard work. That’s the ba…
Bring on the Global Exorcism!
In October of 1967, Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin gathered Americans and encircled the Pentagon for a grand exorcism. The plan was to use an Aramaic chant to levitate the Pentagon, turn it orange, and shake out the evil that pervaded it...
Care of the Soul: The Dream of Utopia
Have you ever found yourself in a beautiful place, free from your worries, everything in its place, time almost at a standstill? I have a memory like that of stretching out in a ro…
Care of the Soul: The Soul Under Construction
For most of his life, my father was a plumbing instructor in a trade school and was one of those people who can build a house from scratch. I envy that ability and regret tha…
Care of the Soul: The Veggie Soul
When I studied medieval philosophy in college, I learned that a human being has a rational, animal, and vegetable soul. At the time, it was all a matter of definitions and categori…
Close to the Ground: Even in a Brothel
When I first started out on this meditation path decades ago, I was awed by the people who would show up at the Zen Buddhist Temple for the 5:00 a.m. services and sit like mountain…
If Meditation Isn’t Joyful, Don’t Do It
“You might ask, if I am meditating just to meditate—if there is no goal to it at all—why bother with it in the first place? Good question.”
Let Go of Pandemic Perfection
The pandemic has put a sudden emphasis on the domestic sphere, and it can feel overwhelming.
Our Walk in the World: Heart and Path
Beneath all our noise and trouble, the secret of life is waiting to be discovered, the way a pearl grows in a shell at the bottom of the ocean long before the diver enters the water.
Spouses Struggling with Lack of Spiritual Connection
We are delighted to introduce a new online column, The Soul of Therapy, by Kevin Anderson, Ph.D. Dr. Anderson will explore the intersection of the psychological and spiritual in the inevitable struggles that are part of being human.
The Happiness Track: The Flow of Being
As children, we were one with each moment—crying one moment, laughing the next— always intensely present and going along with the flow of being. As a result, we had an …
The Happiness Track: The Life Stories We Tell for Health
Genetics play a role in our health, but we also have control in the choices we make about how we live.
The Heart of Money: Help! I Don't Know What to Think About Taxes!
Question: I don’t know what to think about taxes. Our country seems in serious debt. The rich are getting much richer while more of us face what we now call “food insecurity.” I’m …
What Astrology Really Tells You
“You may be among the millions of Americans who are curious about, if not seriously engaged with, astrology. Me too.”
