Don’t want to read? Take a listen here. For well over a year, we were part of the global movement known as Run For Their Lives— a grassroots effort to support the hostages held by Hamas and other groups. Each week, we gathered, walked one kilometer, and spoke about the situation. We could not change […]
Don’t want to read? Listen here. This month, my cousin Evan should have turned 50. He died in 1994 at the age of 18 from Ewing’s sarcoma, a horrific pediatric bone cancer. Evan was a shining star – brilliant (admitted to Harvard even after missing his junior year for cancer treatments), engaged (president of the […]
Don’t want to read? Take a listen here. As many of you know, I speak regularly at the Zekelman Holocaust Center, sharing my father’s survival story — most often with school children. I work from a script, but each presentation takes on its own shape depending on the group, the energy in the room, the […]
Don’t want to read? Take a listen here: I think a lot about ritual, and how important it is in my life. Rituals usually take the form of some religious ceremony or tradition — from weekly Shabbat dinners and services, to confirmations, b’nai mitzvot, weddings, and of course funerals and mourning. I embrace them all. […]
In my first post from Good Name Advisors, I recounted the trip I had taken a few weeks prior to Mauthausen concentration camp, outside Linz, Austria in May, 2025. With my daughter, brother and nephew, we participated in the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II ceremonies. While we were there, there was […]
Don’t want to read? Take a listen here: . If you’ve read these periodic notes from me, you could probably sum up my themes as legacy, the Jewish world, philanthropy, and community. That’s how I tend to think about the world. Today, I want to linger for a moment on community. I often write about […]
Don’t want to read? Take a listen here: If you’ve seen me in person over the past couple of years, you’ve probably noticed that I look different from most of my adulthood. First, I stopped coloring my hair. Some people assume it’s a statement. It isn’t, really. It has more to do with recognizing when […]
I’ve been thinking a lot about expansiveness lately. How big the world is. How many good causes there are. How many rooms I’m invited into. And then the harder question: How many should I actually enter? There are seasons when saying yes feels like growth. New boards, new projects, new circles doing meaningful work. It’s […]
I hate the word tolerance. I always have. It suggests putting up with something — or someone — rather than learning about them, honoring their humanity, and making space for difference. Tolerance feels thin. Conditional. Like something that can be withdrawn the moment it becomes inconvenient. If you’ve been reading these essays for a while, […]
I’m not quite sure how, as it happened quite quickly, but the new year has begun. The calendar has turned, the emails have piled up again, and the language of “fresh starts” is everywhere. And yet, for me, this moment feels less like a clean slate and more like a conscious inhale — a decision […]
