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The boxes were already stacked by the door when I arrived. Caroline and her husband Quincy were packing up their Boston apartment to move to New York, where she will begin her medical residency. I carried boxes down to the moving truck. On one of the trips back up, I stopped at her bookshelf. There...

A friend is not simply someone who stands beside you when things are going well. A friend sees not only who you are, but who you may become. That kind of friendship is rare between people. Between nations, it is almost unheard of. Two hundred and fifty years ago, one nation looked west across the...

One breath on all things, one flame bows, one sail rises. What wind am I now? * * * May 27, 2026, 8:31 AM. To Quincy: I am so so proud of your resilience and determination and passion to be graduated from Harvard Law School. Each step of your journey revealed new dimensions of your...

Peaches answers cream. Two daughters present and counted. The walk can begin. “Who wants to be Peaches?  Who wants to be Cream?” For years, that was how our family adventures began. Whether we were going for a run in the baby jogger, heading on a hike, walking to the park, or getting into the car;...

This morning, at a minyan in Bal Harbour, two things arrived together. The first: a rabbi visiting from Jerusalem lead us. He taught about manna, the bread that fell from heaven when the children of Israel walked into the wilderness with nothing in their hands. A blessing you could gather in the cool of the...