Help Wanted

By Beit T'shuvah
Published on February 26, 2013

Are You Out of Your Mind?

By Samira Asemanfar
Published on February 9, 2012

Valentine’s Radio Show Tonight

By Tamara Shayne Kagel
Published on February 8, 2012

Variety of books pave way for understanding kabbalah

By Amy Klein
Published on December 6, 2007

Historically, rabbis have proclaimed that in order to study kabbalah, one has to be a learned Jewish man older than of 40. So imagine how surprised those rabbis would be today if they could peruse a modern bookstore: There are now a plethora of tomes on the subject, making kabbalah available to the layperson -- male, female, Jew and non-Jew -- the dummy and idiot alike (which is it better to be?).

Serenity now—inside and out

By Amy Klein
Published on December 6, 2007

Breathe.

Yes, take a breath.

"One, long deliberate breath that you feel from the very beginning of it until the end of it. Try it, really. You can do it with your eyes open. You can do it while reading these instructions. Do you notice that you can feel your body, and especially your chest expanding and relaxing to accommodate the air flowing in and out, without stopping reading?"

10 books about happiness

Published on September 13, 2007

List of 10 books about happiness.

Can happiness be taught?

By Amy Klein
Published on September 13, 2007

Anyway, what does it mean to be happy? Does it mean to experience constant pleasure? Bouts of joy? Moments of ecstasy? Does it mean to suffer no pain? Never be sad? Never struggle with challenges? Whatever it is, how does one get happy? It's a High Holy Days challenge if ever there were one, since if we all lived happier lives, wouldn't the world be a better place?

Battle of the sexes along the Y-Divide

By Soriya Daniels
Published on May 17, 2007

"Ladies and gentlemen, Rabbi Aryeh Pamensky holds the secret to your incredible, unbelievable and unparalleled happiness," announces the emcee in a dimly lit nightspot where hundreds of Jews are gathered, each hoping to attain what half of Americans find unattainable: a happy marriage."

Six self-help books seek to help you get sealed in the Book of Life

By Sandee Brawarsky
Published on September 21, 2006

Self-help books are essential tools.

Hopeful Romantics

By Bonnie Trachtenberg
Published on May 7, 1998

When you're still "flying solo" and your 35thbirthday comes a-knocking, suddenly, the pitifully comic titlescrowding the self-help shelves of your bookstore seem less like jokebooks and more like required reading.