HAPPINESS MAY NEVER GROW OLD, BUT I DO!
Although they say ‘the older, the wiser’, Joseph feels as you grow older the world often treats you like you are worth nothing.
Hard to say no to kosher home if you’re not the cook
Rabbi Bernath gives advice to a man who was just told by his wife that she wants to start keeping a kosher home.
Want good marriage advice for men? Read Genesis
The story of Adam and Eve tosses over a nice little piece of marriage advice for men.
Dear Rabby: How can we get the ‘feelings’ we once had to come back?
How do you deal with the feeling that your feelings will not come back; that life, kids, work, or something has sucked the life out of the relationship?
Ask the Love Rabbi: Can I fight the patriarchy and please my parents?
I love my partner, but don’t love how everyone always wants to know about our marriage plans. How do we cultivate a meaningful, monogamous, long-term relationship without reinforcing an institution that’s historically been terrible to women?
Think outside the box for the perfect gift
This gift requires more thought. Think outside the box of a normal wedding gift. I’m sure they’ll love the uniqueness and effort you put into their new union
Does marrying a Jew make you ‘one of us?’
With so many Jews marrying non-Jews, it’s worth looking at the argument that non-Jews who were married to Jews by a rabbi are likelier to raise kids Jewish.
Couples sign innovative postnup agreement at mass event
Seventy-two couples, from newlyweds to those together more than half a century, publicly signed agreements on Sept. 13 that, if their marriages end in civil divorce, they both will “participate in a get,” or Jewish religious divorce. They heeded the call of Rabbi Michael Whitman, spiritual leader of Adath Israel Poalei Zedek Anshei Ozeroff Congregation […]
My belated prenup awakening
Lauren Kramer remembers her experience signing a prenuptial agreement twenty years ago
New Reconstructionist rabbi expects debate on intermarriage
Leading a discussion on whether Montreal’s sole Reconstructionist synagogue should allow interfaith weddings is one of the first and thorniest tasks Rabbi Boris Dolin expects to undertake in his inaugural year as spiritual leader of Congregation Dorshei Emet