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Jun 29, 2026, 6:06 AM

American Jewish Parents, Don’t Raise Frightened Jews

American Jewish parents are asking how to prepare their children for a world where antisemitism is once again visible. The recent Democratic primary in New York’s 10th Congressional District offered two different political answers. I think it exposed a much deeper...

Jun 27, 2026, 10:06 PM

Diplomats Can Sign a Ceasefire. Relationships Keep the Peace.

Illustrative. AI image created by the author.

A ceasefire can be negotiated in conference rooms. Peace cannot. Diplomats may end the exchange of weapons, but only ordinary people can end the cycle of fear, resentment, and dehumanization that makes violence return. Lasting peace is sustained not by...

Jun 26, 2026, 6:49 PM

What Cannot Be Mourned Cannot Be Forgiven

How grief becomes grievance—and what communities can do about it. The title of this essay is not a metaphor. It is a description of something that happens — in families, in communities, in nations — when loss has no legitimate...

Jun 26, 2026, 5:37 PM

The Pattern Persists: Anti-Jewish Discrimination Across the Helping Professions

I often wonder at what point writing about continued anti-Jewish discrimination within the allied mental health professions will become unnecessary. Unfortunately, however, this thought does not last long, as new incidents continue to arise that reinforce how normalized these...

Jun 25, 2026, 10:45 PM

The Grievance Economy

Illustrative. Grief in a living room. Outrage on a screen. How media and algorithms turn private loss into public grievance. Created by the author.

This essay is part of an ongoing series on “peace preparation” — the emotional, relational, and narrative work that political agreements cannot do on their own. Earlier pieces traced how grief becomes identity and identity becomes grievance; this one...

Jun 24, 2026, 5:24 AM

The Politics of Making Others Weep

This essay is part of an ongoing series on “peace preparation” — the emotional, relational, and narrative work that political agreements cannot do. Drawing on decades of work with couples, families, and dialogue programs, I’m exploring how grief, identity,...

Jun 23, 2026, 5:28 AM

What a Peace Preparation Process Would Look Like

Why agreements fail when societies are not emotionally prepared to live inside them. Peace agreements describe what leaders sign. Peace preparation describes what people must be ready to live. The first is negotiated in conference rooms. The second is built in homes, schools,...

Jun 22, 2026, 7:24 AM

The Emotional Work Peace Agreements Cannot Do

Peace deals are supposed to change everything. Maps get redrawn. Flags are raised. Hands are shaken for the cameras. Commentators talk about “historic moments” and “bold leadership.” For a few days, it can feel as if the future has finally...

Jun 20, 2026, 11:32 PM

To Buy, or Not To Buy–That Is The Question

I'm at Deli Snack in Pompano Beach, Florida, with my friend Robert. I've just finished eating at a true New York-style deli, and I'm in a great mood. As Robert and I stand in line waiting to pay the cashier,...

Jun 19, 2026, 4:58 AM

Trapped in the Stories of Palestine

What if one of the greatest barriers to peace is not only what the sides want, but what their deepest wounds have taught them to fear losing? As the region begins to look beyond the immediate Iran crisis toward...

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