Connecting through isolation
Why we need obstacles to create a clearer path People everywhere are finding ways to cope with quarantine and the threat of COVID-19....
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Yonason Goldson
- May 12, 2020
- 1 min
My first quarantine
This is not my first quarantine. Maybe things have changed, but back then Israeli hospitals bore little resemblance to American...
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Yonason Goldson
- May 12, 2020
- 1 min
Operation dichotomy podcast
Thanks to Paul Kim for inviting me on his podcast Operation Dichotomy. Our missions are very much aligned in vision and purpose, so we...
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Yonason Goldson
- May 5, 2020
- 1 min
When leading from behind is the only option
Maverick resistance erodes the overconfidence of groupthink Great writers intentionally sprinkle their narratives with contradictions. ...
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Yonason Goldson
- May 4, 2020
- 1 min
How to stop a plague
This is not a story about biblical history. It’s a story about us, today, right now. Nearly 3000 years ago, toward the end of King...
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Yonason Goldson
- Apr 29, 2020
- 1 min
The skeleton in my closet
Confessions of a counterculture rabbi There’s a certain kind of angst unique to certain kinds of rabbis — those who grew up in secular...
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Yonason Goldson
- Apr 27, 2020
- 1 min
The Etiquette of ethics
I’m revisiting my interview with Denise Griffitts on her podcast, Your Partner in Success. Denise is an oasis of calm and quiet reason...
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Yonason Goldson
- Apr 22, 2020
- 1 min
The lyrics of history
Mark Twain said that history does not repeat itself, but it rhymes. A decade ago, a prominent white house adviser responded to the 2008...
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Yonason Goldson
- Apr 21, 2020
- 1 min
Don't let this crisis go to waste
Mark Twain said, history does not repeat itself, but it rhymes. A decade ago, a prominent white house adviser responded to the 2008...
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Yonason Goldson
- Apr 14, 2020
- 2 min
How Not to Think podcast
Thanks to Howard Rankin for inviting me on his How Not to Think podcast. Howard shares my passion for challenging conventional...
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Yonason Goldson
- Apr 14, 2020
- 1 min
Find joy in extremism
There’s an often-told Jewish folk tale about a man who complains to his rabbi that he can get a moment’s peace in his tiny home filled...
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Yonason Goldson
- Apr 13, 2020
- 2 min
The midpoint of the world
My untimely discovery of a time capsule encapsulates the end of time What would you ask of a time traveler from a hundred years ago? And...
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Yonason Goldson
- Apr 7, 2020
- 1 min
The sign above the doorpost
Celebrate freedom amidst isolation: a Passover parable This week begins the holiday of Passover, the world’s first festival of freedom....
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Yonason Goldson
- Apr 7, 2020
- 1 min
Celebrating freedom from confinement
A Passover parable This week begins the holiday of #Passover, the world’s first festival of freedom. It comes at a time most of us are...
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Yonason Goldson
- Apr 1, 2020
- 1 min
Into the void
Commit yourself to be more trusting and more trustworthy Even when we aren’t living under quarantine, there’s no such thing as too...
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Yonason Goldson
- Mar 31, 2020
- 1 min
A leap of trust
Years ago, I took my two-year-old daughter for the first time to the neighborhood park. She fearlessly climbed the six-foot high ladder...
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Yonason Goldson
- Mar 25, 2020
- 1 min
Daily New Years podcast
Thanks to Austin Bollinger for inviting me on his Daily New Years podcast. Austin led a thoughtful conversation diving deeper into...
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Yonason Goldson
- Mar 25, 2020
- 1 min
Balloons for heaven
Why did my four-year-old daughter ask for a balloon every time we went to the supermarket, only to release it into the sky every time we...
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Yonason Goldson
- Mar 24, 2020
- 1 min
The gift of boredom
As we struggle with the challenges of coronavirus quarantine, it’s worth considering the opportunity boredom provides Ah, the wonderful...
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Yonason Goldson
- Mar 17, 2020
- 1 min
The ethics of epidemic
5 practical insights from the coronavirus outbreak The German philosopher Friedrich Hegel observed that the great lesson of history is...
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