The Death of Humor?
Is there a middle ground between hypersensitivity and social cluelessness? Is there a better way to deal with difficult people? Maybe we...
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Yonason Goldson
- Sep 30
- 1 min
The Newest Arrival
Beyond cynicism, turning toward hope My son is getting married? Someone wants to marry him? She's a nice girl? Who would've thought? Two...
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Yonason Goldson
- Sep 20
- 1 min
The Wall of Separation?
Revisiting the true intent behind the First Amendment Are we making things more complicated than the need to be? Is not the "wall of...
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Yonason Goldson
- Sep 6
- 1 min
The Best Job I Ever Had
The year I learned that the secret of wellbeing lies in service “You’ll leave here after four years with an education few people have had...
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Yonason Goldson
- Jan 25
- 2 min
Accept the past, embrace the future
Reflections on the complexities of family memories Today would have been my father’s 100th birthday. He was a complicated man. A child of...
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Yonason Goldson
- Dec 17, 2021
- 1 min
A rabbi and a shrink walk into a bar...
Enjoy this profile of our insightful and groundbreaking podcast When is it OK to mislead, deceive or outright lie? What causes hate? How...
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Yonason Goldson
- Sep 6, 2021
- 3 min
Balancing the Scales of Freedom
Originally published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in 2001, the week after 9/11, between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur. It was Judgment...
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Yonason Goldson
- Sep 2, 2021
- 1 min
The Ethics Consultant #3: Damage control?
Why do problems spiral out of control? What's it worth to you to fix them? How much will it cost to skimp on solutions? It might be...
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Yonason Goldson
- Aug 26, 2021
- 1 min
Success is in the palm of your hand
How do we do a better job handling it when we get flustered and defensive? How do we give and receive criticism in a way the builds...
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Yonason Goldson
- Aug 25, 2021
- 1 min
Embrace unintended consequences
Humorist Kin Hubbard said: “Don’t knock the weather; nine-tenths of people couldn’t start a conversation if it didn’t change once in a...
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Yonason Goldson
- Aug 18, 2021
- 1 min
The Ethics Consultant -- Episode 1
Rent control? Your best friend lent you a thousand dollars to pay your overdue rent. But you didn’t use it to pay your rent. Why not? The...
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Yonason Goldson
- Aug 12, 2021
- 1 min
The long way home
"Let your eyes look directly forward, and your eyelids will straighten your path." --Proverbs Or, as Yogi Berra said, if you don't know...
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Yonason Goldson
- Aug 11, 2021
- 1 min
My Orthodox Life
A rebuttal If you absolutely must, watch the Netflix series My Unorthodox Life. But whatever Julia Haart has to say, make sure you listen...
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Yonason Goldson
- Jul 5, 2021
- 1 min
When I was a lad...
When I possessed the charming innocence of a 12-year-old, I took offense at the wording of the Pledge of Allegiance. Why, I wondered,...
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Yonason Goldson
- Jul 4, 2021
- 1 min
Remember Independence Day with gratitude
As a human being, as an American, and as a Jew, I am profoundly grateful to live in the United States of America. I could focus on the...
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Yonason Goldson
- Jun 30, 2021
- 1 min
What is faith?
One of the most persistent and compelling ideas I’ve learned recently is what Jim Collins calls the Stockdale paradox. It's named for the...
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Yonason Goldson
- Jun 14, 2021
- 1 min
The Rabbi's ethics challenge #5
How ethical are you? How ethical do you want to be? The word stultify means to crush enthusiasm, particularly using ridicule, disdain,...
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Yonason Goldson
- Jun 14, 2021
- 1 min
10 tips for a healthier, happier workplace
How can we return to a more normal normal? As the world begins to open up again, how can we return to a more normal normal? We can save...
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Yonason Goldson
- May 11, 2021
- 1 min
Trick your brain into making better decisions
Avoid this mental quirk can that can set you up for catastrophe in business and in life Ideally, we shouldn't need to trick ourselves...
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Yonason Goldson
- Apr 20, 2021
- 4 min
Nothing but the truth
Reflections about the boy who didn't cry wolf Having circled the globe one and a half times before finding my way to Torah observance,...
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