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New York Times: A First Report Card Fails to ‘Exceed Expectations’

Don’t compare yourself to others. Let go of striving and accept the world as it is, not as you’d like it to be. Practice humility and gratitude. Forty-three years, and this is the Buddhist wisdom I’ve learned to embrace, the foundation on which my inner peace rests. Until I got my son’s first report card. […]

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FAKAKT: Melissa Morris & the Meaning of Sex

Melissa Morris chases her cheating boyfriend to Rome. While trying to track him down, she’s arrested for the murder of a Romanian businessman. She sets out to find the real killer, discovering an underside to Rome and herself that she never imagined. “I dare you not to fall in love with Jasmine Schwartz’s Melissa Morris…” […]

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FARBISSEN: Melissa Morris & the Meaning of Money

Melissa Morris is a thirty-something single New Yorker who works in fashion. She has it all, until she fails spectacularly. She’s banished from the fashion industry and has to start all over again. Set adrift, Melissa follows her boyfriend to London. She’s hoping for a second chance. But Melissa’s search for herself is interrupted when […]

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FARBISSEN: MELISSA MORRIS AND THE MEANING OF MONEY Melissa Morris is a thirty-something single New Yorker who works in fashion. She has it all, until she fails spectacularly. She’s banished from the fashion industry and has to start all over again. Set adrift, Melissa follows her boyfriend to London. She’s hoping for a second chance. […]

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Farbissen: Melissa Morris #1

FARBISSEN: MELISSA MORRIS AND THE MEANING OF MONEY Melissa Morris is a thirty-something single New Yorker who works in fashion. She has it all, until she fails spectacularly. She’s banished from the fashion industry and has to start all over again. Set adrift, Melissa follows her boyfriend to London. She’s hoping for a second chance. […]

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JTA: Is Opting Out A Cop Out?

At a recent kids-included party in Jerusalem, I spent much of the time either on the floor with my daughter Mari or trailing her around to make sure she didn’t eat anything toxic. A successful American journalist living here chatted with me for a few minutes, and as I left her to intercept my daughter […]