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Purim holds many lessons for these troubled times

Purim, which this year will be celebrated on March 10, with the megillah reading the evening before, is a festive holiday. But underneath its celebratory aspects lurks an egregious example of … more

Larry Kessler | 3/8/20

We love you, Tom Brady, but it’s time to call it quits

“The days of our years are three score and 10.” – Psalm 90, verse 10 Between the reflection that usually accompanies the turning of the page to a new year and the nonstop … more

Larry Kessler | 2/6/20

Making Twitter a kinder, gentler place and other new year’s resolutions

While the Jewish New Year often sets us on a soul-searching mission to become more spiritual and to improve our relationships with others, as well as with God, the turn of the secular calendar to … more

Larry Kessler | 1/8/20

Daily miracles are worth celebrating too

Hanukkah and Christmas overlap this year, with the first night of Hanukkah falling on Sunday, Dec. 22, two days before Christmas Eve. This proximity will bring more attention to the Jewish … more

Larry Kessler | 12/9/19

Arianna Kessler at graduation in 2018 from Bridgewater State University.

The United States: Still the best place in the world to live

Twenty years ago this month, my wife and I were getting ready to celebrate what we believed would be a particularly meaningful Thanksgiving, because it would be the first since our then-only daughter Arianna became a naturalized American citizen, at age 3. more

Larry Kessler | 10/31/19

Thank you, dear spouse, for all that you do

After 30-plus years of marriage, it’s easy to take your spouse for granted – not in a negative way, but in a manner that suggests that you’re so comfortable with each other that you … more

Larry Kessler | 9/13/19

Smack in the middle of senior discounts and college tuition

Later this month, my wife, Lynne, and I will officially become empty nesters, for the most part, as the younger of our two daughters heads off to Johnson & Wales University. The next few … more

Larry Kessler | 8/1/19