Rabbi Bruce D. Forman

Rabbi Bruce D. Forman writes "when approached thoughtfully, Christmas can function as a once-a-year invitation for Jews to rest, reset, soften our emotional guard, and rediscover our own light."

Every menorah in a window is not only a Jewish ritual; it is an act of psychological de-biasing. It challenges the narratives that feed antisemitism.

Rabbi Bruce D. Forman says "may this year’s Thanksgiving table be a place where we feel not pressure to be grateful, but permission to be ourselves and be human."

We often think of the High Holy Days as exclusively spiritual. But research from psychology and medicine suggests that the practices at the heart of this season — confession, forgiveness,...

In a world that glorifies hustle and treats exhaustion like a badge of honor, we are collectively running on empty—and it shows. Chronic fatigue, insomnia, burnout, and sleep medication dependency...