Rabbi Harold Kushner‘s son, Aaron, died when he was fourteen of a rare aging disease.

Harold has “spent the years since reflecting on how the tragedy has shaped him, and studying how other people are remade by their sufferings.  “David Brooks writes in his book How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen.

“I am a more sensitive person, a … continue reading

1: M has contempt for her daughter-in-law, D. 

“The mother-in-law is always perfectly polite to D, but inside, she looks down on her,” Iris Murdoch states in her celebrated lecture “The Sovereignty of Good over Other Concepts,” as shared by David Brooks in his book How to Know a Person.

“But M is aware that she can be a bit superior, conventional, and old-fashioned,” Iris notes. “M … continue reading