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Managing Burnout, Releasing Our Aspirations
Date TBA
Time TBA
Feeling dispirited is not the same as reaching a dead end.
WHERE: Teaneck High School, Teaneck, NJ
Could We Be More Philosophical about Psychological Distress?
Monday, June 1
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Finding gratification has more to do with reflection than with science
WHERE: Salve Regina University, Newport, RI (Young Building Boardroom)
Reflections on the Jewish Question
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Tuesday, June 2, 2026
What can circumstances that target Jews - today and historically - tell us about bystander responsibilities?
WHERE: Salve Regina University, Newport, RI (Young Building Boardroom)
PAST EVENTS
Midlife Isn’t a Crisis Only at Midlife
Sunday, March 1, 2026
Reevaluating life choices in search of something purposeful is a difficult but incomparably rewarding exercise – at any stage of life
WHERE: Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County, Teaneck, NJ
Standing Idly By: The Cost of Silence and the Courage to Act
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
The inaction of bystanders challenge us to consider what it means to take responsibility now.
WHERE: Hebrew University/Melton online
The Stories We Tell Ourselves - And the Vitality We Suspect Is Missing
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Can we identify the stories we tell ourselves and the world we prefer to see and ask if there are promising alternatives - alternatives to the prose of everyday life that prize the poetry of self-discovery, forgiveness, imagination, vitality, and being with others in the world?
WHERE: Arbor Terrace, Teaneck, NJ
Viktor Frankl: Discovering Meaning in Life’s Struggles
Monday, December 15, 2025
When everything else seems futile if not hopeless, we can still turn our attention to what matters
WHERE: Smithsonian Association online
Before Greatness: What’s In Store for America’s Reawakening
Monday, December 1, 2025
Mining evidence of the seeds of democratic renewal during periods of democratic erosion. Video of the event:
Video https://vimeo.com/1142173473/389837b1d0?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci (copy into your browser)
WHERE: Salve Regina University, Newport, RI (Young Building Boardroom)
Frankl's Impossible Circumstances
Thursday, May 15 and Thursday, May 22, 2025
Imprisoned in Nazi concentration camps Frankl learned to manage loss.
WHERE: Congregation Beth Sholom, 354 Maitland Ave., Teaneck, NJ
What Are We Looking For - And How Do We Get There?
Monday, May 12, 2025
Philosophical counseling encourages reflection on values, beliefs, and life's meaning.
WHERE: Salve Regina University, Newport, RI (Young Building Boardroom)
Viktor Frankl: Our Search for Meaning
Tuesdays , April 29 and May 6, 2024
The legacy of Frankl's experiences in Nazi concentration camps.
WHERE: Kudo Society, 336 Queen Anne Rd., Teaneck, NJ