From the desk of Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Director of the Meaningful Life Center: A manufacturing question: What do you create first – the package or the product? In today’s commercial world it often appears that wrappers are so vital that they are designed before thinking what they contain inside • Full Article

From the desk of Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Director of the Meaningful Life Center: I wonder about your take that “every child ever born is always happy and joyful. Joy is hardwired in our hardware and in our software. Sadness is a superimposed state that we acquire once we begin to grow and experience disappointment and duplicity. Children learn to be sad from their parents and the “mature” world that they become exposed to.” • Full Article

From the desk of Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Director of the Meaningful Life Center: Is it possible that some of us are just wired to be happier than others? It often appears that way. Some people seem to simply have a happy disposition while others just don’t • Full Article

From the desk of Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Director of the Meaningful Life Center: Many, many theories have been posited about G-d. Does He care or does He not care about mankind and earthly matters? How does He allow evil as an all-good G-d? Does He exist in our pain and suffering? Is He a He or a She, neither or both? Does G-d exist and if so why don’t we see Him? Does G-d exist like we exist or in another form? • Full Article

From the desk of Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Director of the Meaningful Life Center: The most famous statement ever uttered in all of history – The Ten Commandments – begins with an unusual four-letter word: Anochi. The word means “I,” referring to G-d – I the Lord Your G-d took you out of Egypt…” But “ani” is the common Hebrew pronoun for “I.” • Full Article

From the desk of Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Director of the Meaningful Life Center: One of the interesting byproducts of our paradoxical times is the birth of sensationalism. Two powerful forces of the modern paparazzi age – mass media and instant gratification – have joined, in a bizarre confluence, to brew a “new” concoction: publicity stunts  • Full Article