Relationship

Negotiation:  What NOT to do (Chukkat-Balak) Rabbi Bonnie Koppell Listen to a little kid who wants to stay up to watch one more tv show.  Or eat one more cookie.  These children are experts at [...]

Bereyshit- Let There Be Light Rabbi Bonnie Koppell I recently read that “Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” (Carl [...]

What Unenforceable Rule is Driving Your Grievance Story? Rabbi Bonnie Koppell Kol Nidre, Temple Chai, 2022     Tonight we begin our Yom Kippur journey.  This time is a gift we give [...]

Mishpatim:  Friends & Enemies Rabbi Bonnie Koppell We all have people to whom we are naturally attracted, perhaps for reasons that are not even obvious to us.  There is just something about [...]

What I’ve Learned in 40 Years as a Rabbi Rabbi Bonnie Koppell Kol Nidre, Temple Chai, 2021 I am going to name 10 things, and I’d like you to tell me what they all have in common: The number [...]

A couple of weeks ago, Ron and I were pondering a challenging situation, and he said something that I can’t stop thinking about.  His comment was-  “I don’t need to be right, I just [...]

Welcome back and I trust that you are enjoying a wonderful day of friendship and community. It’s great to see friends on Facebook, and even better to see our friends’ faces in person!  The Rabbis [...]

         One of the more memorably ridiculous lines in literature comes from a work that was popular in my childhood- Love Story– in which the author famously wrote, “Love means never [...]

What does a good conversation feel like? Your partner is looking right at you, giving you undivided attention. They paraphrase what you are saying so that you know you have been heard and [...]

    Birth The birth of a child is a time for joyous celebration for the family and community.  “A baby,” wrote Carl Sandburg, “is God’s opinion that the world should go on.”  In [...]