September / october 2006:

The Six Who Matter

Danny Kaufman Saranne Rothberg Gavriel Garrard Stephanie Stein Richard Bernstein Haviva Kohl

Call it the purpose driven life. Call it a spiritual existence. Call it what you will, but these six ordinary people are living extraordinary lives, each one deciding to make theirs a life that matters. The High Holidays are upon us and we thought it couldn't hurt to garner some brownie points with the Big Guy Upstairs by profiling people who make Him proud. They're from different walks of life and they've all decided to place Judaism and its moral teachings as a top priority for themselves. These portraits of spirituality should inspire during this season of self-reflection. But, if nothing else, it'll make you feel woefully inadequate like the rest of us. And isn't a little Jewish guilt what the holidays are all about anyway?

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