


Talking About Money
Conversations about money are notoriously difficult, and that is often to the detriment of people’s well-being. Throughout life’s stages there are milestones that should be celebrated and information to be shared. So why all the silence? I have not-so-fond memories of...
Yom Kippur 101
Yom Kippur is not a standalone Holy day, it’s actually the culmination of a 10-day period of reflection starting on Rosh Hashanah. One of the traditions we do during this period is called tashlich — we write down our sins on little pieces of paper, and place them in...
Reading Numbers
I’m a financial frontline worker. Like most people in public-facing jobs, I’ve seen it all — from bankruptcy to intestacy. That includes a lack of basic financial literacy, across all communities. Financial literacy is not about reading the Wall Street Journal,...
Facebook “Free Money” Scam
I must have felt a chill because I sensed pure evil — or else it was cold in the house. Either way, I was the target of a scam. It started when I received a message from someone I knew before elementary school but wasn’t very active on Facebook. “Oh, hi, how are...
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