Marriage
My belief is that there is no biochemical or compatibility criterion for happy marriages. The right marriage is beshert, destined. Abigail L. Rosenthal is Professor Emerita of Philosophy, Brookly...
22 Feb 202314min
Proof of Heaven
When my father was dying, and apparently in some sort of coma, he and I had several nonverbal communications of the most profound sort. In one of them, I got from him the realization that the physics ...
17 Feb 202311min
Abandonment
Léo Bronstein, my father’s best friend and a kind of mentor and godfather to me, said, after reading an earlier draft of my memoir – “Abigail has always felt abandoned.” Abigail L. Rosenthal is Pr...
15 Feb 202311min
Broken Pieces
I’ve never read Kafka and don’t want to, because I prefer happy endings. Elizabeth Bennett should marry Mr. Darcy, Peter Pan should never have to grow up, and … you get the idea. The whole notion that...
10 Feb 202313min
Coping With Men
Meanwhile, on our national movie screen, the Courtship of the American Woman Voter is playing. We are being asked to say “yes” to one of the two presumptive suitors. To me, it looks like a rivalry bet...
8 Feb 202315min
Rudeness
BRING BACK GOOD MANNERS. Abigail L. Rosenthal is Professor Emerita of Philosophy, Brooklyn College of The City University of New York. She is the author of A Good Look at Evil, a Pulitzer Prize no...
3 Feb 202315min
Personality
Why then do I now question the view I’ve long held: that people live and die by ideas? Apart from physical necessities, what else is there? There is Personality. . . Abigail L. Rosenthal is Profes...
1 Feb 202312min
Grace Under Pressure
Four years ago, I’d participated in the year-long search to find our new rabbi after the previous incumbent decided to move ahead to greener pastures. . . . Abigail L. Rosenthal is Professor Emerit...
27 Jan 202310min
