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Andrea Kayne Kaufman | Andrea Kayne Kaufman

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Sep.09.2012
  My husband and I still can’t believe we wondered whether to say yes to the parade. The woman who helped us coordinate our son’s Bar Mitzvah in Israel this past summer went down a laundry list of possibilities—yes, a photographer would be lovely; no, we were bringing our...
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May.20.2012
Recently, I traveled to Denver for the International Symposia for Contemplative Studies. It was a conference all about how we can foster awareness and compassion for ourselves and others. A heavy name for an effort at lightening one’s mental load. I was there in my role as a professor and...