“The Power of (Existential) Friendship”
The role of Other in our lives is powerful, including the important relationship of friend. Some of the latest medical research reveals that the number and quality of our friendships may have a bigger influence on our happiness, health and mortality – let alone emotional well-being – than almost anything else in life.
Rev. Marti Keller has been a parish, community and social justice minister for more than 23 years. Her “Jewnitarian” involvements include co-editing “Jewish Voices in Unitarian Universalism,” and other UUA publications around the Jewish source of our living tradition. She has been the President of UUs for Jewish Awareness and is currently a board member. She is part of a ministerial team launching an online Mussar Jewish values program in 2022. She is also past vice president of the Society for Humanistic Judaism and serves on the advisory team for the international Secular Synagogue.
Facilitator: Robert Stewart
Musician: Susan Ottzen