Sunday, April 9, 4:30PM
Online and in-person at KI
384 Harvard St, Brookline
🎫RESERVE A SPOT
How can you be a better friend and even be better company with yourself? In this season of renewal, how can we improve our dynamic with nature and with time itself?
Join Congregation Kehillath Israel, Combined Jewish Philanthropies, and Brookline Booksmith as we share a rare visit with a father and son duo of philosophers and authors – Michael and Adam Sandel – in pursuit of practical wisdom for the path toward flourishing and higher purpose.
Happiness in Action, Adam’s book, draws on ancient and modern thinkers and on two seemingly disparate pursuits, philosophy and fitness, to offer a surprising answer to the age-old human question of the meaning of the good life. True happiness, Sandel argues, comes from immersing oneself in activity that is intrinsically rewarding and learning to see life as a journey. At the heart of his account of life as a journey are three virtues that get displaced and distorted by our goal-oriented striving: self-possession, friendship, and engagement with nature. To illustrate the struggle of living up to these virtues, Sandel looks to literature, film, and television, and also to his own commitments and adventures.
“Here, at last, is a book about what happiness really means, and why it often eludes us in our stressed-out, always-on lives.” ―Arianna Huffington, Founder and CEO, Thrive
Schedule:
4:00PM Doors open for seating. Books available for purchase.
4:40PM Welcome by Dani Weinstein, Associate Vice President of Philanthropic Connections, CJP
4:45PM Conversation with Adam and Michael Sandel, moderated by Rabbi William Hamilton of KI
5:45 PM Concluding remarks by Rabbi Marc Baker, President & CEO of CJP
6:00PM Book Signing
6:30PM Event Ends
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