The piece discusses the importance of addressing Jewish poverty within the community, highlighting efforts to collect data on the issue and make progress towards understanding and combatting it.

Joshua Spinner reflects on a meeting in Rome where a young Roman Jew expressed contentment with complaining about Jewish life for 2,000 years without wanting to change anything, a stark contrast to American ideals of pursuing change.

In a piece discussing the challenges facing Jewish professionals, Barry Finestone, the president and CEO of the Jim Joseph Foundation, reflects on the strain many in the Jewish workforce are experiencing, likening it to being in the "Red Zone" of constant stress.