November 13, 2016 - Chadds Ford Live

Free film to offer insight into mental illness

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on November 13, 2016

The Hadley Fund is inviting area residents to a free screening of a documentary film that focuses on the poignant story of a songwriter’s battle with mental illness. “Pack Up Your Sorrows: A Story of Illness, Hope & Transformation” will be shown on Saturday, Nov. 19, at 2 p.m. at Sykes Theater at West Chester University. The film chronicles the story of singer-songwriter Meg Hutchinson…

Posted by Rabbi Jeremy Winaker on November 13, 2016

I planned to write about the Cubs winning the World Series. Rabbi Solomon Schechter, the second president of The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, from which I am ordained, famously said, “Gentleman, in order to succeed in the American rabbinate, you must be able to talk baseball.” Indeed, the 108-year wait to win a World Series had taken on messianic overtones. The Chicago faithful had…