Robert David Jaffee

http://www.robertdavidjaffee.com

Robert David Jaffee is a journalist, novelist and mental-health activist, based in Los Angeles. Diagnosed with schizophrenia in the late 1990s, Robert has recovered from two psychotic breaks and psychiatric hospitalizations. Since 2000, he has written roughly 300 articles for publications including Thrive Global, the Huffington Post, the L.A. Times, L.A. Weekly, and the Jewish Journal. He is a graduate of Yale College and the Yale School of Management.

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Community//November 20, 2019

Society Didn’t Make Them Do It

Community//November 16, 2019

Violence Is Not an Option

Community//November 11, 2019

Thank You, Nicholas Kristof, for Your Piece on Loneliness

Community//November 3, 2019

Language, Old Movies and Magical Thinking Can Elevate Us

Community//October 24, 2019

Shadowboxing with Bob Dylan in Kansas City

Community//October 15, 2019

Remembering Harold Bloom, Literary God

Community//September 10, 2019

Eulogy for Barbara Bunny

Community//September 9, 2019

Barbara, My Muse and Angel, Has Saved Me Forever

Community//September 3, 2019

College Admissions Committees and the Rest of Us Need To Look Beyond the Numbers

Community//August 30, 2019

The Book of Job in the Trump Era

Community//August 8, 2019

Listening to Toni Morrison as well as Prozac

Community//August 5, 2019

Mass Shootings Are Not a “Mental Illness Problem”

Community//June 6, 2019

My Best Job Ever — At the New York City Parks Department

Community//May 15, 2019

Mass Shootings and Stigma Against the Mentally Ill

Community//November 19, 2018

Barack, Baruch and Blessings for the Holidays

Community//November 16, 2018

Mental Illness and Homelessness

Community//November 13, 2018

Reflections on Climate Change, Hate Crimes and my Bar Mitzvah, 40 Years Later

Community//November 7, 2018

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder from Kindergarten

Community//November 2, 2018

Kabbalistic Wisdom in the Face of Evil

Community//October 30, 2018

False Charges of Mental Illness in Recent Hate Crimes

Community//August 6, 2018

Searching for Wisdom in and out of College

Community//July 23, 2018

Rumi Rumina, Our Mystic Cat, Soars with the Angels

Community//June 25, 2018

CNN’s Town Hall on Suicide Offers Hope

Community//June 8, 2018

Anthony Bourdain, Kate Spade and Hamlet

“People look for retreats for themselves, in the country, by the coast, or in the hills . . . There is nowhere that a person can find a more peaceful and trouble-free retreat than in his own mind. . . . So constantly give yourself this retreat, and renew yourself.”

- MARCUS AURELIUS

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