In 2009, Reb Zal­man Schachter-Shalo­mi asked N.Y. Times best-sell­ing author Sara David­son to talk with him about ​“The Decem­ber Project.” He want­ed to help peo­ple not freak out about dying, and show how get­ting ​“up close with mor­tal­i­ty” quick­ens our abil­i­ty to rel­ish every day. Davidson’s mem­oir of the two years they spent meet­ing every week, The Decem­ber Project, will be pub­lished March 25 by Harper­One. David­son is also the author of Loose Change, Leap! and Joan: Forty Years of Love, Loss and Friend­ship with Joan Did­ion. Read more about her here.

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