Navigating the Many Waters of Millennial Life
Current Events & Politics / Essays 2019Today’s professional and social environment can be profoundly challenging, especially for young people taking their first steps in a chaotic world. In this essay, we will examine the fundamental difficulties facing the modern millennial attempting to simultaneously master career, culture, and identity. The popular responses and their pitfalls will be discussed. The Chassidic response of the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s ma’amar “Mayim Rabbim” will be presented and examined. It will be argued that the Rebbe’s solution