Following a Passion for Sports to IsraelIn Israel, a new five month scholarship program being offered to young aspiring athletes – one of them could be you.
Title: What Do You See in Your Neighborhood?
Posted on: December 23rd, 2009
Sections → BooksWhen I sit on the couch with my son and daughter, both toddlers, they love to pick out one of the board books from the "What Do You See?" series for us to cozily read together.
Title: Delivery from Darkness – A Jewish Guide to Prevention and Treatment of Postpartum Depression
Posted on: December 23rd, 2009
Sections → BooksAs far as Jewish lifecycle events go, there is no doubt that childbirth is the ultimate simcha that a woman and her family can ever experience. For some women, however, the days, weeks and months following childbirth can be a personally painful and daunting time, as they fall victim to unyielding hormonal upheavals that result in "the baby blues," postpartum depression and in some rare cases postpartum psychosis.
Title: The Shmuz on the Parsha
Posted on: November 25th, 2009
Sections → BooksYou've probably seen the bumper stickers, bold black letters announcing "The Shmuz." They're all over the place - Brooklyn, Queens, Monsey, Lakewood. Well, now, "the Shmuz" doesn't have to be just a bumper sticker you pass on the road. "The Shmuz" is in your local bookstore.
Title: Tempest In the Temple – Jewish Communities & Child Sex Scandals
Posted on: November 11th, 2009
Sections → Books"I couldn't put it down", "reads like a Dan Brown novel " etc, hardly sound like descriptions of a Brandeis University Publication, an academic analysis of Jewish Communities & Child Sex Scandals.
Title: I Always, ALWAYS Get My Way
Posted on: October 28th, 2009
Sections → BooksThis review was written with laughter and deep appreciation for the author's keen insight. Perhaps it takes a military veteran of a father such as Thad Kresnesky to teach civilians how to deal with tiny terrorists, even if they're "only three" and cute as can be.
Posted on: October 28th, 2009
Sections → BooksThis lap-sized hardcover is something for parents and children to read to each other. Rhyming verses tell the adorable story of Sam McKay, a little boy convinced that his parents are partying when he's under his bedtime blanket. He routinely fights off bedtime with a yawn as he envisions how much fun the adults might be having downstairs.
Posted on: October 21st, 2009
Sections → BooksKtav has recently published two books by young scholars whose well-respected teaching skills have been skillfully adapted to the written word. Rabbi Angel, one of the talented and popular Bible teachers at Yeshiva University and rabbi of the historic Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue in New York, brings us a sequel to his well-received Through an Opaque Lens.
Posted on: September 30th, 2009
Sections → BooksA family affair, this is a book to get your hands on - literally! Your family can join Noah's as you read about how they cared for the zoo within the ark on their 40-day and night journey.
Posted on: September 30th, 2009
Sections → BooksA family affair, this is a book to get your hands on - literally! Your family can join Noah's as you read about how they cared for the zoo within the ark on their 40-day and night journey.
Posted on: September 16th, 2009
Sections → BooksAs individuals interacting and developing relationships, as families communicating and bonding, Americans spend much quality time around the dinner table. "Let's discuss it over dinner" has become a popular means of resolving issues in our society.
Title: Empowered to Heal: Therapeutic Visualizations Drawn for the Lunar Months
Posted on: August 19th, 2009
Sections → BooksSpend only a nanosecond scoffing at the title if necessary, to assuage your inner skeptic. Then delve into the pages of this book to find a universe of rabbinic thoughts that promote the healing of any malady.
Title: Genesis – the Book with Seventy Faces: A Guide for the Family
Posted on: August 19th, 2009
Sections → BooksA lap-sized hardcover, Genesis - the Book with Seventy Faces: A Guide for the Family invites young minds to grow. The text asks thought-provoking questions about Bereishis, challenging classical commentary and na?ve notions about formative world and Jewish history events.
Title: Minhagei Lita: Customs of Lithuanian Jewry
Posted on: August 5th, 2009
Sections → Books"We should practice Judaism just as they did in Europe" is a sentiment one is likely to hear in haredi and yeshivish communities. "We shouldn't act any differently just because we're in America."
Posted on: July 8th, 2009
Sections → BooksMix Dr. Seuss-type rhymes with a healthful dose of Torah values and you get two terrific things: the first being Dr. Miriam Adahan's departure from her usually adult reading fare. The second is an effective tool for teachers, therapists and rabbanim faced with community members who just don't "get it" about how to behave as menschlich parents.
Title: A Never-Ending Tale: Illustrated Parables of the Ba’al Shem Tov and His Disciples
Posted on: July 8th, 2009
Sections → BooksA Never-Ending Tale: Illustrated Parables of the Ba'al Shem Tov and His Disciples vividly outlines the lofty character traits that every Jew should strive to attain.
Title: A Never-Ending Tale: Illustrated Parables of the Ba’al Shem Tov and His Disciples
Posted on: July 8th, 2009
Sections → BooksA Never-Ending Tale: Illustrated Parables of the Ba'al Shem Tov and His Disciples vividly outlines the lofty character traits that every Jew should strive to attain.
Title: Living from Convention to Convention: A History of NCSY, 1954-1980
Posted on: July 1st, 2009
Sections → BooksLiving from Convention to Convention: A History of NCSY, 1954-1980 by Zev Eleff charts the history of NCSY since its inception. These formative years allowed the national youth organization of the Orthodox Union to become what many say is now the largest force in bringing Jewish teens closer to their heritage and religion.
Title: Living from Convention to Convention: A History of NCSY, 1954-1980
Posted on: July 1st, 2009
Sections → BooksLiving from Convention to Convention: A History of NCSY, 1954-1980 by Zev Eleff charts the history of NCSY since its inception. These formative years allowed the national youth organization of the Orthodox Union to become what many say is now the largest force in bringing Jewish teens closer to their heritage and religion.
Title: Wild Water Lilies: The Wartime Diary of a Young Girl
Posted on: June 24th, 2009
Sections → Books"This diary was written in South Wales at the same time as Anne Frank was writing hers in Holland. Only 22 miles separated the shores of the British Isles from the occupied countries of Europe. An invasion of Nazi forces was expected day by day.
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