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.
Posted on: April 25th, 2007
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesI have often written about how important respite is for the caregiver.
Posted on: April 25th, 2007
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesOne of the most frequently asked questions about Jewish life in Poland is, "Are there still Jews there?"
Posted on: April 18th, 2007
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesWe all have preconceived notions that we accept as real and never challenge.
Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn
Posted on: April 18th, 2007
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesQuestion: Popular radio personality Don Imus was fired last week over racial cracks he made about the Rutgers women's basketball team. Your reaction?
The Well Spouse’s Need To Be Cared For
Posted on: April 12th, 2007
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesMost well spouses live their years as care givers without any one giving a care about them.
Difficult Questions In Polish-Jewish Dialogue
Posted on: April 12th, 2007
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesWhenever I meet people, and they find out I write about Jewish life in Poland, invariably they have questions.
Practical Ideas For Caregiving
Posted on: April 2nd, 2007
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesLast week I discussed a situation where one child has taken in an ageing and ill parent to live with them and finds that his/her siblings are not contributing to the parent's care.
Posted on: April 2nd, 2007
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesQuestion: Every year, new non-edible kosher for Passover products arrive in stores. Have we gone too far, or are we simply being justifiably stringent in observing Pesach?
Sigmund Rolat And Wayne Zuckerman Honored At YU Museum
Posted on: April 2nd, 2007
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesThe exhibit "And I Still See Their Faces," at the Yeshiva University Museum in the Jewish History Center in N.Y., was the site of a gala reception honoring two of Polish Jewry's greatest friends, Mr. Sigmund Rolat and Wayne Zuckerman.
Posted on: March 28th, 2007
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesQuestion: Is there any way to achieve peace between Israelis and Palestinians?
When a Parent Moves In: The Emotional Part
Posted on: March 28th, 2007
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesI received a letter from a distraught mother and her daughter. After all the children were married, the mother took her elderly parent in to live with them.
Posted on: March 21st, 2007
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesThere is a saying that is often quoted by older parents that one mother can take care of 10 children but 10 children cannot take care of one mother.
Jewish Historical Institute Photo Project
Posted on: March 21st, 2007
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesWhenever I go to Poland I make a point of visiting the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw.
Self Delusion And The Need For Plan B
Posted on: March 14th, 2007
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesWhat is normal? It really can be anything we get used to.
Posted on: March 14th, 2007
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesQuestion: Are you concerned about global warming?
Swidin Jewish Cemetery Vandalized Again
Posted on: March 14th, 2007
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesHalf of the 20 tombstones in the Jewish cemetery of Swidin were broken March 1, according to Albert Stankowski of the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Warsaw. "This was done during the same time as the Claims Conference was visiting in Poland, and I have no doubt that the act against the cemetery was related," he said. Stankowksi was referring to a Claims Conference meeting last week with the government about compensation for Jewish property stolen by the Nazis and Communists.
Posted on: March 7th, 2007
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesWhen people hear of those honored as Righteous Among The Nations by Yad Vashem, they automatically think of the most renowned, such as Oscar Schindler or Raul Wallenberg.
Posted on: March 7th, 2007
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesThe lure of warm weather in winter has many of us who are retired going south for the winter.
Posted on: February 28th, 2007
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesOn January 5 of this year, I wrote about a reflexologist, who used her skills to not only diagnose and heal, but also provide a caring touch for people (such as the elderly who live alone and well spouses) who can live for weeks at a time without being touched.
Rededication Of Yeshiva Chachmei Lublin in Poland (Part III)
Posted on: February 28th, 2007
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesRestoration And Future Plans Of The Yeshiva
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Jerusalem, Divided or United?