Charity on the Kinneret: Tiberias Soup Kitchen Serves Hot Food Seasoned with Kindness Meir Panim’s Tiberias Free Restaurant not only provides warm meals, but the opportunity to socialize as well.
Posted on: April 26th, 2012
Sections → Magazine → PotpourriWhile things might have seemed very strange in this foreign college environment, especially because I was tossed in without any roadmap to help me navigate and understand the kinds of things I was seeing all around me, there was one area I was not worried about: academics. Northeastern Illinois has a rather derogatory nickname, “Northeasy," and it does not have a very good academic reputation. I didn’t think my classes would be very hard at all.
Posted on: April 26th, 2012
Sections → Magazine → On Our Own/Cheryl KupferA recent article in The Jewish Press (Purim And The Tyranny of Beauty, Family Issues, March 16, 2012) written by writer and author Yitta Halberstam Mandelbaum generated, and continues to generate, quite a buzz.
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Posted on: April 20th, 2012
Sections → Magazine → PotpourriIn February, Chessed Yad L’Yad, Kiryat Mattersdorf’s local chesed organization, celebrated forty years of active involvement in the community. Beged Yad L’Yad, the Hand-Me-Down Pass-Me-On clothing gemach, was a natural subsidiary, especially with dozens of Anglo-Saxon families receiving clothing packages from abroad.
Posted on: April 20th, 2012
Sections → Magazine → PotpourriLess than two weeks before Pesach and days after the Toulouse tragedy, where a woman lost her husband and two sons in a terrorist attack, my son and I were discussing another horrible tragedy that had befallen a family in Rehovot, a young woman who had lost her husband and five young children in a fire.
Posted on: April 17th, 2012
Judaism → Judaism 101Pesach is the time of redemption and salvation, which can often come from the most unexpected sources. Such is the story of a boxing title fight in Yankee Stadium that launched a young boy from Russia on a journey to discover his Jewish heritage in Israel.
Posted on: April 16th, 2012
Sections → Magazine → Teens and TwentiesGod is always there, waiting for you to stretch out your little pinky so that He can tug on it and engulf you in a never-ending warm hug.
Posted on: April 16th, 2012
Sections → Magazine → Teens and Twenties“May I please have the water?” my older sister asked from across the table. I passed the heavy container of Poland Spring water across the table to her.
Posted on: April 16th, 2012
Sections → Magazine → For the HomeAhh, that wonderful time when you return home from the hospital with a brand new bundle of joy nestled in your arms. Without getting into the pros or cons of sending yourself or your other children away, or the benefits and possibilities of family or paid help, eventually everyone will go home and you’ll be all by your lonesome, raising the family. So how to make this momentous occasion truly memorable, instead of weeks of what could be construed by some as torture?
Posted on: April 16th, 2012
Sections → Magazine → PotpourriEver since I’ve started writing “You’re Asking Me?” people have been writing in to ask for advice, like they expect me to have all the answers. Seriously. Don’t these people have any friends? Or anyone else they can ask?
‘Goodbye Darkness, My Young Friend’
Posted on: April 12th, 2012
Sections → Magazine → On Our Own/Cheryl KupferThe fact that you are reading this article can only mean that the gut-churning, frantic, multi-tasking marathon known as getting ready for Pesach is behind you;
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Opinion: Jonathan Pollard is Dead
Posted on: April 10th, 2012
InDepthI do not want the stain of Pollard's ugly death in prison to be on my conscience. I do not want his death to be on my nation's conscience. I do not want it on the conscience of PM Netanyahu or President Peres. I do not want it on the conscience of Israel's gentile friends, or even the US administration. I do not want the ugly stain to be a permanent scar on the historical record and the collective memory of this generation. But it's all about to happen. Unless something changes, Jonathan Pollard will die in Butler prison in the next few weeks, days, or hours.
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Posted on: April 6th, 2012
Sections → Magazine → Teens and TwentiesGrowing up, I remember my father’s Rosh Hashana ritual. He read the story of Rabi Amnon of Mainz, who had his tongue, hands and legs cut off for refusing to convert to Christianity – for choosing to remain a Jews. I would run away from the table sobbing in terror. Even at the tender age of six, I knew that being Jewish made oneself a member of an endangered species.
Posted on: April 6th, 2012
Sections → Magazine → PotpourriIf you are anything like me, Chol Hamoed can be just the teeniest bit stressful. Okay, maybe very, very stressful. But it doesn’t necessarily have to be that way.
The Jews Of Washington During The Civil War
Posted on: April 4th, 2012
Sections → Magazine → Glimpses Into American Jewish HistoryWashington, D.C. was created in 1790 as a result of a political compromise. “Washington was a Federal city. It did not have a ‘State’ government. It was under the direct control of Congress for even the simplest of things; schools, streets, courts and land use by private individuals and corporations. Accordingly, Congress dutifully passed on the last day of the first session of the 28th Congress, June 17, 1844, ‘A Bill, concerning conveyances or devices of places of public worship in the District of Columbia.’
Posted on: March 30th, 2012
Sections → Magazine → Teens and TwentiesI love Pesach. Really, I do. Even with the stress and preparation associated with March Madness (I still have no idea why my father thinks it has anything to do with basketball), I enjoy it. Maybe it's because of my mother's spinach kugel, or the way I still love actively searching for the afikoman.
Posted on: March 30th, 2012
Sections → Magazine → Teens and TwentiesWhen is a concert not just a concert? When it’s a Mishkon concert, of course! Unlike any regular concert, when a band comes to Mishkon the campers are the stars. At a regular concert, everyone sits in the dark on cushioned seats. Not in Mishkon!
Personalize It – Crystallize It!
Posted on: March 30th, 2012
Sections → Magazine → For the HomeWhether you are staying home for Pesach or going away, it is nice to have something new to enhance this special Yom Tov. With rhinestone monograms now so readily available you can turn many household items from ordinary to extraordinary.
Where To Go / What To Eat – Pesach 5772 (Part I)
Posted on: March 30th, 2012
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Where To Go / What To Eat – Pesach 5772 (Part II)
Posted on: March 30th, 2012
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Part V: The World Of Diversity
Posted on: March 29th, 2012
Sections → Magazine → PotpourriAlthough I was very aware that who I was and how I acted would seem out of place to the diverse student population at NEIU, I never really thought about how unusual their cultures would be for me.
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