Communicated: TefillaChillul Tefila Bifarhesia, as well as halachicly challenged verbiage and dress, are external manifestations of a critical lack of personal yiras shomayim which has lethal consequences.
Posted on: July 25th, 2007
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesSince I started writing this column I have been inundated with questions from my readers about various shtetlach. Often the places mentioned are well-known cities and, possibly, places I have visited.
Posted on: July 25th, 2007
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesQuestion: How do you rate Michael Bloomberg's performance as mayor of New York?
Posted on: July 18th, 2007
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesIn my years of writing The Person Behind The Chair my articles focused mainly on the emotional toll of caregiving for the spouse and family of the chronically ill.
Posted on: July 18th, 2007
Sections → MagazineMost of us have heard the Talmudic assertion that "He who saves a life, saves a world," and conversely, "He who kills a life, kills a world."
Posted on: July 18th, 2007
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesOne of the most frequently asked questions, regarding the situation in Poland, is about the local Polish attitude towards Jews and the Holocaust.
Posted on: July 18th, 2007
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesQuestion: What's on your Summer reading list?
The Desire For Help – The Need To Be Independent
Posted on: July 11th, 2007
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesA well spouse must be independent. There is often no partner to call on for help, physical or mental, and so s/he is left to make all the decisions, carry all the heavy things, make all plans and preparations on her own.
Dedication Of Jewish Community Center
Posted on: July 11th, 2007
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesWhenever I go to Poland it is for a specific occasion. This last trip was to cover the laying of the foundation stone of the Museum of Jewish History, the Krakow Jewish Cultural Festival and the weddings and bar mitzvah of my friends in Warsaw.
It’s All In How It’s Said, Or Not Said
Posted on: July 4th, 2007
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesWe all have our favorite charities. We tend to give more money to those charities that are close to our own experience, that have helped us or someone we know, or have touched our heartstrings in some way.
David Mendes And Zipporah Nunes Machado
Posted on: July 4th, 2007
Sections → Magazine → Glimpses Into American Jewish HistoryOne of the truly amazing aspects of Jewish history is that there were Jews who secretly maintained as much religious observance as they could while living under the merciless eye of the Inquisition in Spain and Portugal.
Jewish Culture Festival In Krakow
Posted on: July 4th, 2007
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesThe 17th Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow just concluded and has lived up to the promise of being one of the most exciting Jewish festivals around the globe.
Posted on: July 4th, 2007
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesQuestion: Do you celebrate the Fourth of July?
Helping a Family Avoid Divorce
Posted on: June 27th, 2007
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesIn February of this year I interviewed and wrote the stories of well spouses who chose divorce as their means of coping with their spouses chronic illness.
Oceanside, N.Y. – To Be Young Again
Posted on: June 27th, 2007
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesYouth is the key to a Jewish community. Sure, there are snowbird synagogues, but bocce ball and bingo aren't going to attract young couples.
Posted on: June 27th, 2007
Sections → MagazineJust the other day, I was commiserating with a close friend about how my life had not gone the way I had envisioned way back when - when I was young and my head was filled with sweet visions of what would be.
Posted on: June 27th, 2007
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesWhenever Jews come together in honor of a lifecycle event, it is a simchah.
An Adult Child’s Response To Mother’s Day Woes
Posted on: June 20th, 2007
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesLast week, I wrote an article about mothering yourself, particularly on Hallmark holidays like Mother's Day.
Posted on: June 20th, 2007
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesQuestion: Did Judaism influence your choice of college major, and do you see yourself utilizing your education to help the Jewish community?
Posted on: June 13th, 2007
Sections → MagazineLast week, to my deep distress, my cell phone disappeared from my purse. I don't know whether it somehow fell out, or if someone on the very crowded street purposely brushed against me and slipped a hand into my purse.
Summer Travel To Poland (Part II)
Posted on: June 13th, 2007
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesWhen traveling, it is best to do a little homework first - the more you know and prepare for a trip the more you will get out of it.
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