Combining Modern Living in Traditional Jerusalem A unique and prestigious residential project in now being built in Mekor Haim Street in Jerusalem.
Dealing With Toxic Relatives And Toxic People: Who Are They? (Part Two)
Posted on: August 8th, 2007
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesLast week I shared two letters from well spouses who are dealing with "machitanim" (the parents of your son or daughter in law) who appear to be toxic personalities.
Dealing With Toxic People (Part One)
Posted on: August 1st, 2007
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesBeing a well spouse does not exempt you from life's experiences.
The Jewish Community Of St. Eustatius
Posted on: August 1st, 2007
Sections → Magazine → Glimpses Into American Jewish HistoryThe small island of St. Eustatius [in Dutch: Sint Eustatius, and now named simply Statia] is one of the Netherlands Antilles islands, along with St Maarten, Saba, Cura?ao, and Bonaire.
Posted on: August 1st, 2007
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesQuestion: Six years after 9/11, do you still fear another catastrophic attack here?
Posted on: August 1st, 2007
Sections → MagazineEvery August thousands of children ages 17-19 leave the only home they have known, the community they grew up in, the neighborhood they are familiar with - even the country of their birth, and fly thousands of miles to a new and relatively strange environment where they will remain for a year.
Posted on: August 1st, 2007
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesLast week I wrote about going to Nowy Zukowice, the town my grandfather came from.
Posted on: July 25th, 2007
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesOnce upon a time there were two very close friends. One was a well spouse; one was not.
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.
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Destroying the Chametz Within and Truly Preparing for Pesach