Posted on: September 5th, 2007

A Day of Remembrance for the Jews of the Lodz Ghetto was recently held in the city.

Posted on: August 29th, 2007

When dealing with toxic personalities it is very important to remember some basic strategic rules that apply not only to them but can also apply to difficult people who are not toxic per se.

Posted on: August 29th, 2007

Question: Should second-generation Holocaust survivors (children of survivors)receive reparations from Germany?

Posted on: August 29th, 2007

This past week I was told two shidduch stories that made me sad and mad at the same time - because it is infuriating and tragic when people sabotage themselves or let others do so to them.

Posted on: August 29th, 2007

This past week I had the honor of attending the Remembrance Day commemorations that took place in the Polish town of Piotrkow Trybunalski.

Posted on: August 22nd, 2007

Dealing With Your Own Feelings

Posted on: August 22nd, 2007

This year's International Summer Yiddish Language And Culture Seminar will take place August 13 - September 2.

Posted on: August 22nd, 2007

Question: Should New York legalize medicinal marijuana?

Posted on: August 15th, 2007

In the past two weeks I have shared two letters from well spouses who were dealing with difficult machitanim. One pair of machitanim was coming to visit for the birth of a new grandchild but insisted that their daughter in law's mother not be present at the Shabbos meals, or they would not come. The other letter dealing with difficult machatanim was from a well spouse whose daughter is soon to be married. It seemed that this well spouse and her husband could do nothing that did not offend the groom's parents.

Posted on: August 15th, 2007

It's the dog days of August, and between the sizzling heat, the numbing humidity, the rain and the never-ending traffic and airport delays, there is a lot to complain about people's actions.

Posted on: August 15th, 2007

Last week, Mr. Sigmund Rolat visited his birthplace in Poland, the city of Czestochowa. As he does on every trip, he took time out to pay his respects to the local Jewish cemetery.

Posted on: August 8th, 2007

Last 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.

Posted on: August 1st, 2007

Being a well spouse does not exempt you from life's experiences.

Posted on: August 1st, 2007

The 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

Question: Six years after 9/11, do you still fear another catastrophic attack here?

Posted on: August 1st, 2007

Every 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

Last week I wrote about going to Nowy Zukowice, the town my grandfather came from.

Posted on: July 25th, 2007

Once upon a time there were two very close friends. One was a well spouse; one was not.

Posted on: July 25th, 2007

Since 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

Question: How do you rate Michael Bloomberg's performance as mayor of New York?