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.
Tevye in the Promised Land, Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Plague
Posted on: March 5th, 2013
Sections → Books → The Bookshelf → Tevye in the Promised LandThe next chapter in the award winning novel.
Peres Grants Netanyahu Two More Weeks
Posted on: March 2nd, 2013
Sections → Special Features → Israel Elections 5773After failing to assemble a coalition within the legally allotted month, Prime Minister Netanyahu went back to President Shimon Peres on Saturday night to ask for an extension. Peres granted Netanyahu a two week extension, which is the maximum allowed by the law. If he fails to put together a coalition within two weeks, Peres [...]
Bezalel’s Legacy Commentary on Jewish Craft and Art: Shabbos Parah: Ki Sisa; Exodus 30:11 – 34:35
Posted on: March 1st, 2013
Sections → ArtsBezalel, oh Bezalel, what company you keep! Your parsha, Ki Sisa, takes us from humble devotion to God’s commandments to the utter collapse of Israel’s faith. God-inspired creativity morphs into pernicious communal idolatry that expresses gnawing doubt and a desperate need for the mechanics of teshuvah. Yet in the midst of tragedy, drama and redemption, one quiet man and his assistant, Bezalel and Oholiab, were chosen by God to become the alleged ancestors of all Jewish artists.
Delicious? Easy? And Kosher L’Pesach?? Two Pesach Cookbooks Cure Your Cooking Conundrums
Posted on: March 1st, 2013
Sections → Jewess Press → Daily LivingSo there is good news and bad. Which one do you want to hear first? Me? I always want to hear the bad news first. I need to get it over with. So here goes. Purim 2013 is now something we can discuss in the past tense and that can only mean one thing. Actually two.
Posted on: March 1st, 2013
Sections → Magazine → Teens and TwentiesI have to admit it. I was scared. And I don’t get scared. Or at least I don’t like to advertise when I do. But the wording of the e-mail from the U.S. State Department was so… harsh. Violent armed robberies are on the rise in Peru. In just three days I was going to be a U.S. citizen traveling alone to this apparent hotbed of crime called Peru, starting out in big, bad Lima.
Posted on: February 28th, 2013
Sections → Family → Challenging ParentingBeing a preschool teacher is a big responsibility, and believe me, I don’t take it lightly. For these two to three year olds, I’m the first teacher they’ll ever have. My primary concern, of course, is to provide them a safe environment for playing, but I also try to get in some teaching, in a way that’s appropriate for their age.
Posted on: February 28th, 2013
Sections → Magazine → On Our Own/Cheryl KupferThe other day I was shopping at a large supermarket and happened to go down the frozen foods aisle, past the endless freezers containing every imaginable flavor, shape and size of ice cream. I rarely buy. Rather I am like a tourist in a museum – gawking at wondrous objects that I know I can’t take home with me.
Posted on: February 28th, 2013
Sections → Family → Marriage and RelationshipsWhile understanding the situation will hopefully make it easier for you to handle it, it is important to speak with your mother - respectfully - about what is bothering you.
Executive Function, Anger, Bullying
Posted on: February 28th, 2013
Sections → Family → Parenting Our ChildrenQ: My daughter’s teachers have been telling me that she has trouble with her executive functions. I know she is not organized and often forgets to finish her homework, but I am not sure exactly what they mean. Can you clarify the term?
Posted on: February 28th, 2013
Sections → Family → Marriage and RelationshipsTo feel loved and nurtured your spouse needs to feel that you empathize with his or her emotions. The key is empathy. Empathy isn’t the same as sympathy or pity. It means being able to put yourself in another’s position, to feel what he feels and see what he sees, without losing yourself in the process.
Posted on: February 28th, 2013
Sections → Family → Marriage and RelationshipsThe term Renaissance Man is defined by Wikipedia Encyclopedia as “a person whose expertise spans a significant number of different subject areas.” Many of us might think we know someone of that calibre, but does the person really have such a span of knowledge and impact on others?
Chronicles Of Crises In Our Communities
Posted on: February 28th, 2013
Sections → Family → Chronicles of Crises.
Title: Without Red Strings Or Holy Water: Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah
Posted on: February 28th, 2013
Sections → BooksRabbi Moses Maimonides (1135-1204) was a halachist par excellence, philosopher, physician, and a political leader of the Jewish community at the ibn Ezra Synagogue of Egypt. Born in Cordovero, Spain and caused to flee a fanatical Muslim sect, the Rambam travelled to Morocco, Eretz Yisrael, Alexandria, and then served as a physician in the court of the Sultan in Cairo Fostat.
Title: In One Era, Out the Other A Memoir of 20th-21st Century Jewish Life
Posted on: February 28th, 2013
Sections → BooksEach one of us finds ourselves at the center of six generations of history. We hear the echoes of our grandparents’ era and see the beginnings of that of our grandchildren and we hope and endeavor to be the fulfillment of the hopes of one and the inspiration of the other.
It’s My Opinion: A Voyage From Hell
Posted on: February 28th, 2013
Sections → Community → South FloridaAmericans were riveted to their television screens by the story of the Carnival Cruise ship “Triumph.” The ill-fated voyage was interrupted by an engine fire that left the ship without power and adrift for five days in the Gulf of Mexico. Nonstop coverage documented the misery of passengers, who struggled without electric lights, air conditioning and working toilets.
Chabad Of South Broward To Host Annual Dinner
Posted on: February 28th, 2013
Sections → Community → South FloridaChabad of South Broward will be hosting its 32nd annual dinner on Tuesday, March 5, at its headquarters, 1295 East Hallandale Beach Blvd.
RASG Hebrew Academy Celebrates Adar With Joy
Posted on: February 28th, 2013
Sections → Community → South FloridaThe Hebrew Academy (RASG) in Miami Beach has been filled with Purim excitement since the beginning of the month of Adar.
New Head Of School For Weinbaum Yeshiva H.S.
Posted on: February 28th, 2013
Sections → Community → South FloridaThe Board of Trustees of Weinbaum Yeshiva high School has proudly announced that Rabbi Jonathan Kroll will serve as its new Head of School effective August 1, 2013. Rabbi Kroll joins Weinbaum Yeshiva High School from S.A.R High School in Riverdale, New York, where he has held teacher and associate principal titles since 2003.
Sabato Morais: Forgotten Advocate For Orthodoxy (Part One)
Posted on: February 27th, 2013
Sections → Magazine → Glimpses Into American Jewish History“Sabato Morais was born on April 13, 1823 to Samuel and Bonina Morais in the northern Italian city of Leghorn (Livorno), in the grand duchy of Tuscany. Morais was the third of nine children, seven daughters and the older of the two sons. The Morais family descended from Portuguese Marranos. Morais’ mother, Bonina Wolf, was of German-Ashkenazic descent.”
Community Currents – March 1, 2013
Posted on: February 27th, 2013
Sections → Community → Community Currents.
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Modern Interpretations of Hatikvah and the Anthem’s Future