Pioneers of the Periphery: Olim of the South Got that pioneering spirit? You’re invited to help build Israel’s periphery by planting roots in southern soil with Nefesh B’Nefesh.
Israel And The World Baseball Classic
Posted on: September 12th, 2012
Sections → Sports → Baseball InsiderFor the first time, Israel will participate in the qualifying round of the World Baseball Classic. That's the good news. The bad news concerns the dates they'll be playing in Florida. Earlier in the year it was thought the early rounds would start in other countries before moving to Florida in November. Assuming Israel would still be in the WBC games, the Florida site would be Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter.
Community Currents – September 14, 2012
Posted on: September 12th, 2012
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Butter Lovers, Rejoice – Hebrew U Study Shows High-Fat Could Lower Weight
Posted on: September 12th, 2012
Sections → HealthLovers of butter, rejoice – eating a high fat diet on a schedule may keep you svelter than eating a low-fat diet at random intervals, according to a researcher at Hebrew University.
Red Hot Chili Peppers Rock Tel Aviv
Posted on: September 12th, 2012
Sections → ArtsThe “Red Hot Chili Peppers” performed in Tel Aviv on Monday night, a decade after they canceled their show due to security issues. It was the group’s first visit to Israel, and to make the most of it, the members went to the Western Wall in Jerusalem straight from the airport. The band talked about Hillel Slovak, one of their founding members, who died from a drug overdose in the early 1990s.
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Kashrut – More Than Just A Symbol On A Box
Posted on: September 10th, 2012
Sections → Magazine → Teens and TwentiesWhen I walk in to the grocery store it is second nature for me to just check to make sure that that bag of chips or that cookie has an OU or other kosher symbol on it. To many Jews, it is just something that they do, and it usually is like that for me. But when this question was asked, I thought deeper. I began to think about how this label gives me a sense of community; and as I made that connection, I thought of our rich heritage, and once that relationship was made I thought about our homeland – Israel.
Chabad of Manhattan Beach – Hachnasas Sefer Torah
Posted on: September 9th, 2012
Sections → Features → Features On The Jewish WorldHundreds attend the Hachnasas Sefer Torah for the Chabad of Manhattan Beach. West End Avenue was closed off for the entire event.
Posted on: September 7th, 2012
Sections → Magazine → Back to SchoolHow often does your family ask you: “What’s for dinner?” Here are some great ideas for traditional family favorites simply with a healthy makeover. Instead of being a short-order cook, follow these guidelines to help you prepare nutritious, delicious dinners everyone will enjoy.
Back To School Healthy Recipe Ideas
Posted on: September 7th, 2012
Sections → Magazine → Back to SchoolKids are going back to school, and that means getting them up earlier and trying to get them to eat breakfast. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Research has shown that children who regularly eat breakfast have better test scores, better behavior and are less hyperactive than children who skip breakfast.
Posted on: September 7th, 2012
Sections → Jewess Press → Daily LivingFor some of us trying to cut corners is not just something we do to save a few cents, it is practically an obsession. While we may have our little tricks designed to shave a few dollars off our grocery bill and squeeze a penny so tight that it screams for mercy, we each have our own little indulgences, the things we absolutely refuse to do just to save a few pennies. Let’s hope that none of my immediate family members read this column because I am about to share some of my personal secrets and they just might disown me.
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Posted on: September 7th, 2012
Sections → Magazine → Back to SchoolShifi and Shana were neighbors and their mothers had been getting together before they could even roll over. Now that the girls were in second grade, they did their homework together.
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Grace Aguilar: The Spirit of Judaism
Posted on: September 7th, 2012
Sections → Jewess Press → Impact Of Women On Jewish History/Prof. L. JacksonHer family descended from Portuguese Marranos who had sought asylum in England in the eighteenth century. Grace Aguilar was born there at the onset of the nineteenth century (1816), and her remarkable work would exercise an impact on the historiography of Jewish life in the ensuing three decades of that century.
Posted on: September 7th, 2012
Sections → Magazine → Back to SchoolYou brightened my life when you entered my world My child, my treasure, my glittering pearl. I held you and rocked you, safe in my arms Dreaming I’d keep you safe from all harm.
The Secret To A Happy Marriage
Posted on: September 7th, 2012
Sections → Family → Marriage and RelationshipsAre you looking for emotional first aid for your marriage? If you are, you’re not alone. Today, engaged couples, newlyweds and couples who have been married for years are feeling insecure about their relationships and looking for advice on how to make their marriages work better or simply to heal their relationship wounds.
Bill Aron’s Time Machines: Forever Young, Forever Old
Posted on: September 7th, 2012
Sections → ArtsPhotographs seems like cruel slices from the past, frozen images of what will never be again. Since we assume the photographic image is, by and large, a factual view of some reality, it is inherently believed and trusted. But now be forewarned. It ain’t necessarily so. Bill Aron’s new images at the 92nd Street Y betray and beguile so as to force us to reassess the meaning of what we see.
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Posted on: September 7th, 2012
Sections → Family → Marriage and RelationshipsDear Dr. Respler: In your August 24 column, What Can Prevent Marriage, you eloquently discussed how losing a parent at a young age may cause someone to have a hard time getting married. As you made clear this is because of a deep-rooted fear of getting closer to someone and facing the possibility of loss.
Tevye in the Promised Land, Chapter 12: Hodel
Posted on: September 7th, 2012
Sections → Books → The Bookshelf → Tevye in the Promised LandIt was impossible to tell which thought gave Tevye more happiness. The thought of stepping foot in Jerusalem, or the thought of seeing his Hodel again. True, Hodel was his own flesh and blood. She was like a little piece of his Golda.
Posted on: September 6th, 2012
Sections → Family → Battling AddictionsDear Brocha, Thank you so much for being brave enough to share your story. I am getting chizuk just from reading about your journey. I know my husband and I need to go to a meeting, and we will. Let me tell you my story:
Posted on: September 6th, 2012
Sections → Community → West Coast HappeningsHosted by Esther and Rafi Katz and attended by a wide spectrum of the L.A. Jewish community, the 4th Annual Los Angeles Puah Brunch was recently held to support the groundbreaking endeavors of Puah – the Israel-based international organization that assists Jewish couples with fertility problems within halachic parameters.
Posted on: September 6th, 2012
Sections → Community → West Coast HappeningsA double Hachnasas Sefer Torah celebration, recently held at Shaarei Torah of Los Angeles, began with the kesivas osios at the home of Regina Rechnitz, the Rechnitz family matriarch. The writing of the final letters was followed by a large procession through the streets of Los Angeles to the Shaarei Torah shul, home of the new Sifrei Torah.
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