WSJ JEWISH JOURNALIST EVAN GERSHKOVICH HAS BEEN RELEASED

Great news! According to numerous news sources Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former marine Paul Whelan have been released in a prisoner swap. Gershkovich and Whelan had been imprisoned I’m Russia based on spying charges. ​In what has been described...

Life is a song

By Tara Dublin The Songbirds Choir brings the sound of music to senior living Every Wednesday morning, a small group of volunteers assembles just off the lobby of the Rose Schnitzer Senior Center in Portland, Oregon, to gather around a grand piano and sing old...

Comedian Shawn Pelofsky -Activism through Comedy

By Masada Siegel Standing strong for Israel is not the first time comedian Shawn Pelofsky, who has received death threats for her activism, has stood in the line of fire. She was one of the first female comics to perform in Afghanistan after Sept 11. “When I told my...

Leave No One Behind

One Jewish man's mission to save a Muslim family. The creed “leave no one behind” has become a mandate for a loosely connected network of veterans, active military and law enforcement. They are dedicated to stealthily evacuating, resettling and advocating for Afghans...

100 Years of Innovation – The Technion by Debra Rich Gettleman

“The Israelis are the strongest in the world, when we are united, we are invincible.”

Go to Israel. NOW!

Whenever I told people I was going to Israel, they always said the same thing. “Why? Why would you go now? It’s a war zone.”

Todd Shotz-The Jewish Kevin Bacon

By Debra Rich Gettleman Todd Shotz is like the Jewish Kevin Bacon. No matter who you are, if you’re Jewish, you are somehow connected to him in less than six degrees. We found shared connections with dear friends in La Jolla, after about 42 seconds. Maybe his gift of...

Israel-Beyond the headlines

A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in the news  By Sivan Rahav Meir Translated by Yehoshua Siskin Invitation to the Western Wall These days, when there is so much advice going around on how to cope, here’s another suggestion: Come to the Western...

Ilana Muhlstein and the 2B Mindset Non-Deprivation Diet for Your New Year’s Resolution

As far back as Ilana Muhlstein can remember she struggled mightily with her weight. As a morbidly obese child whose weight was the center of her family’s focus, she took comfort in sitting on a stool in front of the tv mindlessly eating to stuff down feelings about...

Ambiguous Loss or Living with the Pain of Uncertainty

Ambiguous loss is grieving what is lost while still recognizing what is present.

Traversing the city of Jerusalem

Traversing the city of Jerusalem

by Masada Siegel “Would you like to go to the ‘Ninja Park’?” former Arizona resident and Jerusalem based Rabbi Ian Pear of Shir Hadash asked my son Jacob on his first trip to Jerusalem. Jacob enthusiastically responded, “Yes.”    Moments later, after spending time at...

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Yom Kippur caffeine fix

Yom Kippur caffeine fix

by Debra Rich Gettleman Yom Kippur. The holiest day of our year. We delve deep into our own psyches to acknowledge failings, face painful truths about ourselves, and recognize where we have erred against others, ourselves, and God. Until…we have a bitter clanking in...

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And we’re paying for this?

And we’re paying for this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo7fdxrjMlc by Debra Rich Gettleman It's about time someone schooled parents on what our finest academic institutions are teaching our kids. Undoubtedly you've seen or heard something about our Ivies and their unconditional disdain for...

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Smart Cookies

Smart Cookies

By Debra Rich Gettleman In 2008, three modern orthodox women, Laurie Wexler, Sara Portman Milner, and Dina Leener, all guided by a sweet tooth and a passion to repair the  world, came up with an idea of using pastry arts and baking to help young adults with learning...

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WHAT HAPPENED TO ELLEN GREENBERG?

WHAT HAPPENED TO ELLEN GREENBERG?

by Tara Dublin No Closure The grieving parents of Ellen Greenberg, the beloved Philadelphia teacher who was slain twelve years ago, have never stopped fighting to clear their daughter’s name after her brutal stabbing death in 2011 was ruled a suicide. Josh and Sandee...

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