A SHELTER OF SOLIDARITY
By Debra Rich Gettleman Everything changed on October 7th, 2023. The world felt different; more frightening, more chaotic, more imbalanced. Collectively, Jews all over the globe felt the horrific pain that Hamas had inflicted. At first, we felt the world had our...
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...
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...
Ambiguous Loss or Living with the Pain of Uncertainty
By Debra Rich Gettleman Have you ever felt an internal longing for something you used to have? Maybe it’s a job or a relationship. Maybe it’s that empty nest pain that pops up after each Sunday night phone call from your kid in college. The pain of losing someone or...
Kibbutz Nirim Survivor Adele Raemer: My DNA changed on October 7th
By Cindy Saltzman The first time I met Adele Raemer was during a Zoom interview. She wore a T-shirt with Hebrew letters on it that I couldn’t quite make out. When asked what it said, she replied, “Oh, I had the other one on before. I’m bilingual.” She pulled up a...
Trauma is real: Pay attention to the signs
By Debra Rich Gettleman Dr. Melanie Rich, (no relation), doesn’t necessarily look like a first responder as she sits in her tastefully appointed Scottsdale, AZ office. But she’s been on the ground helping victims cope with trauma for decades. At Ben Taub hospital in...
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Bring Them Home
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Finally, justice is served for murder victim Dan Markel
By Cindy Saltzman Today, Dan Markel's former brother-in-law, Charlie Adelson, 47, was found guilty of first-degree murder, conspiracy and solicitation in Dan Markel's murder which took place on July 18, 2014. Professor Markel, who was considered a great legal...
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