Maimonides said, “No disease that can be treated by diet should be treated with any other means.” That makes a lot of sense, especially given what we know about …
more
By Joni Schockett
|
11/8/17
|
Avocado toast has been “trendy” for several years throughout the U.S. In fact, avocados have been so trendy, an entire avocado restaurant opened earlier this year in Brooklyn. And people …
more
By Shannon Sarna, Nosher via JTA
|
11/8/17
|
Seriously, how is possible that it’s almost Thanksgiving. Wasn’t it just Sukkot, didn’t we just put away our sukkah? Oh, wait, no, we didn’t.
My husband Jerry and his son …
more
By Judy Joszef
|
11/8/17
|
With overdoses, substance abuse and many forms of addiction making national news, the Jewish community has not been edited out of those tragic headlines. In fact, the statistics are dangerously …
more
Tikvah Lake Recovery
|
11/8/17
|
Prior to the referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan on Sept. 25, the leaders of Iran, Turkey and Iraq all foretold of the coming of a “second Israel” if Kurdish independence was the end …
more
By Ben Cohen
|
11/8/17
|
Every year, as the yahrzeit of Yitzhak Rabin rolls around, subconsciously I feel some level of discomfort and tension. Like every other Israeli, remember that terrible day in 1995 all too well.
…
more
By Tehilla R. Goldberg
|
11/8/17
|
Eternity. What does it mean? Does anything really last forever?
Many years ago, in the pre-dawn darkness on an empty Jerusalem road, I discovered just how fleeting life can be. After a very late …
more
By Rabbi Binny Freedman
|
11/8/17
|
Take a careful look at Bereishit 24:67: “And Yitzchak brought Rivka to his mother’s tent. He took Rivka, she became his wife, and then he loved her, and then he was comforted over the …
more
By Rabbi Avi Billet
|
11/8/17
|
One of the major themes of our parasha, Chayeh Sarah, is Eliezer’s choice of a wife for Isaac from the daughters of Abraham’s birthplace: “And Abraham said to his servant …
more
By Rabbi David Etengoff
|
11/8/17
|
Yes, prayer is a bridge, a spiritual bridge that we take daily in our trip to G-d’s spiritual universe. And the bridge that we travel over is the siddur, the Jewish prayer book.
Recently, a …
more
By Alan Jay Gerber
|
11/8/17
|