The internet can be a dangerous place for kids. What can start off as an innocent YouTube video viewing session can rapidly devolve. With so
As a Jewish organizer, there are a few events I look forward to each year between Purim and Pesach. I. One of my favorite services
If there was ever something to be thankful for, it’s for being part of this amazingly tight-knit Jewish community. Yes, that might be the reason
A research study asked 1,500 kindergarten children to come up with many different uses for paper clips, and 98% of children scored in the genius
Step #6, Part I The ways of the Torah are ways of pleasantness and all its pathways are peace. (Mishlei 3:17) We have learned which
Step #5 Part 3 ועשית הישר והטוב בעיני ה׳ “You shall do what is right and what is good in the eyes of Hashem…” Step
February is Jewish disabilities awareness and inclusion month (JDAIM). Substance abuse and addiction, including alcohol and other drugs and chemicals, is very much a disability
It’s a given that things don’t always go right for an organizer. Sometimes deadlines are missed, service men don’t show up or, God forbid, fragile
(Courtesy of Recovery at Crossroads) When speaking to people in long-term recovery from an alcohol-use disorder and their families, you hear the heartbreak of active
When I hold my baby granddaughter, I quite naturally break into a round of the Yiddish nursery rhyme Patshe, Patshe Kikelekh. Seeing her delight in
Dana is a 24-year-old woman who is dating seriously. She tells her good friend Arielle about her upcoming plans for engagement. Arielle is concerned that
In January we may understandably feel tired of the cold temperatures, the many hours of darkness and, some years more than others, shoveling snow. Yet
