Over 35 mikvah attendants and kallah teachers attended Project S.A.R.A.H.’s Kallah Teacher and Mikvah Attendant event last week. The program included presentations by Project S.A.R.A.H.
Modern medicine has achieved so many advances in treating diseases. Antibiotics have saved millions from disease. Advanced diagnostic techniques enable detection of many diseases in
(BPT) For kids who live with allergies and asthma, back-to-school can spell trouble with symptoms. Late summer/early fall is the height of ragweed season. When
We recently observed the fast of Shiva Asar B’Tammuz, which was the start of the three-week period of mourning that leads into the Nine Days
Some boys collect books for their bar mitzvah chesed project. Some collect food for those in need. Others raise money for worthy causes, while still
There was a bar mitzvah in my town last Shabbat (mazal tov, Nathan!), and since my son was one of the few boys in the
Recently, at a Shalom Task Force educational workshop that I gave at a college, a student asked: “How does someone know how to have a
Sometimes the scariest thing to a writer is the blank page. I learned that from Professor Toporoff, my first creative writing professor in college. Can’t
Last month, this column discussed the myths about legalizing marijuana, and its impact on our children. A few weeks later, we were invited to attend
(BPT) Mornings can be a bit chaotic as you fight the clock to get out the door on time. This is especially true if you
America has a new celebrity. Esther Wojciciki is a mother, a grandmother and an experienced educator. Her claim to fame is that all three of
After capturing a candid photo of me kneeling on his living room rug, eye level with his newborn baby, Solly, situated in her car seat,
