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Legalizing Marijuana: What Does It Mean for Our Children?
So I’ve been thinking a lot about the (upcoming) legalization of marijuana and what it means for our kids.
Many of you readers know that we [the Levensons] lost our son Eric, z”l, to suicide in February of 2016, at the age of 28, after a long battle with mental illness. While Eric did not
My Struggling Child
Literacy has become a real buzz word lately. If my son can read a menu at a restaurant, or my daughter has read all eight Harry Potters, are they literate? If my spouse can create and understand spreadsheets, or my child falls within or above the average range on standardized tests, are they all set in the “literacy
How to Motivate Children to Learn
Picture this: Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai sitting with his son, Rabbi Elazar, learning in a cave for 12 years. Then, as soon as they leave the cave, all they want to do is run back in and learn for another full year!
Now fast forward to your house in 2019. You are sitting with your kids after school
Seven Steps to Mentschhood
Step # 2
Part 1
לא תשנא את אחיך בלבבך
You shall not hate your brother in your heart (Vayikra 19: 17)
When introducing step #2 to
Nesting Goes Beyond Pregnancy
During a casual Sunday conversation with our son—on an east coast evening by us, which was only midday out on the west coast by him—I inquired about what he and his seven-months-pregnant wife were doing that day. “Hold on,” he requested as he asked, “What’s that word again?” “Nesting,” he soon replied.
Benjamin’s Story
This month’s article is written by Benjamin Litchman.
Who would’ve thought? A nice Jewish boy caught up in the throes of addiction. Unheard of. When my teachers asked in Hebrew school what we planned to be when we grew up, I never imagined I would be struggling with a heroin addiction. When
Seven Steps to Mentschhood
Step # 1 ואהבת לרעך כמוך
Love your fellow person as yourself. (Vayikra 19:18)
When I begin teaching my students the first of the “Seven Steps to Mentschhood,” I tell the following true story:
Valley Chabad Friendship Circle Teens Distribute 200 Teddy Bears to Veterans
(Courtesy of Valley Chabad) On Sunday, March 10, Valley Chabad’s Friendship Circle spent a day of giving at the Veterans Home in Paramus. Over 50 children and teen volunteers came to the Veterans Home in Paramus to bring smiles to the veterans there.
The children and teens
Paint With Me! Comes to Congregation Beth Sholom
Congregation Beth Shalom of Teaneck held a fun Motzei Shabbat Paint With Me! event. Congregation Beth Shalom members met their inner artist and all ages enjoyed a fun evening.
Who Will Say Kaddish for Leon?
Throughout the decades of my genealogy research, there have been a few cousins with exceptionally common names (think Cohen, Friedman…), making them more of a challenge to find. With the family name Schneider, Leon was one of them. What turned out to be both fortunate and fruitful was finding Leon when I did. By the time I
Caring or Codependency?
What is codependency?
It may be a term you’ve heard thrown around before, but if you are confused as to what it actually means, that may be because the definition of codependency has evolved over time. The term codependency was first coined in the 1970s and referred to a person’s penchant to
An Introduction to ‘Seven Steps to Mentschhood’
The story is told of the late Dr. Judah Folkman, who several years ago discovered promising anti-cancer therapies. Asked what motivated him to become a research physician, he explained that starting at the age of 7 he accompanied his father, a rabbi in Columbus, Ohio, on hospital visits to see patients. It was those visits that
