by Hannah Heller | Feb 1, 2023 | Call for Change, Contemporary Issues
Making Our Celebrations Less Stressful and More Meaningful Written by Hannah Heller Celebrations (smachot) highlight happy occasions and milestones such as Bar and Bat Mitzvahs and weddings. They are special times we look forward to with great anticipation for many...
by Hannah Heller | Nov 1, 2022 | Being Single, Call for Change, Contemporary Issues
Can the Shidduch System Survive? Written by Hannah Heller Chance encounters make life so fascinating – the new friends you meet or the old friends you run into at the grocery store, on public transportation, at weddings and Bar/Bat Mitzvahs or even while taking...
by Tanya Goldfrad, R.P.H., M.P.H. | Sep 1, 2022 | Call for Change, Mental Health
Suicide Prevention – We Are Not Immune Written by Tanya Goldfrad, R.P.H., M.P.H. Suicide has touched my life in a number of ways in the past five years. I have been involved with supporting families whose teens have attempted and even been successful at suicide....
by Tanya Goldfrad, R.P.H., M.P.H. | Aug 1, 2022 | Call for Change, Grief and Loss, Mental Health
The Fomenting of a Rampage Written by Tanya Goldfrad, R.P.H., M.P.H. With a count of more than 300 rampage shootings in the US since the start of 2022, we need to take some time to mourn our losses, our wounded and scarred, our traumatized, and the ones that fell...
by Yaffi Lvova, RDN | Aug 1, 2022 | Call for Change, Contemporary Issues, Jewish thought and practice
Where Have All the Women Gone? Written by Yaffi Lvova, RDN My mother’s face isn’t tzanua. The lines around her eyes and mouth–I always thought of them as happiness waves. A wrinkle above her brow began when I was breech and cemented the night I snuck out. Warm spots...
by Adara Yael Peskin-Shalem | Feb 1, 2022 | Call for Change, Jewish thought and practice
Remembering the Lonely on Purim Written by Adara Yael Peskin-Shalem As the author of a blog about saving money (Penniless Parenting), I have a reputation for being all about frugality. But the whole point of frugality isn’t necessarily to stop spending money entirely...
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