Despite intense international pressure not to go forward with a referendum in support of independence, the Kurdish Regional government in northern Iraq went ahead with the vote, which won overwhelming approval in the election last week. An estimated...
By Cathleen Kronemer, NSCA-CPT, Certified Health Coach
• Published September 28, 2017
“If you don’t take care of your body, where are you going to live?”This quote has always inspired and intrigued me. The avid exercisers among us no doubt agree that as we train hard, we tend towards a manner of thinking that takes us somewhat outside...
Charlottesville. It now takes its place with other iconic names in the history of American social movements, such as Selma, Stonewall, Kent State and Berkeley. Weeks after the event, the story continues to consume us, even spilling into sportscasts,...
Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTA
• Published September 25, 2017
I know I am not the only one who brings a book to read with him in synagogue, especially during the marathon services of the High Holidays.I don’t do it out of disrespect. I don’t make a big show out of it. (Sometimes I even take off the book jacket,...
(JTA) — For nearly 50 years, my father had a best friend named Al. They grew up in the same neighborhood in Brooklyn, and after returning from the service in World War II, they each married and moved to the same Long Island town and opened related...
Many of my clients tell me that their top concern is getting quality interviews. They understand that no matter what their skills or experience, they won't land a new job without first securing an interview with a prospective employer. Job seekers often...
By Cathleen Kronemer, NSCA-CPT, Certified Health Coach
• Published September 20, 2017
L’Shana Tovah! Rosh Hashanah is here, heralding what I always consider the beginning of apple season. Dipping apples in honey, and enjoying this sweet treat with freshly baked challah, is a sure sign of the holiday, and an autumn brimming with hopes...
Young haredi Orthodox girls in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, N.Y., March 21, 2012. (Serge Attal/Flash90)(JTA) — The 2013 Pew survey “A Portrait of Jewish Americans” shows that Orthodox Judaism, while currently attracting the allegiance...
NEW YORK — We are living at a moment of great disruption. We all sense it. We all experience it. It impacts every aspect of our lives — education, economics, politics, social society. Judaism is not immune to these forces.Changes in demography; declines...
In our desire to make the graduation experience better for all, the Parkway School Board and administration inadvertently lost sight of the needs of our Jewish students, each as important as any other, and their proud families who had waited for their...
By Joshua Ratner, Rabbis Without Borders via JTA
• Published September 13, 2017
Fear and trembling make a triumphant return to the Jewish calendar with the month of Elul and the initiation of the holiday countdown that leads to Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. As a rabbinical colleague wrote, Elul itself carries spiritual significance...
I have seen and heard all 1,080 minutes of “The Vietnam War” at least once. Scattered among those 18 hours are minutes I’ve screened as many as 10 times, some for professional reasons, most for personal ones.Even so, I will watch “The Vietnam...
