(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...
By Cathleen Kronemer, NSCA-CPT, Certified Health Coach
• Published September 13, 2017
With the dawning of the Jewish High Holidays, I always enjoy reflecting upon the year that is coming to a close as well as pondering what the future may hold. Having recently visited Israel, I find myself filled with a renewed sense of spiritual holiness....
BY ERIC BERGER, Staff Writer
• Published September 13, 2017
As we descend down the alphabet this hurricane season — Harvey, Irma — it seems like one letter is still being left out: C, as in climate change.Despite the fact that there is scientific consensus that warmer water and air make for more intense storms,...
I would love to live in a world without ignorance, one in which everyone is treated based on the content of his or her character. Unfortunately, I do not. Lately it seems that the ignorant have come out of the woodwork and have laid claim to our country...
(Lior Zaltzman)NEW YORK (JTA) — Last year, in a fit of desperation and loneliness, I booked tickets for a five-day trip to Israel for Rosh Hashanah. I didn’t tell my friends I was coming — the sole purpose of my travel was to have a holiday dinner...
