Court ruling and the church-state divideEvery argument before the Supreme Court — winning and losing alike — defines a potential slippery slope. Perhaps we can draw some comfort regarding the worrisome playground decision by considering the slippery...
By Cathleen Kronemer, NSCA-CPT, Certified Health Coach
• Published July 20, 2017
As many of you know, becoming a first-time grandma is quite an experience. Not even raising your own children prepares you for the transformation of your child into a parent. It is a glorious thing. Our daughter had been an avid exerciser for years,...
By Carla Naumburg, Kveller via JTA
• Published July 20, 2017
I am not built to be a free-range mother. I am anxious and overprotective by nature, and my years of experience as a social worker have only increased my awareness of everything that could happen to my daughters, from sexual abuse to traumatic brain injuries.If...
Last year, I wrote an opinion piece for JTA about a term and a trend few Jews over the age of 30 had ever heard of: intersectionality. Coined in the late 1980s, intersectionality posits that various forms of oppression — racism, sexism, classism, ableism...
Editorial off-base I am appalled at your June 28 editorial headline, “Bibi’s Biggest Blunder,” about the Israeli prime minister’s cancellation of plans for a pluralistic prayer site at the Western Wall. Women in Judaism are far from being considered...
French President Emmanuel Macron’s emphatic declaration that anti-Zionism is a reinvention of anti-Semitism is spot on. Most, if not all, of those who oppose the existence of a safe and secure Israel as a Jewish homeland perpetuate false equivalencies,...
By Robert A. Cohn, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published July 19, 2017
he apparent routing of the Islamic State, or ISIS, in the Iraqi city of Mosul and a similar outcome expected in the Syrian city of Raqqa have been greeted with an almost eerie silence by all but a few media outlets.Richard Engel, the longtime chief foreign...
In 2002, I retired from a 33-year career with the Procter & Gamble Company, and I’ve been working ever since. Wait! What? Retired? Working? When coauthor Keith Lawrence and I were doing research for our book, Your Retirement Quest, we interviewed...
In the business world, planning is incredibly difficult and time consuming. It isn't any different when it comes to planning your career. However planning is tremendously important to your success. Basically, planning means putting together a guideline...
(JTA) — Last year, I wrote an opinion piece for JTA about a term and a trend few Jews over the age of 30 had ever heard of: intersectionality. Coined in the late 1980s, intersectionality posits that various forms of oppression — racism, sexism,...
By Cathleen Kronemer, NSCA-CPT, Certified Health Coach
• Published July 13, 2017
As Americans, we love to celebrate. Any excuse to toast and be happy is welcome in our culture. In keeping with this tradition, August 4th just happens to be National Beer Day! (Who knew, right?)Beer has been a part of civilization since 4000 BC. In...
Failure to veto minimum wage bill will hurt St. LouisansGov. Eric Greitens has allowed the passage of two bills that will have devastating effects on women in our communities. Those bills take away the minimum wage increase the city of St. Louis approved...
![Carla Naumburg, Ph.D., is a clinical social worker and writer. She is the author of two books, “Parenting in the Present Moment: How to Stay Focused on What Really Matters” [Parallax, 2014] and “Ready, Set, Breathe: Practicing Mindfulness with Your Children for Fewer Meltdowns and a More Peaceful Family” [New Harbinger, 2015].](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/a008a52c5cf5ff541c2008fd22023d26.jpg)
