By Cathleen Kronemer, NSCA-CPT, Certified Health Coach
• Published August 3, 2017
This has been a summer of transformation for me, and an exciting one at that. Events have been occurring that I never dreamed I would experience. Not only have I become a grandparent; I also find myself evolving into an outdoor runner. As a bona...
What is your first Jewish memory? That is a question I was recently asked and asked of others while on a trip. I was privileged to visit Kiev, Ukraine with Tim Stern, vice chairmain of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis Board of Directors and annual...
Not that they’ve asked, but I have some advice for Republicans on handling the chaos in health care that they started creating seven years ago and that now imprisons them.It’s not about power gamesmanship for party insiders. It’s about policy, practices...
A Sad RealityIt’s not about Jews and Muslims, it’s not about Israelis and Arabs. It’s about those who support terrorism and those who stand up to it. Terrorists killed two police officers on Temple Mount. Those who stand against terror install...
By Cathleen Kronemer, NSCA-CPT, Certified Health Coach
• Published July 27, 2017
This summer, my husband and I are taking our first journey to Israel, where we will celebrate 25 wonderful years of marriage. As typical first-timers, we have selected a semi-private tour to guide us through the country’s rich history and spectacular...
O.J. is free again.As a society we seem to tolerate and even encourage bad behavior. Our major institutions, such as public schools and government, do not do a very effective job of using rewards to incentivize good behavior and punishments to dis-incentivize...
For an eighth year, Aish HaTorah of St. Louis partnered with the Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project (JWRP) to bring womenwith children under 18 years old on an eight-day journey through Israel. After 12 hours of traveling,the 16 women arrived in Tel...
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...
![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)
