The author is a prominent resident of Lawrence.
As a busy criminal defense attorney with a roster of high-profile clients, I am not known to shy away from a fight. It doesn’t hurt that I …
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By Benjamin Brafman
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11/22/17
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St. John’s Episcopal Hospital partnered with the Community Blood Center to host its first blood drive since 2010.
The hospital, which hosted the blood drive in its BOCES Training Center in …
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11/22/17
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“She thinks you’re her son,” Gloria Lebeaux, director of social work for the Barry and Florence Friedberg Jewish Community Center, told this reporter, …
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By Zach Gottehrer-Cohen
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11/15/17
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With overdoses, substance abuse and many forms of addiction making national news, the Jewish community has not been edited out of those tragic headlines. In fact, the statistics are dangerously …
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Tikvah Lake Recovery
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11/8/17
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SAVYON, Israel — When Tamir Gilat, a former goalkeeper for the Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer team, was diagnosed with two kinds of cancer in February 2011, his doctor advised him to put his affairs …
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By Michele Chabin of JTA, for Israel Cancer Research Fund
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9/30/17
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The annual calendar produced by Gurwin Jewish’s Fay J. Lindner Residences was selected as a Silver Award winner in the 26th annual National Mature Media Awards Program.
The calendar, …
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9/6/17
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Jerusalem therapist Miriam Ballin is the kind of person who takes the initiative.
Despite resistance from her haredi Orthodox community, she became a medic. Then she launched a …
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By Andrew Tobin, JTA
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8/31/17
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Residents and staff at Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Commack have protested the drastic cuts to the Medicaid program initially outlined in the Senate’s proposed American …
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8/30/17
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The mantra echoes from AA rooms and is chanted by halfway house residents: “If you’re not an addict, you can’t understand and you can’t help.”
With an astonishing …
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By Rabbi Dr. David Nesenoff, Founder, Center for Jewish Addiction Rehabilitation
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8/30/17
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By all accounts, Eilon Bdil has no personal interest in marijuana. But as the business manager of Kibbutz Elifaz, he’s a big believer in the herb …
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By Andrew Tobin, JTA
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8/23/17
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