It is the “the witching hour,” around 4:30 pm, when darkness descends swiftly on the streets of New York, and exhausted children and their parents tend to quarrel.
But my son Joel, now …
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Perspective by Elicia Brown, JTA
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12/21/16
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For the first time since her son, Aryeh Natan Glassman, died of a heroin overdose in May, Rebecca Glassman delivered her message that the Orthodox Jewish …
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By Jeffrey Bessen
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12/21/16
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Rebecca Glassman of West Hempstead spoke at a gathering in Woodmere that confronted the issue of adiction …
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By Rebecca Glassman
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12/21/16
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I was the middle school kid cut from every single athletic team. No sparkly uniforms or “spirit days” for me. But, thanks to my parents’ perseverance, I became a gym devotee in high …
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By Jenny Solomon, Kveller via JTA
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12/13/16
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LAWRENCE, Kan. — Joanna Slusky places a test tube into an incubating shaker, flips the switch, and it begins to quiver. So does she.
“I’m excited,” she said, showing off …
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By Victor Wishna, JTA
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12/13/16
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“I’m going to say three words,” said Lauren Totaro, national program coordinator for the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America. “The words are apple, table and penny. Can …
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By Ben Strack
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12/8/16
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Achieving greatness is the theme of a seminar being conducted by Rabbi Immanuel Yosef Legomsky, MA, neurotherapist, a PTSD trauma expert and director of Israel Trauma Care.
Rabbi Legomsky’s …
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From Rabbi Legomsky
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11/17/16
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Paul Black, chief executive officer of Allscripts, a healthcare information technology solutions company, has been named the corporate honoree of South Nassau Communities …
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By Barbra Rubin-Perry
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11/9/16
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Five years ago, on a whim, Cindy, a 27-year-old Jewish woman, decided to pursue genetic testing through an online laboratory. She wasn’t expecting any surprises because she had no family …
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By Peggy Cottrell, MS, CGC
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11/3/16
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One of the leaders in the fight against breast cancer is Dr. Tamar Peretz Yablonski, daughter of a Holocaust survivor, whose tenacity and determination to find a cure inspires …
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By Robert Gluck, JNS.org
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10/20/16
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