“As a Jew and a woman, I think it’s critical that the community sees successful women at the highest levels of business.” ~ Deb Rochford, JNF Desert States executive director If you were a country the size of New Jersey and could pick one person on the planet to be your advocate, who would you…
Childhood obesity is on the rise in America – dangerously so. According to the Centers for Disease Control, childhood obesity has more than doubled in the past 30 years and now affects nearly 20% of children between the ages of 6 and 11. Blame it on video games, compulsive computer use or even our national…
My son Levi just became a bar mitzvah. Well, I guess he didn’t just become one. It was a little bit ago. OK, it was a while back. Fine. It was two years ago this October. But it still feels like yesterday. How is it possible that he’s already turning 15? Why is time hurtling…
When Issy and Pinki Lifshitz came to the United States from South Africa in 1980, they were looking for a better life for themselves and their three boys, Wayne, Jonathan and Bryan. Now, 35 years later, it doesn’t get much better than this. Issy and Pinki are living the good life in Arizona. Their three…
Ever read anything so shocking that you had to run to the Internet (or your husband the pediatrician) to make sure you didn’t just dream it? That’s pretty much what happened the other day when I causually perused my hubby’s new issue of Contemporary Pediatrics. Did you know that the United States has the highest…
T Statman raises money and awareness with every strike she throws. The phone rang as I was walking into the gym. It was an unfamiliar number. “Debra?” The voice on the other end spoke softly but deliberately. “This is Doctor Palmer.” I remember thinking it odd for my dermatologist to be phoning me directly. “I…
It takes an average of 25 days to fill a job opening in this country. That increases to 45 days when you look at higher-salaried positions. In Temple Chai’s case, it’s taken more than two years to find the right person to fill the role of cantor. Why? It’s mostly because Temple Chai was not…
It’s a parent’s worst nightmare. Your 17-year-old son comes home from high school not able to distinguish reality from fantasy. You panic. Alcohol? Drugs? How did you miss the signs? You immediately kick into action and take him to the doctor, the psychologist, the psychiatrist. He ends up with a series of diagnoses over the…
I have post-traumatic stress disorder. I just discovered it a few days ago when my friend Tina invited me to work out at a park in North Phoenix. We were going to invent a fun workout running between the swings, the slides and the monkey bars. I was up for the challenge, water bottle in…
They’re bright. They’re squishy. They look like something designed to touch, play with or even eat … to a toddler. But they’re deadly and you’re probably keeping them easily accessible to your children. Meet the newest danger in the kitchen and laundry room: dishwasher and laundry detergent pods. They first showed up on supermarket shelves…
