The road was open, and gorgeous snow-covered mountain tops were in my view. However, every time I needed to change lanes, I asked my Mom to help me since I was in an unfamiliar car and couldn’t see well out of the rear-view mirror. We were driving up to Vail to stay at the gorgeous Sonnenalp…
The Entin family is deeply enmeshed in the Judaic fiber of Phoenix, so heading to shul for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is just another thread of their family life. Rabbi Isaac Entin is principal of the Phoenix Hebrew Academy, a Jewish day school for kindergarten through middle school. Dvora Entin is coordinator of Aleinu…
Your success or failure in the dating arena (or life in general) is directly proportional to the beliefs you hold at the time you embark on your endeavor. Many people have preconceived ideas about dating, especially Internet dating. They make assumptions about what it will be like and the type of people they will meet. Moreover,…
Modern Orthodox young professionals ages 26-42 are invited to Oregon June 26-July 1 for Portland’s third MoDox Outdoor Adventure Shabbaton. The first Shabbaton in 2011 drew 56 participants, with 74 young adults turning out in 2012. Portland’s third MoDox Outdoor Adventure Shabbaton already has attracted registrants from Israel, Toronto, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, New…
Marketing and dating – they’re not so different! After all, aren’t both of these about clearly communicating with another person in an attempt to forge a relationship? Let me review the 12 most persuasive words used in marketing – discovery, easy, guarantee, health, caring, money, new, proven, results, safety, savings and you – and illustrate…
I used to buy my dad so many Father’s Day cards each year – funny ones, poignant ones, ones that made fun of me, my sister, my mom. You name it, I sent it. I even remember a lot of them. There was one with a bunch of swans in a row and a single,…
Scottsdale resident Cheryl Senkfor is more than just a jewelry artist – she is a literal dream weaver. A designer of woven wire jewelry, her talent for wearable art springs from a profound mystical experience she had in 2003. Senkfor, the owner of Woven Angel, has been an artist since childhood, pursuing mosaics, clay, ceramics…
People inherit many things from their parents – money, possessions, values, genes – but many children of Holocaust survivors feel they also inherit the responsibility to educate future generations about what happens when people stand idly by as evil flourishes. “Second-Hand Survival: Inheriting the Holocaust” drew nearly 300 people to Feb. 26 event cosponsored by…
Eddmonton is the dynamic capital of Alberta, located almost in the geographic center of the province. Remarkably, within a few hours of arriving there, I was able to personally meet with both a high-ranking city councilor and then the mayor of Edmonton – both of them Jewish! The journey overland to get to Edmonton was…
Jewish mothers take care to raise their sons to be kind, considerate, caring and generally nice guys. Doesn’t this sound like every woman’s dream match? Unfortunately, many seem to be more interested in “bad boys” – the ones who treat them horribly and break their hearts. Why do they come back for more, and, if…
