Life is meant to be lived, so don’t wait to enjoy yourself to the fullest just because you don’t have a significant other. I’ve explored countless countries on my own, and the truth is, when you travel solo, you are never alone. Why not travel to places that are fun, filled with interesting people and…
Parkinson’s experts across the world have been reporting a remarkable phenomenon – many patients treated with drugs to increase the activity of dopamine in the brain as a therapy for motor symptoms such as tremors and muscle rigidity are developing new creative talents, including painting, sculpting, writing and more. Prof. Rivka Inzelberg of Tel Aviv…
Dementia – an acute loss of cognitive ability – can be marked by memory loss, decreased attention span and disorientation that occurs in disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease. According to Prof. Jiska Cohen-Mansfield of Tel Aviv University’s Herczeg Institute on Aging and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, dementia sufferers are often prescribed psychotropic drugs to mitigate…
Extended Jewish families were common on the Southwestern frontier. Pioneer Jews wanted to retain their Yiddishkeit, so they brought along their families and married cousins and for the most part stayed Jewish keeping the story of Mishpoche alive. Most came for the same reasons we pack up and move today – opportunity and, for some,…
My friend Karen told me about a recent experience that really hurt her. It started out as a harmless Sunday morning junket to some local yard sales with a friend, who, after some serious haggling, purchased a table and chairs for less than a $100. “Boy, I really ‘Jewed’ them down, didn’t I?” her friend…
The three-part question posed in the title of this article is one I ask of each person who is about to embark on the search for love. In order to embrace the idea of new love and be able to follow through to find it, the answer to all three questions must be a resounding…
So it’s a new year, Valentine’s Day has come and gone again, and you are single. You most likely have had enough of those concerned, pitying looks that silently say, “Oh, you are single, at your age.” You know they are secretly thinking, “What is wrong with you?” The fact is everything is right with…
Clearing clutter and cleaning house is a Passover ritual. The Jewish version of spring cleaning started a long time ago, when the Jews had to leave Egypt on the run and without lots of stuff. Today, however, life is messy, and it’s so easy to keep collect- ing more and more clutter. But does more…
Welcome to our new feature about love: how to find it and how to keep it alive and vibrant. I hope this column will pave the way for you to find the love you seek. When it comes to relationships, if you want it to be terrific, you need to be specific; this is actually…
I committed a sin recently. I admitted that I wasn’t familiar with a particular French chef. If looks could kill … you should have seen the face of my executioner. It was as if I had admitted not knowing the words to “Hatikvah” or the Pledge of Allegiance. I was dead meat. In the professional…
