Substance Use In Yeshiva High Schools
By Rabbi Tully Harcsztark and Dr. Rivka Press Schwartz
School administrators often muse that the lack of data regarding our students and parent body creates a gap in our understanding....
Purim Diet Survival Guide
By Alice Hen
Although Purim is only one day long, many dieters or people who are just careful with their intake during the year have a hard time on this...
How To Successfully Shop On A Diet
By Alice Hen
Tanya and I had a presentation at Gourmet Glatt Supermarket a while back about shopping successfully on a diet. Many of you asked us to put it...
When The Doctor Becomes The Patient
You have often heard me say that our bodies start by whispering, and when we don’t pay attention, they start shouting at us. Then we have no choice but...
Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehab Center Staff Receive Second Dosages Of Pfizer Vaccine
Staff members at Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Commack were first in line to receive the initial doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in December, and they made...
Are You My Favorite?
You really shouldn’t have a favorite child. For that matter, you may have a favorite child, but no one should be able to know that one exists! Even better...
The COVID Vaccine And Women’s Fertility Health
Separating Facts From Rumors
By Lea Davidson
From the moment the COVID-19 vaccination campaign began, PUAH’s phone lines have been ringing off the hook. As an organization well-known throughout the greater...
MSH Alumnae Say Goodbye to Class of 2014 Valedictorian
Alumni and faculty of Midreshet Shalhevet, formerly located in North Woodmere, were shaken late last month upon learning of the death of 2014 valedictorian Yocheved Gourarie.
Yocheved, 24, of Crown...
Shalva Undertakes Massive Inoculation Campaign
As global immunization efforts step up, Israel continues leading the international vaccine race with over 150,000 daily inoculations and over 1,000,000 citizens vaccinated against COVID-19 to date. The current...
Building Resilience in Children
By Tzivy Reiter, LCSW
Resilience. It’s a word we’ve been hearing a lot during COVID-19.
How can we build resilience during this crisis? There are no easy answers for how to...