Living a Life Permeated with Joy and Meaning Feb 6, 2021 | by Slovie Jungreis-Wolff Let’s use this difficult time to harness the joy of being alive. Even though these are anxious days, we can also use this time to discover and build muscles we never knew we had. Resilience and strength are waiting to be revealed.…
Category: Lectures
Chochmas Nashim: Yisro: Travels and Travails
CHOCHMAS NASHIM: YISRO: TRAVELS AND TRAVAILS By: Suri Davis I’m tired. I want to make early shabbos—starting Wednesday afternoon. Hehehehe There is a lot to say about the ten commandments in this week’s torah portion, but I’d rather take a broader approach this week. I had some time at NY Law School before class started…
Are You Body or a Soul??
Are You a Body Or A Soul?! Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., LMFT, CLC, SDS Why is it always chocolate or potato chips? Okay, I lied! Sometimes it’s pizza and French fries. But, it’s never salad or a low-fat yogurt. I’m not saying I don’t eat those. But I don’t have crazy urges for them. I just eat that cause I know it’s the responsible…
Chochmas Nashim: B’shalach: Sing a Song
PARSHAT B’SHALACH, SHABBOS SHIRA By: Suri Davis This is the parshah of derech eretz, because we know that derech eretz kadmah l’torah, and next week is the parshah in which the torah is given. In Az Yashir, the verse states Zeh Keli v’anvehu, the Mechilta expounds that V’anvehu, and I will glorify Him, is a…
Slovie: Kids Are Out of Control
Kids Are Out of Control and What You Can Do About It Jan 9, 2021 | by Slovie Jungreis-Wolff The pandemic has brought out risky behavior in our children. The conversation I had with a child healthcare professional was disturbing. “You cannot imagine what I am seeing,” he said. “Kids who never got into any trouble before are…
Chochmas Nashim: Bo: Come
Chochmas Nashim: Bo: Come By: Suri Davis It is late in the week, I usually have my dvar torahs written by now, so much going on, still processing this secular new year. We can feel the eight macos/plagues that G-d sends upon the people. After 210 years that the Egyptians enslaved the Jews, bathed…
Chochmas Nashim: And He Lived…And He Died
AND HE LIVED, AND HE DIED AND A NEW KING AROSE WHO DIDN’T KNOW YOSEF For the first time in 16 years, I did not send out a full newsletter last week, I was sitting shiva for my father, Robert Ruby Davis. The prior week, Parshat Vayechi, I started my dvar torah with the…
Redefining Vulnerability
Redefining Vulnerability BY MALKA KRAMER, MSW, MFT I recently heard a question posed at a panel of professionals discussing marriage – the million-dollar question of “what is the key ingredient in a marriage?” Is it love? Is it trust? Is it respect? What is that elusive something that keeps the best marriages humming along? Obviously,…
Chochmas Nashim Vayechi: Hello 2021
Chochmas Nashim: Vayechi: Hello 2021 By: Suri Davis AND HE LIVED!!! The name of this week’s torah portion. I know many are saying goodbye to 2020. Kicking it out like unwanted baggage. Can’t do that, too much happened which affected me for me to be ungrateful for the year. Believe me, it wasn’t all…
Chochmas Nashim: Vayechi: Hello 2020!
Chochmas Nashim: Vayechi: Hello 2021!! By: Suri Davis AND HE LIVED!!! The name of this week’s torah portion. I know many are saying goodbye to 2020. Kicking it out like unwanted baggage. Can’t do that, too much happened which affected me for me to be ungrateful for the year. Believe me, it wasn’t all…