5 Harmful Habits that Impede Children from Creating Healthy Relationships by Slovie Jungreis-Wolff How parents unknowingly hinder children’s abilities to form strong relationships later in life. Young men and women are telling me about their frustration with the quality of relationships that they’ve been in. Issues with commitment, lack of responsibility, and an inability to give…
Category: Lectures
A BISSEL TORAH: Vaerah: Rosh Chodesh Shvat
A BISSEL TORAH: VAERAH: ROSH CHODESH SHVAT By: Suri Davis The coordination of Rosh Chodesh Shvat/month of Jewish month of Shvat coming in between the two torah portions which set forth the 10 plagues that Egypt suffered to encourage them to do the right thing and permit the Jews to leave to serve G-d…
The Number One Parenting Question
The Number One Parenting Question by Slovie Jungreis-Wolff Why don’t my kids listen to me and what should I do about it? Speaking to parents across the globe has brought me to recognize the number one parenting question asked universally: “Why don’t my kids listen to me and what should I do about it?” We are…
G Which Is It?
G Which Is It ? Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., CLC, SDS Chanukah Gelt or Chanukah Guilt that is the question?! Somehow, we’ve trained ourselves to give Gifts for this holiday. And it wouldn’t be so bad if it was just a one day holiday. But, the true Chanukah miracle is that we make…
A Bissel Torah: Vayechi: Education Petition
BSD VAYECHI: THE EDUCATION PETITION By: Suri Stern When I was in Stern College many moons ago, I volunteered in the N.Y.U. Emergency Room. One evening a young woman, very young, came in with her bleeding baby. I tried to ask her questions regarding her baby, and she couldn’t understand me, because she spoke only…
A Bissel Torah: Vayigash: Approaching With Confidence
A BISSEL TORAH: PARSHAT VAYIGASH: APPROACHING WITH CONFIDENCE By: Suri Davis In last week’s torah portion, Joseph was told that the sons of Jacob had an additional brother and Joseph demanded that, if they wanted more food, they had to bring Benjamin. Jacob refused, until it was clear that they would all starve, unless Jacob…
Key Board Wisdom
Key Board Wisdom Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., CLC, SDS Did you ever take a good look at your key board? It has a great lesson on it just waiting to be noticed. One we may have overlooked for years!!! The U and the I are right next to each other. And often they get…
Peter Pan Parent
Peter Pan Parent by Slovie Jungreis-Wolff Some parents never want to grow up. The question in the recent Sunday New York Time’s Social Q’s column caught my eye. Under the heading of Micro-Mini Mom, I read a teen’s words that I believe reflect the feelings of many children. “I am a 14 year old girl and…
A Bissel Torah: Miketz: Modern Lamentation
A BISSEL TORAH: MIKETZ: THE MODERN LAMENTATION By: Suri Davis A couple of weeks ago, in the New York Times Book Review section, the cover had a review of five books written about Judaism in America. The reviewer was Gal Beckerman, and the article, entitled, LAMENTATIONS, was riveting. On the heels of increasing anti-semitism in…
A Bissel Torah: Vayeishev: In the Blink of an Eye
By: Suri Davis Jewish History, Chabad.org Alexander in Jerusalem (313 BCE) On Kislev 21 of the year 3448 from creation (313 BCE), there occurred the historic meeting between Shimon HaTzaddik and Alexander (‘the Great”) of Macedonia. The Samarians, bitter enemies of the Jews, had convinced Alexander that the Jews’ refusal to place his image in…