They say life imitates art! And a good life imitates- “The Art of Marriage”. This book is a fantastic read! These days I doubt any one would get into a car without Waze or Google maps. I’d say you are making the same mistake getting into, or staying in, a marriage without the…
Category: Lectures
Three Ways to Raise Kind Kids
Melissa Work told her six-year-old son Blake to clean up his room. Blake wasn’t happy and told his mother that there were way too many toys to pick up. “Toys are your blessings,” his mother said, explaining that that there are many kids who don’t have any toys at all. Blake felt badly for these…
Why the Average Person Should Care About the Gift and Estate Tax
Whenever a new president comes to power, we hear about changes in the gift and estate tax. But what is it and how does it affect the average person? Well, when you earned your money, you had to pay income tax on your annual earnings. When you invested your money and it increased in…
No Cows to Milk
Well excuse me! Does your kid really need a vacation? I think they can use a break! Is it possibly okay to stay home for school break? Sure! But, kids are longing to do something. They want a change! I guess life needs to have more to it than wake up, eat…
Children’s Savings Plans
Your child is born, and there are checks in his name with beautiful cards that come your way. Now is the time to think about what to do with the money you child will get at his birth, for his birthdays and holidays, bar/bat mitzvah, sweet 16, and gifts from Grandma and Grandpa. There…
Think Love: 8 Tips To Rekindle Love
A young woman told me that she had fallen out of love with her husband. She explained that while there was nothing negative in her marriage, there was nothing positive either. They were co-parenting but not feeling the romance that had once existed. They tried couples therapy, but she decided it was time to tell…
A Bissel Torah: Bo/Redemption
In 1820 Congress passed the Missouri Compromise which formalized slave states and free states and the rules of return of slaves etc. In 1865, the 13th Amendment was passed, freeing the slaves. 45 years. It’s been 150 years since the African Americans were freed, but we still see and hear about black rage as…
The Brain Lunch Connection!
Can it be diet time again so soon? I can’t believe it. How do they come around again so quickly? I just started one last week!!! That’s the thing, starting them is really tough enough. But starting them again and again is enough to kill you. Sure I get it- if you could…
That’s a Laugh!!!
Two interesting comments this weekend got me thinking …. “Today was a great day, “said my mom, “because we laughed a lot!” “I learned this week from my daughter,” said my sis, “that whether you feel happy and then smile, or smile then feel happy, the exact same mechanisms and channels are…
Local Yeshiva Ketana Boy Heads to the White House
YESHIVA KETANA OF LONG ISLAND BOY HEADS TO THE WHITEHOUSE By: Suri Stern It is with great joy that I announce that Avrahmi Berkowitz, the son of Brynde and Ephraim Berkowitz, brother of Dr. Yehoshua Berkowitz, is headed to Washington as Special Assistant to President Trump, and assistant to Jared Kushner. Avrahmi is a long-time…