Character is one’s only real possession. Rabbi Israel Salanter In my work, there is a lot of conversation about goals in raising children and what people want their family to be like. Most of us want children who are happy, successful, and good people…but what does this mean? Each person and family defines it differently,…
Blessings, Teens and Wendy Mogel’s Advice
These days, ours is a home of deep voices and driver’s licenses, responsible summer jobs, man-cave bedrooms, ear-bleedingly loud electric guitar and scant-on-inquiring-minds-want-to-know-details about socializing that is described only as “hanging out with people.” But even as I’ve seen one son off to college and the other at work on applications for his future destination,…
A Special Mitzvah Project
13-year-old Gabe Vinnick is a student at Pine Lake Middle School and celebrated his Bar Mitzvah at Herzl-Ner Tamid in February. We wanted to learn more about Gabe’s special mitzvah project that benefited the Polack Food Bank. What was your project? I used money I was given for my Bar Mitzvah to purchase food at…
A Day in the Life Of…
…Emergency Services Case Manager Lauren Fabella 9:00 a.m. Checking messages is always first on my list when I get into the office. JFS is a referral given by the 211 Crisis Clinic program, and the housing line I monitor from that referral source is critical. People calling the housing line are looking for shelter vouchers and…
What Does the Word “No” Really Mean?
The right to self-determination is sacred in our culture; the law protects a person’s “right” to be homeless, to be mentally ill without treatment, or to live in a home that is dangerous and uninhabitable if that person refuses help. Because these legal and cultural protections parallel our continuing lack of adequate services, I worry…
A Babushka’s Wish for Her Family
I am from Russia. My husband and I were born in Ukraine. We finished the school and the university in the city of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. I became a teacher of mathematics. I worked mainly in high school. My husband was a naval officer. Therefore, he worked at the places near the water….
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