Quebec is an Algonquin word, meaning “where the river narrows.” The city is situated at the narrowest point on the Saint Lawrence River. It is a world heritage site, and is considered to be the safest city in North America. It has the oldest commercial district in North America on Little Champlain Street, a haven for artists and souvenir hunters.
Rabbi Gili Benyamin, who was educated by the Shehebar Sephardic Center, was recently appointed Chief Rabbi of Venice, where he will be the spiritual leader for a community of 500 people.
Over the past 27 years, Kar-Ben Publishing has published more than 150 books for Jewish children and their families. They are pleased to announce the release of these new titles:
When Joseph Dabby arrived in America from Iraq in 1972 and found his way to Kahal Joseph Congregation in Los Angeles, he was shocked.
“It was like being back in the Old Country,” he said. “It was full of people who didn’t even speak the same language; they were very far removed from their roots, but they maintained everything the same—the same melodies and the same traditions.”
Children often have anxiety when they experience something new. It is natural to have a fear of the unknown and this fear can show itself as misbehavior in the dental office. Pediatric dentists have special training to help manage the fears of children and guide their behavior in the dental office. Pediatric dentists have several goals regarding children’s behavior. One is to have the child be comfortable during dental treatment. Another is to provide the optimum in dental treatment safely and easily for the patient. Still another is to encourage the child to continue regular dental visits in the future. Pediatric dentists have a variety of methods for achieving these goals.
During the last 100 years, Maimonides Medical Center has been a focus of innovation and excellence in surgery. As the medical center marks its centennial year, the Department of Surgery is celebrating this tradition of exceptional patient care, surgical training and leading-edge research.
Albert Einstein is one of the most famous Jews of the 20th century. He was best known for simply being a genius. Most recently, he was honored as Time Magazine’s person of the century.
Most people recall his scientific achievements, which have profoundly affected our everyday lives. I wanted however, to focus on Albert Einstein the Jew. Throughout his life, Einstein always identified with Zionism and maintained a sense of fairness and justice.
Cakes can be a beautiful centerpiece for any wedding or birthday party. Who doesn’t love cake? Using the cake as the centerpiece is one of the best ways to make any occasion extra special.
It is possible to creatively customize a cake to look almost like anything. Here are some of the top cake trends:
Nancy Reagan created the slogan “just say no to drugs” as part of an advertising campaign to convince children across the United States not to engage in drug use. Dr. Abraham Twersky, poking fun at the lack of understanding the advertisement has for the difficulties people face with real life problems, has a similar slogan hanging on the wall of his drug clinic: “Nancy Reagan’s solution to the homeless, just get a home!”
Many people think that routine dental treatment for children consists of putting “little fillings in little teeth.” In fact, treating decay (cavities) in children is an entirely different science from treating adults. Pediatric dentists have at least two years of graduate training after dental school to enable them to provide the correct care for children. Just as you wouldn’t think of bringing your child to any doctor other than a pediatrician, so should you bring your children to a pediatric dentist.
As anti-Israeli sentiments dominate Turkish news reports, historical perspective is necessary. It should not be forgotten that the Ottoman Empire, and particularly its Turkish heartland, were traditionally regarded as relatively safe heavens for Jews fleeing foreign oppression. There are numerous accounts of Sephardic Jews arriving in Constantinople from the Iberian Peninsula and its Inquisitions, but less often recalled are the thousands of refugees who crossed over land from the Balkan area to Trakya, the regional name of European Turkey.
Before the 1970s, Oriental medicine was only practiced in the US by immigrants who brought the knowledge of its practice with them to the States. Until that time, acupuncture was basically ignored by non-Oriental Americans.
Many children have orthodontic problems which develop at a young age. So parents want to know how early their children’s orthodontic problems need to be treated. Although some orthodontic problems are best treated with traditional braces after all permanent teeth have come in, many problems can and should be treated as soon as they are noticed, no matter how young a child is. Patients may be treated as early as four years old to correct and help prevent major orthodontic problems. With proper case selection, early orthodontic treatment by a pediatric dentist may be the only orthodontic treatment a child ever requires, or can make later treatment easier, quicker and less expensive later on. Above all, early treatment allows time to design a nice broad beautiful smile for a lifetime.
An orthodontist is a specialist in the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of dental and facial irregularities. Orthodontists undergo an additional two to three years of specialized education beyond dental school to learn the proper way to align jaws, fix bad bites, and straighten teeth. This formal education is essential for any dentist wanting to adopt the title “orthodontist.”
