College students who choose to study abroad for a few weeks, months, or a semester or two will reap the benefits for years to come. Studying abroad offers a unique opportunity to grow academically, professionally, and personally while going on a once-in-a-lifetime adventure.
When you have a baby, you expect him/her to do certain things, like crawl, toddle, walk and talk. What new parents need to know is that children develop at their own pace. Some start to walk very early, others very late, but eventually all healthy children learn to walk. There is a rhythm to every child’s life and each stage is a time of new discovery and wonder. Some children take a step backward before making a giant leap forward. If your child is a late bloomer, try not to worry.
In his new book “Getting Closer—Understanding and Treating Issues in Marital Intimacy: A Guide for Orthodox Couples,” Rabbi Daniel Schonbuch, MA, Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in New York, tackles a topic rarely addressed in the Orthodox world of publishing. Dealing with intimacy dysfunctions challenging married couples, Rabbi Schonbuch utilizes his training as a marriage therapist in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) to help frum couples who may be suffering in shame or isolation.
LifeWatch V is an Israeli-engineered phone that performs and analyzes a range of tests and sends reports to your doctor. The LifeWatch phone can test your ECG, as well as blood pressure and sugar levels. Oh, it makes calls, too.
The story of how the US came to have the artifacts is incredible. Harold Rhode, an Arabic/Hebrew speaking policy analyst with the Office of Net Assessments in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, recently wrote a first person, eye-witness account of the details.
Albert Einstein famously failed math as a child. It’s hard to imagine him struggling with the subject. Imagine the consternation of the grade school teacher who flunked him, when years later that little fish-out-of-water upended mathematical theory forever. Modern physics, our understanding of the world, and the United States’ development of the atomic bomb ahead of the Nazis are all attributed to Einstein’s maverick thinking.
CommUNITY“Under One Roof” is more than just a catchy slogan, it’s a philosophy and way of life that captures the very essence of the SCC as a warm and nurturing environment where everyone, young and old, can come together to celebrate and recreate as one unified community.
Four Yeshivah of Flatbush Joel Braverman High School (JBHS) teachers recently spent five days at the renowned Herzog College’s Yemei Iyun B’Tanakh (Bible Study Days) in Alon Shevut, Gush Etzion, Israel. “It was an amazing experience. The Herzog approach to learning Tanakh is so fresh and enlightening,” said Tanakh Chairman Rabbi Avner Taler.
The kitchen is the heart of the home, a central place where families gather to relax, work, share stories and most importantly—cook and eat meals together. By teaching your kids how to help in the kitchen, from meal prep to cleanup, you’re also helping them understand how to prepare healthy meals and appreciate food for years to come.
The summer I was 15, I was a sassy, skinny girl who thought I knew everything. Unlike most of the Syrian community who went to Bradley Beach, my parents preferred quieter Long Beach where we scrunched into a house with my sister, Sallee, her husband Joe and my two young nephews, Elie and Leon.
Lip color is so important, but deciding whether to wear red or pink can be a huge challenge! Here are some great lipstick tricks and tips I want to share with you.
Ask any financial planner or insurance agent what risk people usually forget about and the answer will probably be disability. Their clients often come in the door questioning whether they have too little, too much or the right kind of life insurance, but rarely have they thought about how they could survive financially with no earned income. In fact, disability insurance is as important as—and in some cases, even more important than—life insurance.
America’s favorite pastime is going to a ball game to watch their favorite team play against the visiting team. My favorites happen to be the Yankees. In their uniforms, they take the field and sing the national anthem. The fans cheer, watching the unity amongst the teammates.
Your back is an intricate matrix of bones, muscles, nerves, and tissue that keep your body balanced and functioning properly. It’s also the number one site for chronic pain. The latest statistics show that 31 million Americans experience low back pain. It is the single leading cause of disability worldwide and one of the most common reasons for missed work. In fact, back pain is the second most common reason for visits to the doctor’s office, outnumbered only by upper-respiratory infections.
