Former NBA Star Speaks At Hillel Yeshiva
It was a typical Monday at Hillel Yeshiva, until guest speaker Chris Herren arrived to address the student body, faculty, administrators, and parents. Herren is a former NBA basketball star, who spent years in the grips of addiction. Today he is sober and sharing his story with high school students, college students, and coaches all over the country. Rabbi Howard Bald, Head of High School, began the program by explaining the concept of teshuvah, (a person’s return to a healthy path). He said, “We are inspired by people who have dealt with obstacles and have overcome them.”
The very special nature of Ezra Cornman A”H inspired friends and family members to join together on Lag Ba’Omer to remember him and to support the Ezra Cornman A”H Bar Mitzvah Fund. The “One Community, One Voice” concerts—one for the men and one for the women—featured some of our community’s most talented singers, including many from Magen David Yeshivah, where Ezra had been a student. The students performed the “Let it Go Song,” written by Rabbi Baruch Hilsenrath and the WeMDY committee. Together, all the gifted performers energized the audience in unity and strength.
Do you always have to be right? Do you need to be in control? If so, you may be causing yourself undo stress. We hold on to so many things that cause us pain, stress and suffering—and instead of letting them all go, instead of allowing ourselves to be stress-free and happy—we cling to them. It’s time to give up all the negativity in your life.
“It’s hard even for me to get my head around this story even though I lived it,” he confessed, as he recalled the moment when he discovered that the illness had attacked his body for the third time. “I was in music camp with my class, on the beach at Caesarea. At some point, I sat alone on the sand, watching the sunset. I had a gnawing, undefined bad feeling. Something was not right but I didn’t understand what. It was only when I got home that I realized the cancer was back—again. I needed treatment immediately.”
Nobody really wants to get a colonoscopy, but once you reach a certain age, it’s important. If you’re absolutely averse to colonoscopies, there’s new technology in town to check the colon for pre-cancerous polyps or malignant tumors. All you have to do is swallow a disposable camera that’s embedded in a jelly-bean sized pill. Several hours later, a doctor can view the panoramic images produced by cameras at both sides of the capsule. The device is said to be endowed with artificial intelligence because of its sensory perception and the way it knows how to conserve energy until it starts transmitting relevant images at pertinent times.
Recently, Rosman was asked to consult on Warsaw’s new Museum of the History of Polish Jews, which opened on April 19, the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising—on the site of the former Warsaw Ghetto.
You attend a wedding — the food is tasty, the music is loud and the chuppah is magnificent, but one thing stands out in your mind — the bride. She looks breathtaking, her hair is perfect and the natural colors of her makeup emphasize her striking features, but you decide that it’s her dress that is catching everyone’s attention. It’s one of the most gorgeous dresses you have ever seen, and when you find out that it came from a gemach you’re astounded.
Orly Wahba, founder of Life Vest Inside, was recently invited to speak at the Northern Monmouth Chamber of Commerce at their quarterly Women in Business Luncheon. The Northern Monmouth Chamber of Commerce is a valued resource for businesses and the community, providing information, facilitating business education, encouraging collaboration and sponsoring networking opportunities for members.