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STATEPOINT – Back-to-school time means another year of tests, team tryouts and club meetings – but it also means an opportunity for students to have a fresh start. Whether your kid is an ace academic or has found it challenging to stay on top of … more
StatePoint – During back-to-school season, many families find time is at a premium. With routines changing from summer’s slower pace to tighter schedules jam-packed with work, school and extracurricular commitments, it can be hard to keep kids … more
Ida Cohen Rosenthal immigrated to New Jersey in 1904. With little money in her pocket, she bought a Singer sewing machine on the installment plan and became an independent seamstress. more
WASHINGTON (JTA) – A World War II soldier buried in a national cemetery in Wisconsin now has a Jewish star marking his grave, in place of the Christian cross it bore for almost 50 years. Rabbi Avrohom Richter, director of Chabad of Howard … more
LOS ANGELES (JTA) – After weeks of missiles falling on Israel and bombs dropping on Gaza, we land on Tisha B’Av. With the day-to-day images of explosions and tunnels so fresh, I wondered how they might connect to my mid-summer night’s struggle … more
Rhode Island philanthropist Alan Shawn Feinstein’s 17th annual $1 million giveaway to fight hunger his year raised more than $227 million for 1,766 nonprofit agencies. The agencies helping the hungry use his challenge as a spur to their own … more
As the licensed electrologist behind Elite Esthetics, Roseanne Mississian really loves her job. And, she admits, it’s not necessarily a job for everyone.  But her loyal clientele are probably glad that she didn’t follow her initial dream to … more
You probably all know about the hard situation in Israel right now, and I will try to tell you a little bit of what happens in my life during this time. Friday, June 13, was my bachelorette party. In the middle of the party I noticed all my … more
JTA – Israeli Ambassador to the Netherlands Haim Divon nodded approvingly as he surveyed the small army of 50 men and women fighting for Israel. Around a conference table in an office in the Amsterdam suburb of Buitenveldert, 30 volunteers … more
With new studies increasingly cropping up citing the health benefits of Tai Chi, it comes as no surprise that the ancient Chinese meditative exercise is gaining popularity throughout the nation and abroad. According to a National Health Interview … more
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