health

Sex and violence

A friend of mine recently posted a link to this blog post about a screening of an Israeli film titled ...

Breast Cancer and Jews: Know Your Risk!

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Since a peer-led health initiative is one of the programs I help coordinate, I ...

Why Do I Exercise? Two Words: “B’Tzelem Elohim”

As a Jewish professional, I am always looking for ways to connect Judaism to our lives. “Professional” Jews know that ...

Illness: Beyond the Boundary of Faith

Years ago, a Jewish woman, a 15-year survivor of cancer, came to me with a confession. “Rabbi,” she said, “When ...

Happiness is Contemplation

Passover ended less than a week ago.Many Jews say that Passover is our favourite holiday. And why not? On Seder ...

Wrong Blessing. Right.

Three weeks had passed since they had put my daughter’s hand in a cast. A small misstep while working with ...

One Small PRAYvor

Prayer is a very personal and private thing. In fact, to be honest to a fault, let me say that ...

The Supreme Court and the Health Care Act – A Populist Response

   I can’t seem to decide, do I want to move America “Forward” or do I “Believe in America”?  I’m ...