Category
emotional
Jewish day schools short-change kids with special needs
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
November 9, 2006
Adam is pushing the strings of his tzitzit through a small hole on the side of his desk.
Israeli Conductor Soars in ‘Butterfly’
Ellen Jaffe-Gill
December 8, 2005
Madame Butterfly,\” the story of a trusting 19th-century Japanese girl who falls in love with a fickle American naval officer, first captivated American audiences in 1900 as a play by impresario David Belasco.
When Sad Things Happen to Good Kids
Gaby Friedman
June 2, 2005
After taking his children to see a pleasant Disney cartoon, Dr. Rob Goldblatt thought there would some animated chatter about the film during the drive home.
Gay Marriage
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
May 13, 2004
Amid a flurry of legal activity and political posturing, the topic of gay marriage has moved with lightning speed from being an obscure issue reserved for advocates and their seasoned respondents to the forefront of political, emotional and intellectual debate.
Where Are High EI Guys?
Sharon Lynn Bear
January 1, 2004
Dating is not brain surgery, but for some men it is more difficult. I think I\’ve discovered why. The current thinking on intelligence is that people have several types of intelligence, which may not be equally developed.
Psychologist Daniel Goleman coined the phrase \”emotional intelligence\” or EI. He defined EI as \”knowing one\’s emotions, managing emotions, motivating oneself, recognizing emotions in others and handling relationships.\” Goleman and others have found that EI has little correlation with IQ. They are on to something.
Baggage Claim
Teresa Strasser
December 25, 2003
I used to want things. One day, I realized the seven pairs of Puma sneakers and the Pottery Barn rug and the 8-pound \”Columbia
Encyclopedia,\” those were just things to pack, and I didn\’t want them anymore.
Capture Stirs Mixed Mideast Reactions
Dan Baron
December 18, 2003
After surviving the Holocaust and five Middle East wars, Ze\’ev is a hard man to impress. But news of Saddam Hussein\’s capture Sunday managed to move the Israeli retiree to tears.
\”It is good to see Israel a little bit safer,\” Ze\’ev said in his hometown of Ramat Gan, as footage of the Iraqi tyrant-turned-prisoner played on television screens at roadside snack stands. Ramat Gan, where Iraqi Jewish emigres settled en masse in the 1950s, ironically was a main target of Saddam\’s Scud missiles in the 1991 Persian Gulf War.
From Fritos to Freedom
Sandy Wolshin Mendlowitz
November 27, 2003
Struggling with being overweight affects more than 75 percent of all Americans, and is a serious problem for the Jewish population in the United States. But it is not a moral issue.
A Roll in the Snow
Tom Tugend
October 2, 2003
Seldom has the boredom, tension and camaraderie of men and women at war been portrayed more realistically and economically than in this film, which has been a surprise hit among Israeli moviegoers, soldiers and civilians.
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