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Hollywood’s helicopter moms vie for Power in ‘Talk’

“Girls Talk” is Roger Kumble’s latest play about narcissistic Hollywood power brokers, but the sardonic black comedy is not set within the studio system. Rather, it revolves around status-climbing mommies embroiled in their own power plays: nanny poaching, and — in the most cutthroat game of all — securing coveted spots for their tots in the elite day schools. They are specifically Jewish moms whose children attend the fictional Temple Jerusalem preschool in Los Angeles.

You can’t be too involved in supporting your child

Thirty years of research, much of it conducted by my co-author, Clark University psychologist Wendy Grolnick, has found that the more parents are involved with their children — be they toddlers or teens — the better it is for their kids. In fact, you can\’t be too involved with your child.

Hi-Lo

What you get instead is a God\’s eye view of the Holy Land: close enough to see day-to-day life, far enough not to get involved — just like God.

Israel booming but helicopters may be an omen of trouble ahead

Just as the IDF works constantly to keep a small patch within Gaza clear of terrorists, so, too, Hamas makes efforts every day to get through, over or under the fence — and to engage the IDF. Hamas\’ success rate has been minimal, he says, and their casualties significant, \”but they\’re still coming, still trying, every day.\”

Remembering Zvika

A 42-year-old Apache pilot, Zvika rose to the rank of colonel in the Israeli Air Force. He was, according to his peers, \”professional and talented,\” and he did his job with diligence and dedication. Since he had enlisted in the air force at the age of 18, he was due to retire in a year.

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The Orthodox Union\’s deaf outreach came to Long Beach for a Shabbaton gathering of the deaf and their families

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