Welcome to rehab city

Published on June 12, 2013

At 9:30 a.m. on a recent Tuesday morning, six men in their 20s and 30s were sitting on leather chairs in a cozy, dimly lit room in a nondescript Miracle Mile building, sharing with one another and two therapists their progress in transitioning from a life of addiction to what they hope will be a clean future.

Living Vulnerably

By Beit T'shuvah
Published on October 19, 2012

You can go home again

By Gina Nahai
Published on September 5, 2012

On Fridays, the children would line up, all glittery pink shoes and Ninja Turtle T-shirts, and hike up a steep driveway from the preschool yard to the temple sanctuary. They walked single file or in pairs, one teacher in the lead and another bringing up the rear, each holding one end of a rope. The kids, 3 and 4 years old, gripped the length of the rope with their little hands stained with watercolor paint and Play-Doh dye. You could hear them singing Shabbat songs as they walked, and later, as they poured into the aisles and climbed onto the chairs in the temple and tried to sit still for a whole 20 minutes. By noon, when parents went to take them home, they were spent and tousled, excited but worn out by the morning's exploits. In their backpacks, they carried small challahs they had baked for that evening's dinner.

The big reveal: How design makes rehab more serene

By Rachel Heller
Published on July 5, 2012

Room 9500 is the bottom rung at Beit T’Shuvah, the first stop for male addicts newly arrived from prison, the hospital or the streets. Six rookies at a time inhabit this snug dormitory as they adjust to life in rehab.

Gilad Shalit faces recovery issues

Published on October 18, 2011

Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was freed from five years of captivity in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday to a joyous reception, but may need time to recover from his time kept in sun-deprived isolation and other injuries, his father said.

Fighting to beat addiction

By Lauren Bottner
Published on September 21, 2011

Beit T’Shuvah, the Jewish addiction treatment center and synagogue, held its second annual “Knock Out Addiction” fundraiser on Sept. 15, drawing a crowd of more than 400 to the Petersen Automotive Museum for a gala that included six boxing matches.

Drugs aren’t the answer to Amy Winehouse’s death

By Lauren Bottner
Published on August 24, 2011

British Jewish singer Amy Winehouse found dead

Published on July 23, 2011

The Sad & Lonely Death of Amy Winehouse

By Ilana Angel
Published on July 23, 2011

ON TRIAL: John Galliano’s sloshed defense over anti-Semitic remarks

By Hollywood Jew
Published on June 22, 2011

Dear Amy Winehouse, So Sorry but It’s Back to Rehab for You

By Misha Henckel
Published on June 20, 2011

Charlie Sheen and John Galliano—both Jewish?!?

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on March 6, 2011

Rehabbed Foreman returning to ring

Published on January 19, 2011

Former champion Yuri Foreman will return to the ring March 12 after rehabilitating from knee surgery. Foreman will meet Top 10 contender Pawel Wolak at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nev., according to a news release by the bout's promoters, Don King and Bob Arum.

Ted Williams heading to rehab

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on January 13, 2011

Cancer gives musician a new song

By Nancy Sokoler Steiner
Published on September 4, 2008

This time, Charlie Lustman hadn't come to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for medical tests or to endure another round of chemotherapy. Despite having lost three-quarters of his jawbone, Lustman had come to celebrate, to inspire -- and to sing.

A Mensh on the radiowaves to recovery

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on July 16, 2008

Over the next 13 years, Mensh snorted cocaine (sometimes off the turntables at his disc jockey gigs), added acid and Quaaludes to the mix, and imbibed to the point that he blacked out, only to awaken in a ditch or a stranger's car or bed.

One day at a time, one person at a time

By Roberto Loiederman
Published on April 24, 2008

life-size soft sculpture of a cleaning woman scrubbing the floor marks the entrance to the office of Harriett Rossetto, founder and executive director of Beit T'Shuvah

Mother pens memoir on life with heroin addict son

By Jay Firestone
Published on January 10, 2008

Rita Lowenthal raised her family in a nice Jewish home, lived in a nice Jewish neighborhood and belonged to a nice Jewish temple. So how did her son become a heroin addict at age 13?

The need for an answer to that question, as well as a desire for closure, is what inspired Lowenthal to pen "One-Way Ticket: Our Son's Addiction to Heroin" (Beaufort Books, $14), a memoir that compiles her experiences and correspondence with her son and his journal entries while in and out of San Quentin State Prison.

Botox Treatments Aid Stroke Survivors

By Steve Ditlea
Published on February 16, 2006

Better known for cosmetic enhancement, Botox injections immobilize key muscles in stricken arms or legs, allowing physical therapy and exercise to extend range of motion and flexibility. Effects wear off, so the Botox is reinjected every three months for a year or more.