Mom vs. Mooooooooooom

By Ilana Angel
Published on March 12, 2012

Drama: My Personal Samoa Survivor (Video)

By Lisa Niver Rajna
Published on February 27, 2012

When prostate cancer scare hits close to home

by Jessica Pauline Ogilvie, Contributing Writer
Published on November 1, 2011

When Rabbi John Rosove of Temple Israel of Hollywood was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2009, he was devastated. Given a dire prognosis by his first doctor (who later turned out to have exaggerated the circumstances), he felt the weight of his own mortality for the first time.

Two Jews on Film: ‘Contagion’ Review

Published on September 9, 2011

Loyalty

By Rob Eshman
Published on October 19, 2009

Do you ‘mommy’ your hubby?

By Shoshana Lewin Fischer
Published on June 4, 2008

The best nurse ever

By Mrs. Shoshana F
Published on April 10, 2008

Soul Care

By Rabbi Shawn Fields-Meyer
Published on June 7, 2001

I recently visited a hospital patient, an elderly gentleman with a name, a gaze and a life story from the old country. His deterioration had advanced to the stage of inhibiting verbal communication, so he spoke to me instead through gestures, nods and stares. But slowly, we drew closer. We shared sorrow, distress and worry. Eventually, exhausted, he told me he wanted to get some rest. I recited the "Shema" for him, and he closed his eyes in fatigue.

Life and Death with Morrie

By Avi Lidgi
Published on May 7, 1998

Mitch Albom,highly decorated sportswriter for the Detroit Free Press, has probed every subject from Dennis Rodman to Latrell Sprewell. Yet his best-selling book, "Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, A Young Man,and Life's Great Lessons," finds him tackling an even more demanding subject: death.