February 10, 2013
5:27 am

Celebrate Family Day: talk to each other

Today is Family Day (Yom HaMishpacha) in Israel. Fittingly, this is also Rosh Chodesh Adar, the happiest, most joyous month of the Hebrew calendar. Family Day should be a......

February 7, 2013
11:57 pm

Marriage education matters

If you were offered a business proposition with a 50 to 60 percent chance of success, would you take it? Regrettably, these are the odds today for marriages to......

February 6, 2013
4:53 pm

The divorce epidemic spreads in Israel

Timing is everything in life. Just when elementary school children are making lovely cards for Family Day this coming Sunday, the Rabbinical Courts Administration released a shocking report that......

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November 5, 2012
2:28 pm

I vote for Avraham and Sarah

Hurricane Sandy and 9-11 were both devastating catastrophes that demonstrated how much our loved ones and homes really mean to us. In the Old Testament, Avraham and Sarah also weathered......

October 24, 2012
3:19 pm

Chava and Adam — the ultimate blame game

In his article “Marriage Problems: The Road to Ruin Begins with Blame,” relationship expert Steven Stosny, Ph.D., asked 400 couples to “think of the last three times you’ve......

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August 3, 2012
1:43 pm

Serve yourself a heaping bowl of love

For those who remember the “Mary Tyler Moore” show theme song of “Love is All Around..” , I cannot help but hear the music this year in particular as ......

July 19, 2012
1:51 pm

From Munich to Bulgaria: More moments of silence

The timing, the parallels, the senseless deaths connecting Munich to Bulgaria on the eve of the Olympics is too chilling to contemplate – terror striking Israelis in their prime......

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July 13, 2012
11:54 am

Have a “NICE” Day Israeli Style

Have you noticed that Israelis with few exceptions end their “customer service" conversations with English speakers with the words “have a “NICE” day? What exactly does the word “NICE” mean?......

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July 5, 2012
11:57 pm

From Munich to Auschwitz – My Heroic Israeli Flag Bearers

I have always been mesmerized by the Israeli flag. According to Wikipedia, the white of the Israeli flag (which was designed for the Zionist Movement in 1891......

June 22, 2012
4:18 pm

On your 18th Yarzheit Tonight Thank you Rebbe

I just finished listening to former Prime Ministers Yitzhak Rabin z"l and Ariel Sharon, current Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu, Moshe Levy, Yossi Ben Hanan, Moshe Ishon and other prominent......

June 16, 2012
10:23 pm

Happy First Time Father’s Day- Israeli Style

Tomorrow, Sunday, June 17 is officially declared “Father’s Day” in the US, Canada and the UK. For 1st time fathers, this can be a very emotional time as the......

June 6, 2012
8:53 pm

The Battle of Midway: a Textbook for Achieving Healthy and Happy Marriages

The Battle of Midway was an epic battle fought exactly 70 years ago from June 04 – June 06, 1942 and is to this day considered the turning point......

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