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Chief Executive Officer, OHEL Children's Home and Family Services

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Sep 10, 2020, 9:02 AM

Emotional Immunity Reserves

There is a famous adage in business: The customer is always right. A similar maxim in healthcare is, the patient comes first. These principles hold true and are self-evident when a relationship exists between seller and buyer, amongst the health...

May 11, 2020, 11:54 PM

A Pandemic Pesach

How much influence does the mainstream and social media have on our thinking and behavior? Is there a need for psychological warfare to wage war against the war on the Coronavirus? The mind and the body are intertwined as one....

Oct 25, 2019, 10:48 AM

50

In May 1998, Israel celebrated its 50th birthday as a nation. In my capacity as CEO of OHEL Children's Home and Family Services, I was fortunate to be invited to multiple celebrations by then New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani...

May 29, 2019, 1:00 AM

No Tear Goes Unnoticed

No tear goes unnoticed are the words of a parent whose son died at the age of 26 leaving behind a wife and three children. Forty-eight parents attended a weekend retreat at OHEL’s Camp Kaylie discussing the painful loss of...

Apr 17, 2019, 2:17 PM

Dayanu to Deaths

Rav Shimon Schwab in his commentary on the Pesach Dayanu describes the repetition as a formulation of hopelessness followed by salvation. The hopelessness is being vanquished by the enemy. The victory is our realization that God is our ruler as...

Nov 29, 2018, 7:38 AM

Greatness with Disabilities

“You don't have to be perfect to achieve greatness.” These are the words spoken by Danial Jacobson at the funeral of his aunt Meryll. Remarkable words for a remarkable woman. Meryll was 66 when she died. She lived with a developmental...

Aug 27, 2018, 11:14 PM

Stop using the term ‘victim’

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To those who have been sexually abused, you are neither weak nor helpless; You are strong and resilient

Jun 25, 2018, 11:42 PM

As the Vietnam War was raging after the Tet Offensive in 1968, which greatly increased the number of casualties Gimme Shelter by The Rolling Stones became a hit song. The popular singers of the era Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, Peter...

May 24, 2018, 12:24 AM

The Never-Ending Search

Thirty thousand people searching at the Kotel, the Western Wall, hundreds of thousands more throughout Jerusalem, and millions more the world over. Every year we search on Shavous night. We search, we question, we yearn for a deeper connection to our...

Mar 15, 2018, 2:43 PM

The Six Steps To Community Recovery

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With so many Americans dying, the community must admit addiction affects us and do what it takes to save lives

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About Me

David Mandel is CEO of Ohel Children's Home and Family Services. For more than 50 years, Ohel has provided a safe haven for those suffering in the community. Ohel cares for more than 17,000 individuals in the New York metropolitan area and across all communities offering a broad range of mental health services including outpatient counseling, trauma, anxiety, eldercare, respite and housing.