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Jan 16, 2022, 2:28 PM

The Most Insidious Plague of All

The discussion is getting hotter as Omicron, the newest strain of the Covid virus, invades our space. We are all getting tired of the news and the shouting and the insecurity of what and who we can and cannot...

Feb 25, 2021, 12:41 AM

A realistic look at the historical Purim story and it’s moral

Needless to say, like all religious Jewish children, I learned the Purim story every year in school. Every few years, as we matured, we learned new interpretations of events that led up to the climax of Mordechai and Esther...

Jul 9, 2020, 9:30 PM

Mourning the Mikdash: We’re Getting it Wrong

For over 2,000 years now Jews the world over have been mourning the loss of the Beit Hamikdash (Holy Temple in Jerusalem). On a daily basis and especially on holidays, we have parts of our prayers that remind us...

Apr 1, 2020, 1:23 PM

Corona lessons: Time and pace

It’s like living in a whirlwind of all the lame things that were wished upon us -- “May you live in interesting times,” “A pox on your house,” “Be careful what you wish for” (as in: “I wish I...

Mar 18, 2020, 4:43 PM

Corona Thoughts

If we pay just a bit more attention to events in our lives, we will often find that many of them, especially the noxious ones, are actually telling us something Originally, I was going to submit a piece about the...

Jan 22, 2020, 10:33 PM

The Rest of the Story

When I was growing up, there was a program on television hosted by Paul Harvey which looked at important and well known events in history. He would review the story quickly and then give new information which either clarified,...

Aug 19, 2019, 10:58 PM

How to sit shiva

You can tell a lot about a family from how they observe shiva and I’m not necessarily speaking about religion. I came to pay a shiva call to my friend, whose father had just passed away. The house was...

Apr 24, 2019, 12:37 PM

The Four Sons Redux or Misguided Educational Assumptions we Still Make

At this time of year Pessach, Passover, has taken over our lives. This is especially true in Israel, where I live. Time was, when we women slaved away to prepare for the most stringent and labor intensive of all...

Jan 1, 2019, 11:28 PM

New Year’s Day Then and Now

Long weekend plans, sales on everything, partying, designated drivers, traffic, snow (usually), and, of course, staying up to watch the ball drop. Growing up in New York and raising my children in Baltimore, these were the memories of New...

Nov 11, 2018, 7:42 AM

Bet Shemesh – lessons learned

Bet Shemesh was in the news again last week. This time, there were no stories of grown men spitting at little girls on their way to school; no “modesty police” shenanigans; no signs asking women to refrain from walking...

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About Me

D'vorah Klein is a Child and Family Therapist with a B.A. in PsychologyMasters in Clinical Social Work, an LCSW-C in Child and Family Therapy and over two decades of experience. A Learning Disabilities specialist, she served as a Teacher Trainer and School Advisor for 9 years in the Baltimore City School System and several private schools. She now has a private practice in Bet Shemesh.

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