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Jun 23, 2024, 12:33 AM

Until recently, there have been few studies that show the detriments to brain and body health caused by additives, sugars, and other processed poisons the food and restaurant industries are monetarily motivated to use—for the sole purpose of addicting...

Jun 9, 2023, 7:00 AM

Due to Fat Jokes, Trump Supporters Leaving in Droves (Satire)

Droves of MAGA supporters and insurrectionists have abandoned the Trump camp due to the Donald's fat jokes aimed directly at Chris Christie's belly. Even the Don's jock supporters (JS) aren't laughing at his fat jokes. One JS said, "The...

Nov 18, 2022, 3:52 PM

Sometimes the Most Important Chesed We Cannot Give to Ourselves

For many years, my husband Noam and I would debate whether or not we would celebrate Valentine’s Day. While I was single, I looked forward to one day observing this holiday with my beloved- complete with all the commercial...

Oct 2, 2022, 12:48 PM

How not fasting on Yom Kippur saved my life

Illustrative. A woman pushes away a plate of food. (iStock)

The dietician and my Orthodox rabbi insisted I eat, but I knew I could not - it was the holiest fast of the year! Until I realized my error

Jul 6, 2022, 2:21 PM

If you’re not sure if it’s okay to ask, it probably isn’t

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I've been open about my daughter’s eating disorder and her death by suicide, but I don't want to talk about how she died. Ask me about how she lived!

Jun 2, 2022, 12:32 PM

The Path of Anger, Blame, and Regret

Today is World Eating Disorders Day. As the Executive Director of an eating disorders organization, I spend pretty much every day surrounded by the devastation of eating disorders. But for me, today is a little more personal. I lost my...

May 10, 2022, 7:44 AM

This Shavuot, I enter into a covenant with myself

Suppose there is anything the doctors don't tell you as they hand you your discharge papers. In that case, it's that relapsing is almost inevitable. As I approach my 10th anniversary since I was discharged from the hospital for anorexia,...

Apr 6, 2022, 8:01 AM

Pesach and the Challenge of the Mitzvah to Eat

During my first year of college, I returned to campus during Chol HaMoed, the intermediate days of the Passover holiday, to attend class. The kosher dining service had Kosher for Passover meals available for students and while during the...

Feb 13, 2022, 6:21 PM

A concise guide to anorexia nervosa

Over the course of my tenure as a pulpit rabbi, I have learned a little about many things. Truth be told however, I have only scratched the surface and I still have much to learn. The following thoughts I...

Sep 10, 2021, 11:16 AM

Bringing suicide out of the dark

Death creates a chasm between the living and the mystery of life. To the mourner, it feels as though that mystery will never be regained (iStock)

Those who think of suicide have a better chance of staying alive when they connect to others, which is reason enough for each one of us to let them know we care

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