Parents, teachers and health professionals have reminded us of the essentials: eat a balanced diet, don\’t smoke, exercise, get plenty of sleep and have regular check-ups. What they never explained is why?
Smiling at the memory of being asked to serve as chairman of the board of City of Hope, Jack Suzar confides, \”They caught me in one of the weakest points of my life.\”
How do Jews and how does Judaism view the recent approval of Mifeprex, a drug combination that can replace surgical abortion in many women?
It is called Pilates, and I had been hearing about it for some time but dismissed it as a faddish \’90s workout. It fit the mold perfectly: It had the requisite exotic name (pronounced puh-LAH-tees), you had to go to a gym to do it, and celebrities hailed it as a miracle workout that managed, with perfect \’90s perversity, to give shapely women the bodies of 12-year-old boys.
\”Ouch,\” cried a perfectly coiffed, white-haired lady. \”It hurts.\”
\”My fingers won\’t listen to me,\” a tall brunette complained.
But Susanne Haymaker, their exercise teacher at the Jewish Home for the Aging, wouldn\’t listen. \”Lift your fingers up if they\’re hurting, \” Haymaker encouraged. \”That will signal the brain. People with severe arthritis have to help their fingers along.\”
Rabbi Gabriel Elias vividly remembers his frustration as a teenager not being able to participate in intramural sports because games fell on Shabbat.
\”I have good news! My cancer is in remission.\” I\’ve called Elsie Schwartz to talk about the High Holy Days, but the news about her illness is an unexpected surprise and a huge relief. At 89, Elsie has taught me a great deal about life and about choosing to face death by living fully and fully loving.
Maybe it\’s no Sports Club/LA in its luxury and beauty, but the Elite Sports Center at Tel Aviv University is one of the best sports clubs in Israel, with facilities and services that may make even the premier sports club in L.A. a little envious.
Attention mouse potatoes: There is more to physical activity online than the baseball scores at www.ESPN.comIn fact, there are a host of sites devoted to fitness, providing health advice, exercise tipsand even some interactive options that help you plan and optimize your workouts. As with allthings online, what you find depends on what you are looking for.
