For years, the only signs of life at Boyle Heights\’ historic Breed Street Shul were the flocks of cooing pigeons flying in and out through the large hole in the ceiling.
It\’s virtually \”genealogy for dummies.\”
In a nation of immigrants where more than 35 percent of the population — or 100 million Americans — have at least one relative who passed through Ellis Island, officials at that historic entry point to New York have unveiled a new Web site that will enable even the least tech-savvy to mine a mother lode of information on their families\’ roots.
While the current crisis may have deterred some schools and parents from participating in the exchange programs, Pressman Academy and Milken Community High School of Stephen S. Wise Temple demonstrate that such programs can thrive despite the tense security situation.
Israel doesn\’t understand the Palestinians, lamented a former official who has spent years trying to do so, and this is why Israel doesn\’t know how to deal with them.
The speaker was Ami Ayalon, until recently the head of the Shin Bet security service, which fights an ongoing war against Palestinian terrorism.
In an effort to give men facing prostate cancer a true understanding of the emotional and physical trials in store, Leon Prochnik spares no details.
Ten years ago, while in the hospital recovering from a stroke, real estate developer Irving Kalsman received visits from several rabbis who came to offer reassurance and support.
\”The medical community says we\’re eating ourselves to an early grave,\” said Glenn Gaesser, professor of exercise physiology at the University of Virginia and author of \”Big Fat Lies\” (Fawcett 1996), \”and it\’s a big overstatement.\”
As we enter the new millennium, fitness professionals are becoming more aware of the movement toward spiritual forms of exercise. Programs like Pilates, Yoga, Tai Chi, meditation, and body work are common in fitness clubs and community centers. To keep up with today\’s stressful lifestyles, we must do more than increase our heart rates and pump iron to maintain maximum health. Mind and body fitness can facilitate this by achieving inner balance and harmony in mind, body and spirit.
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