The husband from hell. The uncle from hell. The comedian from hell. Richard Lewis is fully aware he has problems. And by the end of his set, his stand-up audiences know he has problems.
Mia Goldman says it took her six years to work through her depression and to heal, which she did with the help of her psychoanalyst, her family and her growing spiritual connection to Judaism. She drew on her experience to write and direct her debut feature, \”Open Window,\” which premieres on Showtime July 16 at 8 p.m.
With any luck, Daniel will be spending Rosh Hashanah on the outside. It\’s likely he\’ll soon be making the transition from jail to the recovery program at Beit T\’Shuva, a nonprofit that works with at-risk youth.
One year after \”the storm,\” as New Orleanians refer to Hurricane Katrina, Jewish communal leaders describe the health of the community with certain expected terms — loss, trauma, devastation and challenge.
Before Shelly Collen lost almost everything, her life had just fallen into place. Then Hurricane Katrina struck.
As the people of northern Israel finally return to their homes, they\’re going back to more than empty streets, freshly dug gravesites and a beefed-up military presence. They\’re also coming home to a radically altered physical landscape.
Peter Gould had his last drink on Purim night seven years ago — or, more accurately, his last drinks. \”I drank more alcohol in a day than a human body can handle,\” he said, relaxing on a puffy couch in Baltimore in jeans, sneakers and a black knit kipah.
Better known for cosmetic enhancement, Botox injections immobilize key muscles in stricken arms or legs, allowing physical therapy and exercise to extend range of motion and flexibility. Effects wear off, so the Botox is reinjected every three months for a year or more.
Major Jewish organizations have raised more than $30 million to house, feed, educate and relocate thousands of victims of Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana and Mississippi.
In a high-profile case, Maria Altmann won her seven-year battle to recover from Austria five famous paintings looted by the Nazis and now valued at $200 million. The art works were seized in Vienna in 1938 from Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer, a wealthy Jewish sugar magnate and Altmann\’s uncle.
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