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In Israel, cutting edge help for visually impaired kids

Jewish Journal October 30, 2008

Strolling among the young children playing on ELIYA\’s vibrant and colorful campus in Petah Tikva, just outside Tel Aviv, feels, for an instant, like a visit to any well-run preschool. But ELIYA is that and more — a preschool for blind and visually impaired children designed to assist their growth and development through programs ranging from classroom teaching to hydrotherapy.

Life lessons from the trenches of cancer survival

Roberto Loiederman September 4, 2008

The medical facility where I received treatment is one of the most prestigious in the world, but some staff members had a lousy bedside manner. One resident — I thought of him as Dr. Worst-Case-Scenario — would always give me his gloomiest predictions.

Cancer gives musician a new song

Nancy Sokoler Steiner September 4, 2008

This time, Charlie Lustman hadn\’t come to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for medical tests or to endure another round of chemotherapy. Despite having lost three-quarters of his jawbone, Lustman had come to celebrate, to inspire — and to sing.

Group Therapy

Jewish Journal May 13, 2008

\"ALTTEXT\" Excerpt from an Israeli TV show \”Ktzarim\”: some troubled people meet for group therapy. In Hebrew with English subtitles.

Bad therapy by troubled shrink is revealing TV

Irine Schweitzer January 25, 2008

\”In Treatment,\” a new HBO drama series, showcases therapist Paul Weston (played by Gabriel Byrne), treating a different client every day of the week and culminating in his seeking out supervision for himself with his ex-supervisor after an eight-year hiatus.

Film: Opposites attract — and seek therapy — in ‘Ira & Abby’

Steven Rosen September 14, 2007

Jennifer Westfeldt is gracious, even humble, in accepting the compliment that starts this interview. She has been told that a recent essay on cineastes — \”Jewish Humor, After Woody\” — called her \”the most intriguing candidate to forge a career of intelligent, dialogue-driven films about the comic possibilities of modern relationships.\” In other words, she may be the next Woody Allen.

TV: Tishby gives Israeli drama American ‘Treatment’

Susan Karlin September 14, 2007

When Noa Tishby moved from Tel Aviv to Los Angeles, it was to make it as an actress. Two years later, she\’s now a history-making producer, spearheading the first original Israeli TV drama series to be picked up by an American network.

Dealing With Schmutz

David Suissa August 17, 2007

This notion of blindness is a common theme in the life of Dennis Brown, a Chasidic Jew and professional counselor in his early 60s who runs the state-certified Ness Counseling Center in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood. Dennis deals with what he calls \”the schmutz of life\” on a daily basis — physical and sexual abuse, drugs, marital and family problems, wife beating, pleated pants.

Men: the ill topic of choice

Merissa Nathan Gerson June 28, 2007

Men are the scapegoat for lost and neurotic twentysomethings. Men and women and the dating scene really are the ill topic of choice for so many of my otherwise smart friends.

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