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Film: Talmudic tradition translates into ‘Treatment’

Susan Josephs June 15, 2007

In this life, Oren Rudavsky has forged a successful career as a New York City-based filmmaker known for award-winning documentaries about Jewish life, including the 2004 \”Hiding and Seeking,\” which explored faith and tolerance through the lens of an Orthodox Jewish family\’s emotionally charged trip to Poland. In his latest film, \”The Treatment,\” he takes on a subject that has long been a source of fascination.

L.A. Gafni Event Canceled

Julie Gruenbaum Fax May 25, 2006

Gafni was appointed to the Wisdom Chair at Stephen S. Wise two years ago — despite anecdotal allegations that he had a history of sexual misconduct. The temple\’s senior rabbi this week issued a short statement denouncing Gafni.

Rabbi’s Focus on Family a Little Fuzzy

Irine Schweitzer April 13, 2006

Boteach enters the picture on a mission, although we are not sure from the outset what it is. He introduces himself as having counseled thousands of families and being the author of a best-selling book on family life.

Hineni

Rabbi Anne Brener March 23, 2006

I expected to be dealing with an empty nest when my daughter started college. I projected my availability to friends who had yielded my attention during my childrearing years. I dragged writing projects onto my computer\’s desktop to await the plane ride from NYU to the rest of my life. Instead, the levees broke in my hometown. I spent the next three months as a relief worker with the Red Cross and the New Orleans Jewish agencies in service to those displaced and/or traumatized by Katrina.

Home Pampering Easy as 1, 2, Ahhhhh

Beth Gilbert February 16, 2006

No one deserves a spa experience more than you do. Just picture it — warm tubs scented with essential oils, invigorating body scrubs, refreshing botanical blend face masks smoothed on in soothing circular massaging motions and misty showers with luscious gels.

Botox Treatments Aid Stroke Survivors

Steve Ditlea February 16, 2006

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.

Elliott Gould Thrives as Work in Progress

Tom Tugend February 9, 2006

Elliott Goldstein grew up in a two-and-a-half room apartment in a section of Brooklyn populated by Jews, Syrians and Italians, the only child of a garment industry production manager and his wife. Both parents were born in the United States, but his grandparents emigrated from Russia, the Ukraine and Poland.

The Fastest Therapy in the West

Teresa Strasser January 19, 2006

Welcome to The Ten Minute Method, a new form of condensed counseling offered by a Chatsworth therapist that promises to be both fast and affordable at $18 a session.

Agencies Join to Aid Special-Needs Kids

Marc Ballon December 15, 2005

In November, The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles brought together seven other agencies, including, the Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Los Angeles, the Jewish Free Loan Association and Etta Israel Center, to create Hamercaz, a central resource for Jewish families raising special-needs children under 22.

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