Where What When - Baltimore's Jewish Magazine
February 2007 Issue Table of Contents One winter several years ago, I developed sores all over my tongue, which was very annoying, to say the least, and quite disruptive and uncomfortable when it came to eating. ............Read More Shidduch Secrets: A Book Review It seems we can surmise what’s on people’s minds by the number of books published per year on a particular subject. Several books recently try to define and propose some solutions to the “shidduch crisis,” the most recently recognized “problem” in our community. ............Read More By WWW Getting Deals OnlineIt’s hard to remember the time – just a few years ago – when someone tried to solicit business via the internet and was “flamed” (severely condemned) by the online community. With its origins in government and universities, the internet was only for research and education; commercial use and advertising were not permitted. ............Read More By Fred Weiss What Moynihan and Kirkpatrick Saw; What Bush Has DoneA number of remarkable men and women have served as the United States Ambassador to the UN. These include Arthur Goldberg, who previously served as a Supreme Court Justice; Adlai Stevenson, a two-time candidate for president; George H. W. Bush, before he became president; Daniel Patrick Moynihan, later a United States Senator; John Danforth, a former Senator; the recently deceased Jeane Kirkpatrick; and the recently retired John Bolton. ............Read More Individual and Communal Responses to a Difficult ProblemIt’s been nearly a year since the Nefesh conference was held in Baltimore, yet one of the problems discussed there continues to be an unfortunate fact of contemporary life. Nefesh is the international network of Orthodox Jewish mental health providers. Divorce was a major topic at that conference, because, while the rate of divorce in the frum community has always lagged behind its alarming frequency in the secular world, we can no longer maintain the illusion that it is only the rare exception. ............Read More On June 9, 2005, in a widely covered speech given in New York to the Israel Policy Forum, Ehud Olmert – then vice-premier of the State of Israel – declared: ............Read More Meat Loaf Supreme 2 lb. ground beef 1 c. seasoned breadcrumbs 1 T. Dijon mustard 1 tsp. chopped garlic ............Read More Montgomery to Mt. Wilson: The Journey Begins To understand someone, you need to understand “mei’ayin basa” – where he comes from. That’s because who a person is and the choices he makes do not stand alone; they are but part of a continuum. ............Read More We all know how important safety is to ourselves and our children. We all want to be safe. Yet we may not know some of the details that constitute safety. And sometimes we are overcome by other “urgent” considerations, like getting to the chupa on time. ............Read More Well, another tax season rolls around. You already know my motto: When it comes to taxes, timing and planning can be very significant. There are always issues. In fact, due to last minute Congressional action, three tax deductions have no lines on the tax form to list them! Here are some pointers: ............Read More By Eli Pollock Entering the World of the Other I imagine you have heard plenty about the importance of good communication skills in a successful marriage. You may have even learned some techniques in a counseling session or shiur/class. So what makes the Intentional (or Couples) Dialogue, the core skill of Imago that I introduced to you last month, different? ............Read More We’ve all heard of people who start Pesach after Chanukah – and others who don’t get going until Rosh Chodesh Nissan. Which is the better way to do things? ............Read More The year was 1989. I was living in Baltimore and working for my father at the Pikesville Lumber Company on Liberty Road. I remember reading an article about the Ethiopians who made it to Israel via Operation Moses and how the Jewish Agency was “acculturating” them to the “new realities” of modern day Israel. In between the lines I understood that to mean that they were being secularized, like the Sefardim in the Fifties. Déjà vu. ............Read More By Sam Finkel Dear Rebbetzin Weinberg, My parents offered us money to buy a van that we will need in order to do carpools after our baby is born. The offer triggered a recurrent argument with my husband. He very much values his (our) independence. He feels that we should live within his means, whatever that is, barring some sort of crisis. We really cannot afford a late-model van on our own. So my husband said we can get an older one (which will likely break down often) or drop off the baby at a neighbor when I have to do carpool drives. ............Read More More Than 100 Baltimore Singles Meet the ShadchanimIn the midst of the relentless shidduch crisis facing this generation, a beacon of light appeared on Shabbos, parshas Shemos (January 12 to 14) at the Pearlstone Retreat and Conference Center. Kol Simcha, Baltimore’s innovative shidduch organization, hosted a gathering of renowned East Coast shadchanim (matchmakers) to network with one another in the hope of “Making Shidduchim Happen,” as the weekend was aptly titled. ............Read More Anyone who has children knows that there are good days and difficult days on the path of child rearing. The good days go something like this: All toys are shared and then picked up when the kids finish playing, parents are listened to the first time they make a request, vegetables are eaten at meals without complaint, and the baby sleeps through the night. That happened in our house, once. ............Read More Special needs daughter At Bais Yaakov Middle School... To the Editor, I am writing in response to the letter from the mother who signed off as Doing Our Best. At Bais Yaakov Middle School, we have some extracurricular activities during the day and some that are scheduled after school. If your special needs daughter is of middle school age, we can review the scheduled programs to see where your child can be included. Please feel free to call. Mrs. Chana E. Felder, L.C.P.C. ............Read More Copyright © Where What When |
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