Where What When - Baltimore's Jewish Magazine
September 2007 Issue Table of Contents Looking at our Schools - Battle Cry of a New Generation Frank discussion with the best of our students, from the finest yeshivos, will reveal that most can relate to, if not identify with, their rebellious peers.Let us understand this: the primary restraint on the potential dropout is not cognitive. Rather, his emotional attachments to family and friends (and hopefully, to his rebbeim and teachers) keep him within the Torah community. When this connection is strong and resilient, defying the Torah is unthinkable, but when this link is severed, children begin to look elsewhere. ............Read More Chiropractic “adjustment” - Adjusting to Better Health Chiropractors, on the whole, are a very creative group. They had devised many different approaches to the chiropractic adjustment.Prospective patients always want to know what a chiropractic “adjustment” consists of, whether it will be painful or feel good, and whether they will have to receive multiple adjustments for an extended length of time. There are actually many different types of chiropractic techniques that fall under the category of adjustment. ............Read More Dina Blaustein, Dina Machla bas Eliezer, leaves behind a legacy of simcha, chesed, and friendship. May we keep her memory close, and I hope these writings of hers will help to do that.This article is about Dina Machla bas Eliezer. It is not about Dina stories. We all have our personal stories about Dina. This article is about the friend that I knew, the friend that I loved. Dina Machla was a tzniusdik (modest) person full of integrity, emes (truth), and love. ............Read More By WWW The longer running shiur in Baltimore... To the Editor, I was glad to see Rabbi Hochberg’s article, “Frank Talk About Eating Disorders,” in the August 2007 issue of WWW. As an occupational therapist who recently completed an internship at Sheppard Pratt’s Center for Eating Disorders, I am fully aware of the significance and severity of eating disorders, and am grateful to Rabbi Hochberg for bringing this issue to the forefront. ............Read More Creative people, finding the opportunity to engage in their artistic passion Here is a sampling of Baltimoreans who are making it, literally, with voice, tiles, puppets, or paint, using the talents Hashem gave them.Our Orthodox lifestyle is a busy one: going from Shabbos to Yom Tov and back again, working inside and outside the home, and getting to where we have to go in between. But for creative people, time stands still, as they find the opportunity to engage in their artistic passion – whether as a career, sideline, or just a hobby. Here is a sampling of Baltimoreans who are making it, literally, with voice, tiles, puppets, or paint, using the talents Hashem gave them. ............Read More Members of Overeaters Anonymous, Baltimore We are frum men and women who are members of the 12-Step fellowship of Overeaters Anonymous.We are grateful to “Chocolate Lover” who wrote a letter to the editor in the August issue of the Where What When for addressing the issue of overeating that has been a source of pain in the lives of so many frum people. Those of us who are actively recovering from food addiction hear her pain and have all been there. Baruch Hashem, we have a solution which has transformed our lives ............Read More By WWW Remembering Harav Amrom Taub, zt”l To an observer, it would seem that Rav Taub had an easy life. But, truthfully, nothing could be further from that. In fact, his life was so full of tzoros (troubles) that the smile we saw was truly beyond comprehension.The city of Baltimore recently suffered the loss of its z’kan harabbanim (eldermost rabbi), Harav Amrom Taub, zt”l, Rav of Khal Arugas Habosem of Baltimore. A talmid of the Satmar Rebbe, zt”l, and a precious link to the previous generation, Rav Taub provided our generation with a glimpse as to what the great tzadikim of Europe looked like. ............Read More By WWW Make the challas round! It is a minhag (custom) to bake or buy round challos from Rosh Hashana until Simchas Torah.The following foods were, and continue to be, traditional for Ashkenazi families. They are what my family and everyone I knew ate each year at the Rosh Hashana table. You will notice that these are basic recipes. I find that the simplicity and comfort of the traditional foods are conducive to the introspective mood of the holiday, leaving us free to use our energy and creativity towards its essence: teshuva, tefila, and tzedaka. ............Read More I am diabetic, and I’m very concerned about my daughter.I am diabetic, and I’m very concerned about my daughter. I would like her to avoid what I have gone through with diabetes, but it looks like she is headed straight for it. She is in her early teens, overweight, and doesn’t eat properly. I feel very alone with this problem. I would like to be in touch with someone in a similar situation. Do you know of anyone I could talk to? A Stitch in Time ............Read More We are worried about our oldest child. It’s hard to put a finger on exactly what’s bothering us, since these behaviors are common to many children, but I’ll try to describe him as well as possible. ............Read More Copyright © Where What When |
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