June 2011

Aged rabbi receives two years probation in money laundering case

TRENTON, New Jersey (Press Release) – The chief rabbi of Congregation Sharee Zion in Brooklyn, N.Y., was sentenced Wednesday to two years of probation for operating an illegal money remitting business, after admitting he accepted bank checks in exchange for checks in lesser amounts from a charity he operated and controlled, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. […]

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USA

Combined Israeli-Diaspora team to attempt qualification for World Baseball Classic

TEL AVIV (Press Release)– Israel has been invited to participate in a new 16-team Qualifying Round for the 2013 World Baseball Classic. The invitation comes from WBCI (World Baseball Classic, Inc.).  Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Player’s Association together created the event, first held in 2006.  This will be the third Classic,

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Travel and Food

Outpouring of emotion, gratitude, marks anniversary of Jerusalem’s reunification

By Judy Lash Balint JERUSALEM — The amplified wail of the muezzin from the Al Aksa mosque on the Temple Mount couldn’t drown out the celebrations that rang  out over Jerusalem Wednesday night. From every corner of the Old City, youthful voices joined in singing all the classic Six-Day War songs as the city celebrated the

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Middle East

Giving baby the attention its brain needs

By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D.   LA JOLLA, California–Just what we need: another difficult, if not impossible, dilemma for working parents! As if juggling home and career is not frustrating enough, research has uncovered the importance of staying home with a newborn or at least providing one-to-one contact on a daily basis by a good childcare

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Natasha Josefowitz, Science, Medicine, & Education

Psychotherapy for the haredim

Nachas Ruach: Torah-Based Psychotherapy and Tools for Growth and Healing by Dr. Naftali Fish, Targum Press, Brooklyn, NY; ISBN 978-1-56871-50099-9 ©2011, $29.95, p. 304 plus bibliography By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California–Abraham J. Twerski, M.D., founder and medical director emeritus of Gateway Rehab, in Pittsburg, PA, relates in an opening letter to the book Nachas

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Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish Religion