Advice April 15, 2026

Jewish Pride Must Make A Comeback: My Speech At Trump National Doral Miami

For 12 years, I was Vice Chair of Birthright. I went around the country, speaking to families and young people...

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Advice April 15, 2026

Protecting The Family Home For The Next Generation

In the high-cost neighborhoods of the New York and New Jersey metropolitan areas, the family home is often a person’s...

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Advice April 15, 2026

Safe Space: When Love Starts To Look Like Enabling

Question: My family keeps telling me I’m enabling my spouse’s drinking, but I’m not doing anything wrong. I’m just trying...

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Advice April 15, 2026

When Your Child Is In A Bigger Body And You’re Struggling With It

If your child is in a bigger body and you find yourself struggling with that, this article is for you....

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Uncategorized Advice April 14, 2026

The Space We Can’t Fill

This Pesach felt stressful even before it began. A month before yom tov, our plans fell apart and what should have...

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Advice April 14, 2026

Op-Ed: Time To Help The Forgotten Jew

By Brad Berfas, Esq. How often do we think about a certain taboo subject? We ask ourselves if we should...

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Advice April 14, 2026

After The Matzah Settles: When Post-Pesach Pounds Meet Plastic Surgery

By B. Aviva Preminger, MD, MPH, FACS Every year it happens the same way. Pesach arrives with the best of...

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Advice March 29, 2026

It Didn’t Reveal Me. It Called Me Out

I went for a birth chart reading not really knowing what to expect. If I’m being completely honest, I went...

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Advice March 29, 2026

Transparency

For years, I have studied the Pesach Haggadah in depth and have puzzled over a question that seems to be an obvious one...

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Advice March 29, 2026

Dayenu: When Is Enough Actually Enough?

By Jack Strulowitz A few months ago, I was meeting with a new client. Successful, sharp, knows what he’s doing....

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Advice March 25, 2026

Am I Being A Nosy Neighbor?

Dear Esther, I’m writing to you about my next-door neighbors. I’m really concerned that something terrible might be going on...

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Advice March 24, 2026

Supporting the Whole Child: Sensory Integration and PTACH’s Therapeutic Approach at Bais Yaakov D’Rav Meir’s Specialized Sensory Lab

By Sharon Tepper, OTR When I first visited PTACH to provide teacher training, I was immediately struck by the atmosphere....

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Advice March 24, 2026

Two Sides Of The Same Screen

By Temima Feldman War reorganizes your world in an instant. In the past few days, I have found myself living...

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Advice March 24, 2026

Safe Space: You Don’t Have To Hit Rock Bottom

Question: My father had surgery about two years ago and was prescribed painkillers. He’s not in pain anymore, but he’s...

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Advice March 24, 2026

There’s No Crying In Surgery

Not long ago, one of my daughters came home upset after a biology exam. She had studied so hard. She...

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Advice March 23, 2026

What If It’s Not Supposed to Be Easy?

I was having a conversation the other day with a person who said something that sounded so simple. He said,...

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Advice March 18, 2026

When Parents Want Their Kids Home During War

Over the past few weeks, I’ve received a surprising amount of commentary on some of my articles and public posts...

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Advice March 17, 2026

When Teachers Become Learners: A Breakthrough Year At PTACH

At PTACH, growth is not limited to students. This year, it began with the teachers. At the start of the...

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