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Advice May 11, 2026
Intercultural Airport Exchange
When one of my recent flights was canceled, I was rerouted to a foreign city. Though I was relieved to...
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Advice May 6, 2026
A No-Holds-Barred Talk About GLP-1
Everywhere we turn lately, people are talking about going on GLP-1s (Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, Zepbound) as a form of weight...
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Advice May 4, 2026
Safe Space: When You’ve Been Taught Not To Trust Yourself
By Jessica Steinmetz, LMHC, CASAC-G Question: My husband has been in recovery for almost a year. Things seem better, but...
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Advice May 4, 2026
Death Envy
In a far-off city on another continent, I provided consultation for some Jewish community organizations. One topic was on guidelines...
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Advice April 29, 2026
Can Your House Fund Your Retirement?
There’s a running joke that the most popular savings account doesn’t have a routing number. It’s the one with a...
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Advice April 29, 2026
When The Dream Arrives And You’re Not Ready For It
I’ve been waiting for this for a long time. Not in the passive way we wait for things, the way...
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Advice April 29, 2026
In-Law Relationships Don’t Have to Be This Hard: One Change Can Make A World Of Difference
In-Law Relationships Don’t Have to Be This Hard: One Change Can Make A World Of Difference Recently, I asked my...
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Advice April 22, 2026
A Glatt Kosher Retirement
Every financial advisor’s website has the same stock photo of a silver haired couple on a bench, or playing golf,...
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Advice April 22, 2026
Safe Space: A Relapse Doesn’t Mean It’s Over
Jessica Steinmetz, LMHC, CASAC-G Question: I had eight months of sobriety and I messed up. My family is devastated; I’m...
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Advice April 21, 2026
We Tried Couple’s Therapy… So Why Do We Feel Worse?
A woman wrote in this week with a question that I think about more often that people would expect, especially...
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Advice April 20, 2026
The Shidduch Process And The Pressure To “Appear”
By B. Aviva Preminger, MD, MPH, FACS With Pesach now far in the rearview mirror, we have returned to our...
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Advice April 20, 2026
Bikur Cholim: The Healing Visit
Our Sages offer guidelines on bikur cholim, the mitzvah of visiting those who are ill. These include structure for the timing of the...
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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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