http://www.jewpi.com Jewish Press International Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:18:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.jewpi.com/freeing-yourself-from-jealousy-1328529488/ http://www.jewpi.com/freeing-yourself-from-jealousy-1328529488/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:58:08 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/freeing-yourself-from-jealousy-1328529488/ At a first glance of the Ten Commandments, the average person would find most of them both logical and feasible. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/oblivious-to-the-music-1328436015/ http://www.jewpi.com/oblivious-to-the-music-1328436015/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:00:15 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/oblivious-to-the-music-1328436015/ What would happen if one of the greatest violinists alive, playing on a Stradivarius worth several million dollars, was plunked into the sterile environment of a Washington D.C. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/5-steps-to-save-your-marriage-1328434808/ http://www.jewpi.com/5-steps-to-save-your-marriage-1328434808/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:40:08 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/5-steps-to-save-your-marriage-1328434808/ If your marriage is in crisis, the task of salvaging the relationship may appear daunting. In my experience of working with countless couples on the verge of relationship disaster, I have identified five proven steps to turn things around: 1) Commit. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/carpool-craziness-1328433123/ http://www.jewpi.com/carpool-craziness-1328433123/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:12:03 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/carpool-craziness-1328433123/ Sometimes I miss the school bus. OK, I just reread that sentence. I meant that I yearn for the school bus. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/quick-to-judge-1328432528/ http://www.jewpi.com/quick-to-judge-1328432528/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:02:08 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/quick-to-judge-1328432528/ It was the last day of mid-winter vacation. The sun was shining brightly, the ocean was calm and blue, and the temperature hovered in the mid-70′s (Just threw that in to make New Yorkers jealous!). We hadn’t really taken any family trips during this time so we decided to go out with a bang and [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/dressing-up-dressing-down-1328432053/ http://www.jewpi.com/dressing-up-dressing-down-1328432053/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:54:13 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/dressing-up-dressing-down-1328432053/ You need Flash player 8+ and JavaScript enabled to view this video. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/quick-dinners-1328431687/ http://www.jewpi.com/quick-dinners-1328431687/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:48:07 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/quick-dinners-1328431687/ Ever stand in front of the fridge or freezer pondering what to serve for dinner? In today’s rushed world with so many obligations to attend it is imperative that we have some meals that can be whipped up in minutes. Here are a few recipes that fit that description. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/the-jewish-disorder-manual-ii-1328431092/ http://www.jewpi.com/the-jewish-disorder-manual-ii-1328431092/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:38:12 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/the-jewish-disorder-manual-ii-1328431092/ In Part One of The Jewish Disorder Manual , I took on that silly book, the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual), or as I call it, the “SMD” – “Stupid, Mindless Diagnoses.” This bubbameister consists of hundreds of pages of diagnosis, symptoms, each on an “axis,” that are numbered, sub-numbered, typed, sub typed, clustered. Read [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/qa-for-teens-bach-the-shouting-match-1328430491/ http://www.jewpi.com/qa-for-teens-bach-the-shouting-match-1328430491/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:28:11 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/qa-for-teens-bach-the-shouting-match-1328430491/ Dear Lauren, I’m tired of my family. They’re always fighting and shouting at each other, especially at me. They’re always criticizing me, yelling at me for any stupid thing and making a big deal out of nothing, until they get the best of me and I shout at them in return, no matter how hard [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/jtube-crossing-delancey-1328429644/ http://www.jewpi.com/jtube-crossing-delancey-1328429644/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:14:04 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/jtube-crossing-delancey-1328429644/ Is using a shadchan (matchmaker) outdated?. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/breaking-a-childs-trust-1328428572/ http://www.jewpi.com/breaking-a-childs-trust-1328428572/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:56:12 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/breaking-a-childs-trust-1328428572/ You need Flash player 8+ and JavaScript enabled to view this video. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/a-second-chance-for-aliyah-1328427259/ http://www.jewpi.com/a-second-chance-for-aliyah-1328427259/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:34:19 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/a-second-chance-for-aliyah-1328427259/ Sixty-three years ago, in the spring of 1949, my father and his family received a letter from Israel that would forever change their lives. “ Nisht azoi shnell ,” it read, “ Shver lieben du .” Don’t hurry. Life is hard here. The letter, written by my grandfather’s brother, must have come as quite a [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/a-quebec-jew-1328426530/ http://www.jewpi.com/a-quebec-jew-1328426530/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:22:10 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/a-quebec-jew-1328426530/ By changing religion, was I reneging on part of my identity? Or was I adding to it? How were my family and my friends going to see me? Were they going to see me as “the Jew”? How was my father, a deeply religious and practicing Catholic, going to react? My head was reeling as [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/weve-gotta-live-together-1328377928/ http://www.jewpi.com/weve-gotta-live-together-1328377928/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:52:08 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/weve-gotta-live-together-1328377928/ We’ve Gotta Live Together Building unity through kindness. by aish.com Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/5-ways-to-build-unity-1328376493/ http://www.jewpi.com/5-ways-to-build-unity-1328376493/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:28:13 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/5-ways-to-build-unity-1328376493/ Rabbi Akiva described the verse “Love your fellow as yourself” (Leviticus 19: 18) as being “a great Torah principle.” (Jerusalem Talmud – Nedarim 9: 4) How do we fulfill the mitzvah to love your fellow man? Just as each of us has needs and does our best to satisfy them, so too we should view [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/honoring-rav-noahs-legacy-1327924689/ http://www.jewpi.com/honoring-rav-noahs-legacy-1327924689/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:58:09 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/honoring-rav-noahs-legacy-1327924689/ You need Flash player 8+ and JavaScript enabled to view this video. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/a-second-holocaust-1327917382/ http://www.jewpi.com/a-second-holocaust-1327917382/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:56:22 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/a-second-holocaust-1327917382/ In recent years, the Holocaust has been subject to an increasingly sickening blend of ruthless politicization, deliberate distortion, crass commercialization and an often abject sentimentalism. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/remembering-rebbetzin-chana-weinberg-1327852569/ http://www.jewpi.com/remembering-rebbetzin-chana-weinberg-1327852569/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:56:09 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/remembering-rebbetzin-chana-weinberg-1327852569/ Rebbetzin Chana Weinberg died last Monday, Jan. 23. The German-born rebbetzin, a universally well-respected advocate of women’s rights and domestic abuse awareness in the Jewish community, was the wife of Ner Israel Rabbinical College’s late rosh yeshiva (dean), Rabbi Yaakov S. Weinberg. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/israel-saving-lives-1327837923/ http://www.jewpi.com/israel-saving-lives-1327837923/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:52:03 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/israel-saving-lives-1327837923/ Israel: Saving Lives IDF aid missions save thousands around the world. by Israel Defense Forces You need Flash player 8+ and JavaScript enabled to view this video. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/dating-maze-351-help-me-want-to-get-married-1327833727/ http://www.jewpi.com/dating-maze-351-help-me-want-to-get-married-1327833727/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:42:07 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/dating-maze-351-help-me-want-to-get-married-1327833727/ Dear Rosie & Sherry, I’m a 28-year-old Jewish guy. I’ve been dating a woman seriously for six months, and I don’t know what to do next. I like her, but I know that at some point she’s going to want to take this to the next level. I don’t know if I can. I want [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/hot-mexican-recipes-for-cold-winter-nights-1327833131/ http://www.jewpi.com/hot-mexican-recipes-for-cold-winter-nights-1327833131/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:32:11 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/hot-mexican-recipes-for-cold-winter-nights-1327833131/ Choice recipes from The Best of Mexican Kosher Cooking . Mexican Chicken Wings with Dipping Sauce We like to think of wings as fun food. These wings have a little kick to them. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/growing-old-1327832532/ http://www.jewpi.com/growing-old-1327832532/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:22:12 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/growing-old-1327832532/ In 2006, Nora Ephron published a collection of essays entitled I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman. Women of a certain age flocked to purchase it. While the essays were well-written and engaging, the real appeal was in the title. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/my-fathers-smile-1327832044/ http://www.jewpi.com/my-fathers-smile-1327832044/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:14:04 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/my-fathers-smile-1327832044/ The day does not pass in a blur. It passes slowly, slowly, a microcosm of my father’s illness of the past 25 years. I get the phone call and crumple. My flight is not until one in the morning, and it is only three in the afternoon. I pack, clean up from lunch, do laundry, [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/jtube-a-newold-prosthetic-1327831448/ http://www.jewpi.com/jtube-a-newold-prosthetic-1327831448/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:04:08 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/jtube-a-newold-prosthetic-1327831448/ What seemingly insurmountable obstacles have you overcome?. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/heavenly-messages-1327830848/ http://www.jewpi.com/heavenly-messages-1327830848/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:54:08 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/heavenly-messages-1327830848/ You need Flash player 8+ and JavaScript enabled to view this video. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/a-prayer-of-the-jewish-people-1327830009/ http://www.jewpi.com/a-prayer-of-the-jewish-people-1327830009/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:40:09 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/a-prayer-of-the-jewish-people-1327830009/ It was over a decade ago, in the wake of a spate of terrible terrorist attacks on Jews in Israel, that the Council of Great Torah Sages called upon Jews to recite chapters of Psalms in shul after praying, followed by the short prayer “ Acheinu , [Our Brethren]” a supplication to God to show [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/take-out-the-trash-1327829533/ http://www.jewpi.com/take-out-the-trash-1327829533/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:32:13 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/take-out-the-trash-1327829533/ As readers of my articles are aware, I really don’t understand people sometimes. This time, it’s because of littering. It’s like people don’t even care if their stuff ends up in the garbage. They just aim it in the general direction of the can, and their part is done. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/dear-emuna-rules-vs-spontaneity-1327829045/ http://www.jewpi.com/dear-emuna-rules-vs-spontaneity-1327829045/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:24:05 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/dear-emuna-rules-vs-spontaneity-1327829045/ Dear Emuna, I have a good marriage but my husband and I have one big issue that is always getting in the way. He is a more happy-go-lucky, spontaneous kind of guy and I like rules and order. I like to know when and where we’re going weeks in advance so I have a chance [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/wouldjew-believe-30-1327828450/ http://www.jewpi.com/wouldjew-believe-30-1327828450/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:14:10 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/wouldjew-believe-30-1327828450/ SATCH-“MOT?” WouldJew Believe that the jazz legend who put the “Hello” in “Dolly” was heavily influenced by a family named Karnofksy? The King of cornet and trumpet (with voice and scat to match) Louis Armstrong was born on August 4, 1901 in New Orleans to “absent” parents. Enter the Lithuanian-Jewish immigrants. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/ask-rabbi-weinberg-videos-1327827843/ http://www.jewpi.com/ask-rabbi-weinberg-videos-1327827843/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:04:03 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/ask-rabbi-weinberg-videos-1327827843/ During his lifetime, Rabbi Noah Weinberg’s zt”l wisdom touched untold thousands. Prior to his passing in 2009, he recorded a series of short videos on a wide range of topics – spirituality, relationships, lifecycle and more. Those videos can be accessed directly from our Ask the Rabbi section. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/the-guru-and-the-hasid-1327827363/ http://www.jewpi.com/the-guru-and-the-hasid-1327827363/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 08:56:03 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/the-guru-and-the-hasid-1327827363/ One sweltering day in the summer of 2008, near Hardwar, India, the pilgrimage city at the headwaters of the Ganges, an incongruous scene unfolded. Amidst the dhoti-clad men and sari-clad women, two Hasidic men from Israel, with long peyot and black kippahs, strode quickly through the crowded streets. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/broken-1327228329/ http://www.jewpi.com/broken-1327228329/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:32:09 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/broken-1327228329/ One of the advantages of having been a journalist for a number of years is that I’ve developed a network of contacts and sources that have proven to be a goldmine for story ideas, tips and juicy inside information. Many of these contacts also have close associations with various celebrities of the Judaic persuasion. Read [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/jtube-portlandia-1327227614/ http://www.jewpi.com/jtube-portlandia-1327227614/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:20:14 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/jtube-portlandia-1327227614/ How can we control technology and not have it control us?. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/the-artist-1327227015/ http://www.jewpi.com/the-artist-1327227015/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:10:15 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/the-artist-1327227015/ When Michael Medved, the film critic I most respect, recently picked The Artist as the best movie of 2011, I suddenly experienced an unusual burst of efficiency at work, allowing me to duck out later that day to see it. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/change-1327226775/ http://www.jewpi.com/change-1327226775/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:06:15 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/change-1327226775/ What is the most frightening six-letter word in the English language? No, it’s not, “D-A-T-I-N-G.” And it’s not, “S-K-I-I-N-G.” And it’s not, “P-A-S-T-R-Y” either. How about, “C-H-A-N-G-E”? If you’re like most people (and don’t fool yourself — you are), C-H-A-N-G-E pretty much scares the dickens out of you. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/my-favorite-child-1327226055/ http://www.jewpi.com/my-favorite-child-1327226055/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 09:54:15 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/my-favorite-child-1327226055/ Their instructor, I explain to my class of undergraduates, will not entertain personal questions. “Do you really have seven children? How do you remember their names?” Israelis students are mostly unmoved by rules. “I remember your names, and there are 25 of you,” I reply. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/q-a-for-teens-afraid-of-death-1327225446/ http://www.jewpi.com/q-a-for-teens-afraid-of-death-1327225446/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 09:44:06 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/q-a-for-teens-afraid-of-death-1327225446/ Dear Lauren, A couple of years ago, I met a very special six-year-old girl named Menucha who was in remission from cancer. Soon after I met her she got cancer for the second time. She has been battling it since then and I love her so much that it’s hard to watch her suffer, especially [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/can-men-women-just-be-friends-1327224849/ http://www.jewpi.com/can-men-women-just-be-friends-1327224849/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 09:34:09 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/can-men-women-just-be-friends-1327224849/ You need Flash player 8+ and JavaScript enabled to view this video. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/my-terrible-secret-1327224130/ http://www.jewpi.com/my-terrible-secret-1327224130/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 09:22:10 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/my-terrible-secret-1327224130/ It’s not easy to carry a secret inside of your heart, yet, believe it or not, I carried my secret for over 40 years. I tried not to let if affect me, but as I later learned, it was silently impacting my life in ways that I never realized. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/your-personal-catchphrase-1327223648/ http://www.jewpi.com/your-personal-catchphrase-1327223648/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 09:14:08 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/your-personal-catchphrase-1327223648/ In Ethics of Our Fathers, most pieces of advice from our sages are prefaced with the words “he used to say.” These are not like the “quotable quotes” that our teenagers are fond of putting in their high school yearbooks – things like” Is it lunch yet?” “Who wants to get me an iced coffee?” [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/happy-together-1327223055/ http://www.jewpi.com/happy-together-1327223055/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 09:04:15 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/happy-together-1327223055/ Ashton Kutscher tweeted: “Marriage is one of the most difficult things in the world and unfortunately sometimes they fail. Love and light, AK “. Ouch. Is a failed marriage that simple? I recently read an article on Yahoo: ’5 Ways to Know Your Relationship Is Over’. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/anywhere-but-israel-1327222203/ http://www.jewpi.com/anywhere-but-israel-1327222203/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:50:03 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/anywhere-but-israel-1327222203/ I sat down to read the New York Times Travel section, which this week featured a major piece on Jerusalem. By the second paragraph, I was shaking my head in disbelief. The author, Matt Gross, declared up front that “I will go pretty much anywhere, anytime” as a travel writer. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/i-am-jewish-1327221133/ http://www.jewpi.com/i-am-jewish-1327221133/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:32:13 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/i-am-jewish-1327221133/ I Am Jewish One Jew’s answer to what it means to be Jewish. by Andrew Lustig You need Flash player 8+ and JavaScript enabled to view this video. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/our-soldiers-our-sons-1327219927/ http://www.jewpi.com/our-soldiers-our-sons-1327219927/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:12:07 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/our-soldiers-our-sons-1327219927/ The Mediterranean Sea stretched before me, sparkling in the setting sun. Two boats sat majestically in the distance. The sky darkened; the breeze quickened. Between me and the water stood 200 boys. To the staccato orders of the commanding officer, 400 boots stamped apart, 400 boots stamped together, and a swell of voices resounded in [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/winter-soups-stews-1327218736/ http://www.jewpi.com/winter-soups-stews-1327218736/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 07:52:16 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/winter-soups-stews-1327218736/ Warm and delicious for those cold and wet winter days, these soups and stews are super easy to make. Poor Man’s Beef Stew I am not sure why I call this Poor Man’s Beef Stew. Maybe because it really doesn’t matter what type of combination of Beef, Chicken or Sausages you throw in the pot, [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/7-steps-to-trusting-again-1327218125/ http://www.jewpi.com/7-steps-to-trusting-again-1327218125/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 07:42:05 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/7-steps-to-trusting-again-1327218125/ Your relationship is over, but the pain of the break-up still feels fresh. You hoped this one would work out. You put so much of yourself into it, making this your biggest priority and opening up in ways you never did with anyone else. But now you feel alone, abandoned, betrayed. Your sense of trust [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/jewish-day-schools-in-decline-1326998404/ http://www.jewpi.com/jewish-day-schools-in-decline-1326998404/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:40:04 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/jewish-day-schools-in-decline-1326998404/ You need Flash player 8+ and JavaScript enabled to view this video. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/that-sinking-feeling-1326895693/ http://www.jewpi.com/that-sinking-feeling-1326895693/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:08:13 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/that-sinking-feeling-1326895693/ I was a passenger on the Costa Concordia that just made headlines around the world as it sunk off the coast of Tuscany. No, thank God I wasn’t on this last harrowing voyage which resulted in horrible injuries and loss of lives. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/a-friend-in-need-1326711007/ http://www.jewpi.com/a-friend-in-need-1326711007/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:50:07 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/a-friend-in-need-1326711007/ Jan 6, 2012 Umar Mulinde, a 38-year-old evangelical pastor from Uganda who recently began preaching support for Israel, has arrived at Israel’s Sheba Medical Center for emergency medical treatment following an acid attack that severely burned his face, torso, and damaged his right eye. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/a-house-of-hopes-1326629047/ http://www.jewpi.com/a-house-of-hopes-1326629047/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:04:07 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/a-house-of-hopes-1326629047/ Excerpted from “Total Immersion: A Mikvah Anthology”, edited by Rivkah Slonim. Etymology fascinates me. Take my name, for example. Chava, the biblical name for Eve, means mother of all living. As a little girl, I remember learning from my parents that names are very meaningful. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/binge-drinking-1326628214/ http://www.jewpi.com/binge-drinking-1326628214/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:50:14 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/binge-drinking-1326628214/ You need Flash player 8+ and JavaScript enabled to view this video. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/us-ambassador-at-mir-yeshiva-1326625326/ http://www.jewpi.com/us-ambassador-at-mir-yeshiva-1326625326/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:02:06 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/us-ambassador-at-mir-yeshiva-1326625326/ US Ambassador at Mir Yeshiva U.S. Ambassador to Israel visits Hareidi educational and community service institutions. by The US Embassy You need Flash player 8+ and JavaScript enabled to view this video. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/dating-maze-350-digital-pursuit-1326580093/ http://www.jewpi.com/dating-maze-350-digital-pursuit-1326580093/#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:28:13 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/dating-maze-350-digital-pursuit-1326580093/ Dear Rosie & Sherry, My experience in the dating world is that the guy takes the lead. But nowadays with people meeting on the Internet, Facebook, etc, it is more acceptable that a woman pursue the man? What is the correct approach in today’s digital world? Alyssa Dear Alyssa, Your question is something that many [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/apartheid-in-the-middle-east-1326574563/ http://www.jewpi.com/apartheid-in-the-middle-east-1326574563/#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:56:03 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/apartheid-in-the-middle-east-1326574563/ Apartheid in the Middle East Apartheid against the Palestinians is alive and well. by StandwithUs.com Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/dear-emuna-breaking-the-abusive-pattern-1326573374/ http://www.jewpi.com/dear-emuna-breaking-the-abusive-pattern-1326573374/#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:36:14 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/dear-emuna-breaking-the-abusive-pattern-1326573374/ Dear Emuna, Statistics show that abused children usually tend to become abusers. This is a very worrying thought for me. I am single right now but I have suffered enough being abused and I just want to be healthy and normal. 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