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Communicating with Your Teens
Communicating with Your Teens
Communicating with Your Teens presented by Dr. Alex Bailey. Recorded at the Positive Jewish Parenting Seminar at Tifereth Israel, Passaic, New Jersey, December 25, 2007.
Jan 10, 2008
By Dr. Alex Bailey
Overcoming Sibling Rivalry
Overcoming Sibling Rivalry
Overcoming Sibling Rivalry presented by Dr. Norman Blumenthal. Recorded at the Positive Jewish Parenting Seminar at Tifereth Israel, Passaic, New Jersey, December 25, 2007.
Jan 10, 2008
By Dr. Norman Blumenthal
Responding to Anger in Your Children
Responding to Anger in Your Children
Responding to Anger in Your Children presented by Dr. Norman Blumenthal. Recorded at the Positive Jewish Parenting Seminar at Tifereth Israel, Passaic, New Jersey, December 25, 2007.
Jan 10, 2008
By Dr. Norman Blumenthal
A Bubby’s Task
A Bubby’s Task
After a lengthy argument that had no beginning and seemingly no end, a five year old grandson angrily pushed his four year old brother off a chair. The chair fell over...
Nov 29, 2007
By Yaffa Ganz
Giving Intangible Gifts
Giving Intangible Gifts
Black Friday. The day that dreams begin to come true. The most intense shopping day of the year. The day that stores open at 4 AM to long lines of people...
Nov 29, 2007
By Rabbi Leiby Burnham
On Jewish Mothers and Their Writing
On Jewish Mothers and Their Writing
It’s getting late and the writing workshop’s about to adjourn, but one of the women has one more poem: it’s short, she assures them, and something composed after breakfast that morning....
Nov 8, 2007
By Sarah Shapiro
Where Did the Dirt Come From?
Where Did the Dirt Come From?
A Lesson For the Children – Yosef and Miriam moved into a new house. They were very happy, thanking G-d for the new house and for the low price that they...
Oct 31, 2007
By Rabbi Yikhat Rozen
Op-Ed: Parents Must Communicate
Op-Ed: Parents Must Communicate
NEW YORK (JTA) — Thousands of Orthodox students will soon head off for their post-high school year of study at a yeshiva in Israel. For most of these adolescents, it will...
Aug 8, 2007
By Rabbi Steven Burg
What Made Father Furious?
What Made Father Furious?
Holy and Secular – “I want some orange juice,” the child screamed. His mother, who was weary at the end of a full day, poured him a full glass. The boy...
Jul 4, 2007
By Rabbi Amichai Gordin
Of Falling Trees and Rising Hemlines
Of Falling Trees and Rising Hemlines
or, The Zen of Tznius Does anyone remember the old philosophical conundrum, “If a tree falls in a forest and nobody hears it, does it make a noise?” The point of...
Jun 14, 2007
By Barbara Bensoussan

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