The Israeli Pediatric Association has issued new guidelines about sending kids to school or daycare when they are sick. We all know there are some parents who let their sick kids infect everyone else. There are also gananot (kindergarten teachers) who send children home over minor issues. With their … [Read more...]
Sending Sick Children to School: New Guidelines by Israeli Pediatric Association
November 4, 2010 by
Challah Project
November 3, 2010 by
Note: I chose a cookbook winner, but want to hear back from her before I announce it. Thanks to everyone who entered. Nechama Gittel Chaya bat Chana (as she likes people to refer to her), or Norma Kuras, is an 82-year-old breast cancer survivor. When the doctors found a malignant tumor in her … [Read more...]
Memories of RivkA bat Yishaya z”l
November 2, 2010 by
They say that some people are naturally cheerful, and this grants them emotional protection from their troubles throughout their lives. Whether she was born with it, or it was the result of growing up in a loving and responsive family, RivkA Matitya z"l had this quality. And her cheerfulness was … [Read more...]
The Changing Cost of Shidduchim in the Haredi World
October 27, 2010 by
Haredi educators are noticing that the age of marriage is rising. According to an article in the Hebrew edition of Mishpacha, only 10% of students in a particular seminary got engaged last year instead of the normal 50%. According to the shadchanim (matchmakers) quoted, only 5-10% of girls’ … [Read more...]
“Niddah” Art: Maybe This Month
October 25, 2010 by
A blogger sent me this photo of Jacqueline Nicholls' art, saying it was too "intense" for her site. The piece looks tame, but contains several layers of meaning. The artist explains: It comes from my years experiencing the monthly niddah rituals, checking and preparing to go to the mikveh, … [Read more...]
Review: Kosher by Design Teens & 20-Somethings
October 24, 2010 by
The Kosher by Design series of cookbooks, by Suzie Fishbein, specializes in what some food bloggers jokingly call “food porn.” Readers of the new Kosher by Design Teens and Twenty-Somethings: Cooking for the Next Generation, won’t be disappointed. This beautifully designed KBD for young people … [Read more...]
Prayers and Assistance for RivkA of Coffee and Chemo
October 21, 2010 by
RivkA, who blogs over at Coffee and Chemo, has been in the hospital for most of the week. Her situation is poor. Jameel has put up new messages from her and her family about ways to contact them and help. As RivkA writes at the end of every post: Please daven (or send happy, healing thoughts) … [Read more...]
Rabbi Eliyahu Against Breastfeeding in Bathrooms
October 19, 2010 by
The alon Olam Katan has a regular feature called shu”t cellulari, or responsa via SMS. Readers can text halachic questions and get answers fairly quickly, from either Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu or Rabbi Shlomo Aviner. My daughter alerted me to one of last week’s questions: Is there a problem of tumah … [Read more...]
Infertility Aliyah and Egg Harvesting
October 18, 2010 by
In A New Reason to Make Aliyah: Free Egg Freezing, Allison Kaplan Sommer reports on a new development in Israeli health insurance: The state will now cover the freezing of 20 eggs harvested in up to four extractions from young, healthy women, which can be stored, should she decide to have kids at a … [Read more...]
Fashion, Heblish, and Halacha: Interesting Links #10
October 17, 2010 by
To start off the week, here are some links for your enjoyment: Rabbi Ari Kahn cited my post, The Day is Short and the Work is Great, in a talk he gave about leaving onions and garlic out overnight. For the record *I* did not say that a kollel guy told me about it, a commenter did. Mrs. S. … [Read more...]
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