NJP #11
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Editor’s Note: May I Have Your Attention, Please! / Yael Resnick
Love lessons from our travels through the desert and beyond
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REAL LIFE
A Sense of Humor / Rosally Saltsman
“I try as soon as possible after I begin to yell to find some point of humor to latch on to and ease into a joke.”
How to Drive Yourself Crazy in Four-and-a-Half Hours / Peshie Needleman
“They ask for a snack. I offer apple slices. They want corn chips. I offer grapes. They want corn chips. I offer rice cakes. They want corn chips. I offer corn chips. I ask three times if they are sure they like those hot and spicy chips. They assure me that everyone in kindergarten eats these chips. They could eat a hundred million kazillion bags of these chips.”
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The Ten Commandments of Parenting / Dr. Amy Beth Taublieb
“Here are ten guidelines for raising children with love, strength, warmth, and joy.”
Creativity Lost and Found: Tapping into the Inner Well / Ruchama King Feuerman
“At times it seemed we approached something transcendent, and the kids sensed it.”
Jewish Fitness Games / Marcia A. Silvermetz
“Try these next time the kids are bored. Everyone will get a workout and learn something new, and you’ll have a great time together.”
You Are Not Alone: Support for Special Families / Elise Cohen
“Parents just starting out on the odyssey that is caring for a child with special needs rarely have time of energy to support themselves.”
A Father’s Influence / Rabbi Yosef Resnick
“Is there some higher purpose to babbling nonsense while bouncing one’s baby on the knee? Doesn’t a father have more important things to do with his time?”
Where’s the Beef? My Life as a Veggie-Dog / Krana Nebenzahl
“When I first met my husband, I was weaning off a three-year stint as an ethical vegetarian. He was a meat-and-potatoes man.”
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SPECIAL SECTION: Life, Loss & Love, Part 1
Infertility and Compassion: How Jewish Communities Can Help Couples Cope / Lilly Rublin-Sokoloff
The Ripe Pomegranate: Challenges, Changes, and Taking the Plunge / Chaya Raizel Breger
A Life for a Life: One Family’s Adoption Story of Divine Providence / Toni Bloomberg Grossman
Finding Meaning, Making Peace / Steve and Vicki Krausz
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Kosher & Healthy: Good Cakes for Good People (recipes), Fast Food (recipes)
Roundup Focus: Recent Recalls; Hidden Allergens
Also: Letters, Word of Advice, Real Quotes from Real Kids, media reviews, kids’ writing, poetry, nursing Q&A, Roundup, Vaccine News