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Weekly Story: A Teacher Should….

This past week was the kinus (conference) of the mechanchim (male educators), while this upcoming week will be the kinus of the mechanchos (female educators). In the past two weeks, I have witnessed and heard two points which to me has a very strong bearing on the chinuch of our children, and I would like to share them with you. 

INBOX: Healing Anxiety, and Identifying Its Source

As I entered adulthood, I began noticing the timing. Whenever I felt fear about something, my body would begin to react. My body would feel tight. My joints and back would start hurting. Other symptoms would arise as well. I noticed that when I felt anxious — a word I did not even know at the time — my body would hurt so much. It felt unbearable.

This Day-Camp Counselor Is a 98-Year Old Holocaust Survivor

Helga Arndtheim had her childhood stolen by the Nazis and spent her teenage years struggling to survive Auschwitz and other concentration camps. More than eight decades later, Helga— now Helga Melmed— spends her summers reclaiming a piece of what she had lost.