by Cindy Leszczynski | Sep 12, 2016 | Local
[Editor's note: In 2013 when he was in grade 12 at St Georges School , Matthew Boroditsky was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma, a cancer affecting his body's immune system. Thankfully today, because of medical treatment, Matthew is...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Sep 11, 2016 | Local
I don’t know about you, but I can’t help telling stories about myself. To myself and to others. My theory is, if I tell a story I like often enough, I will end up by believing it. Seeing my fervent belief, then it is possible that other people will...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Sep 11, 2016 | Local
As 32 out of Boys Town Jerusalem’s 100 seventh graders took their places in class on the first day of school, their teacher Rabbi Yosef Ben Zruel surveyed the rows of anxious students with a smile. “I look at you and I see myself,” he told...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Sep 8, 2016 | Local
Dear Community Members, We are pleased to provide an update and a brief report on our plans for the upcoming year. It has been 9 months since we became President and CEO respectively, and as you have heard from previous reports, we have accomplished a lot in this...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Sep 8, 2016 | Local
The High Holiday season begins with the inception of the month of Elul. Forty days before the festival of Rosh Hashanah we begin our preparations. What makes the month of Elul so special? In his Compendium of Jewish law (OH 581), the Tur explains that it was on the...
