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Clearing the 'chametz' in my life
Passover always seems to catch me by surprise. It is only a day away! And I have so much work to do to clear out the ‘chametz’ in my...
The Slaves Among Us
When an addict hits bottom and the stark choices of recovery or death are before him, he is offered an opportunity to start again and end...
Substance Abuse a Senior Problem, Too
When Amy Kaplan heard about Betty (not her real name), a Jewish Family Service client in her early 70s who said she couldn’t afford all...
Substance Abuse and Our Children Invisible or inimitable? Our kids need to feel that have unique val
Substance abuse is a growing epidemic that doesn’t discriminate based on religion, economic class, gender, or ethnicity. Experts will all...
The Twelve Steps Made Simple
The Twelve Steps Made Simple There’s a power that will kill me. There is a power that wants me to live. Which do I want? (If you want to...
Judaism has been teaching 12 steps for 3,000 years.
Interestingly, the Twelve Steps is built on a paradigm of self growth that Judaism has been teaching for 3000 years. The first thing that...
Building the Mishkan
Vayakhel Exodus 35:1–38:20 If anyone could or if anyone should play God, it would be Moses. He after all is the closest of any of the...
Made a decision
I made a decision yesterday. I’m in an AA meeting leading the discussion and we’re talking step 3. Turning my will and my life over to...
L'Chiam
This week in Shabbat News… I did something different this week. I was at synagogue on Saturday morning. Engaged in a great conversation...
Thinking back about Purim
The Shabbat before Purim is called Shabbat Zachor, the Shabbat of Remembrance. In the Torah portion we are told we must remember to...
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