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Community Articles/Health
Regular aerobic activity should be part of everyone’s daily routine. It strengthens the heart and lungs and makes them work more efficiently. Aerobic activity can include running, walking, stair climbing, dancing, swimming, or any number of other activities that get the heart working harder fo...
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Community Articles/NY News
David G. Greenfield, a leading candidate for the New York City Council, recently spent one week on a “kosher food stamp diet” in order to call attention to what he calls “the inability for families to feed their children on food-stamps.”
Greenfield cited the extraordina...
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Community Articles/Community Events
David Greenfield, the Executive Vice President of the Brooklyn-based Sephardic Community Federation, was honored recently by the Public Advocate for the City of New York, Betsy Gotbaum. Greenfield was presented with a formal proclamation from the Public Advocate declaring him an “Extraordinary...
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Community Articles/Organizations
Just three short months ago, a group of very dedicated volunteers polled the parents of the Deal community and decided it was time for our children to have something wonderful to do on Sundays. Shortly thereafter, Sunday Mania was born! Tons of research and hundreds of phone calls were made to find ...
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Community Articles/Politics
The Borough of Deal is holding an election on May 13, 2008, to elect its borough commissioners to another four-year term, including Mayor Harry Franco. Franco has served as mayor of Deal, New Jersey since 1995, when he took over for retiring mayor Stanley R. Katz, and became the first Sephardic Jewi...
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Community Articles/Health
Kimberley came to the New York Center for Eating Disorders and confessed, “I know I should try to recover from bulimia, but I'm not sure in my heart of hearts that I really want to.”
07/30/2007 | 309 Hits |  (0 vote) | Print | PDF
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Community Articles/Health
At her first therapy session, Charlotte* was distressed. “I am so sick and tired of yo-yo dieting,” she said. “I gain, I lose, I starve myself. Then I overeat. I just wish I could learn to eat normally! But I don't even know what normal eating is.”
Many people consider i...
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Community Articles/Health
We often present recipes for holidays, for Shabbat or other good reasons. This month we have recipes just for the fun of it and because they sound wonderful. Here are some of our favorites from the book Sephardic Flavors by Joyce Goldstein.
Salad
Sephardic cooks call many dis...
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Community Articles/Education
Steven has been banging on tables with forks and spoons ever since anyone can remember. But it took his astute parents to realize that, despite this annoying habit, he seemed to have pretty good rhythm. So they bought him a bongo which he practiced on regularly and eventually a set of drums and regu...
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Community Articles/Health
Diabetes is a disease in which the body does not produce or properly use insulin. Insulin is a hormone that is needed to convert sugar, starches and other food into energy needed for daily life. The cause of diabetes continues to be a mystery, although both genetics and environmental factors such as...
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Community Articles/Organizations
Just like most Jewish communities worldwide, our community is feeling the onslaught of diabetes and related health issues in frightening numbers.
It seems that wherever we turn, there is someone telling us about their mother, father, brother or best friend being told by their doctor that it is ...
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Community Articles/Health
Water helps keep your muscles and skin toned, assists in weight loss, transports oxygen and nutrients to cells, eliminates toxins and wastes from the body, and regulates body temperature. Drinking refreshing, clean water plays a major role in reducing the risk of certain diseases. Water is the most ...
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Community Articles/Employment
Even if your resume gets you an interview, it doesn’t necessarily get you the job. Often, people spend so much time trying to create the perfect resume, they lose sight of their real goal—to get a job. Know that the purpose of the resume is to get you the interview—and the purpose ...
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Community Articles/Focus On
You may be familiar with the profound work of Daniel Rose, who is also known as Dr. Level Hypnotherapist and Stage Hypnotist. He has done many private events, as well as donated his time and energy to help with worthy causes such as Bnai Brith, UJA, Rachel Kassin Foundation and the Sephardic Bikur H...
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Community Articles/Health
There is nothing better in this world than having a happy, healthy child. Yet sometimes, taking care of a baby is a little overwhelming. There are so many questions: When should I start my baby on solid foods? Does my child have allergies? Why does my child get so many ear infections?
11/19/2007 | 677 Hits | (0 vote) | Print | PDF
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