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JWF Receives $1 Million Anonymous Gift
The Jewish Women’s Foundation of the Greater Palm Beaches (JWF) recently received a
gift of $1 million from an anonymous Palm Beach donor. The generous donation enables JWF,
a social change advocacy and grant-making organization focused on empowering women and
girls, to expand its vital work locally and globally. JWF is a partnership program of the Jewish
Federation of Palm Beach County.
“JWF offers its donors an opportunity to fund innovative projects that create meaningful
social change. This donor is a true visionary — she sets an example for all of us to stand up and
give from the heart to support creating a more just and tolerant society,” said JWF founding
chair Eileen Berman. “Her intent to remain anonymous and keep the focus on the cause is
humbling.”
This donation, the largest single gift in the nonprofit’s 10 years, will help make a tangible
difference in the lives of women and children, including those who are abused and exploited in
violent relationships in their homes and in sex trafficking rings in South Florida and around the
world. Funds are also allocated to help those who face social, economic, and political barriers.
Kraft Family Cultural
Endowment of Temple Israel
to Host Dr. Ruth Westheimer
Through its Kraft Family Cultural Endowment, Temple
Israel of West Palm Beach will bring noted psychosexual
therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer to Palm Beach on May 20.
Dr. Ruth will be guest speaker at a luncheon to be held at
Matteo’s Garden Club Restaurant at 11 a.m.
Known for her frank discussions of sexual matters,
Westheimer’s career began with her 15-minute radio
program, “Sexually Speaking,” in 1980 in New York. One
year later, it became a live, one-hour show on which Dr.
Ruth, as she became known, answered questions called in
from listeners. It soon became part of a communications
network to distribute Westheimer’s expertise, which now
includes television, books, newspapers, games, home video,
computer software, and a website.
Born in Germany in 1928, Westheimer was sent to a children’s home in Switzerland at
age 10 to escape the Holocaust. At 17 she went to Israel, where she fought for that country’s
independence as a member of the Haganah, the Jewish freedom fighters. She immigrated
to the U.S. in 1956.
Currently, Dr. Ruth is an adjunct professor at NYU and an associate fellow at Yale
and Princeton universities. She serves as honorary president of the Council on Sexuality
and Aging at the National Sexuality Resource Center and, among her many awards, has
received a Liberty Medal from the City of New York and the Israel Cultural Award from
Israel Bonds. People magazine included her in their list of the Most Intriguing People of
the Century.
She received an honorary doctorate from Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of
Religion for her work in human sexuality and her commitment to the Jewish people, Israel,
and religion.
For information, call 833.8421 or visit www.temple-israel.com.
The founding trustees of the JWF: Back row from left, Laura Munder, Judy Bergman, Diana
Brody, Paula Lustbader (advocacy chair), Sandra Bornstein (lifetime trustee), Edith Gelfand
(lifetime trustee), Sandra Krakoff (lifetime trustee), Shirley Siff, Mona Joffe, Joan Daniels,
Michelle Lobovits, Barbara Kay (intergenerational trustee), Caryl Siskin, Cynthia Brown.
Front row from left: Tami Baldinger (executive director), Eileen Berman (founding chair and
lifetime trustee), Gloria Fine (past chair), Lisa Schneider, Phyllis Shuster.
“The amazing woman who made this gift is an inspiration to me, and her generosity is
already motivating other donors to support JWF’s important work,” shared JWF Executive
Director Tami Baldinger.
Since its inception, JWF has strategically invested $1.6 million in social change grants that
have helped educate and advocate for thousands of women and girls in order to give a voice
to those who have none, to foster women’s leadership, and to ensure that women and girls are
safe and successful. JWF, unlike typical foundation models, empowers its trustees to be part
of the grant making process to help identify key initiatives and allocate funds. In addition to
grant making and advocacy, JWF also works to promote young women’s leadership, offering
forward-thinking educational programs on timely community issues.
For more information, visit jwfpb.org or call 242.6673.
JCC Welcomes New Art
Exhibit in Bente S. &
Daniel M. Lyons Art Gallery
By Mindy Hanken
Since its opening
i n N o v e m b e r, t h e
Bente S. & Daniel
M. Lyons Art Gallery
in the Mandel JCC
Palm Beach Gardens
has hosted a variety
of dynamic and
captivating artwork
from sculptures to
embroidery created
by world renowned
Jewish artists. This
month, another
remarkable exhibit
will be presented:
Artist Leon Azoulay,
from the Tzfat region
in Israel, will showcase Exodus Chapter 1
his paintings from May
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13, 2014. To celebrate the exhibit’s opening, Azoulay will join
us for a wine and cheese reception on May 13, 2014 at 5:00
p.m.
One of the most exciting aspects of this exhibit is the artist’s
background. Azoulay’s time living in the ancient Israel town of
Safed, the birthplace of Jewish mysticism, greatly influenced
his paintings. In a unique fusion of micro-calligraphy and
painting, Azoulay’s works depict scenes from the Tanach with
biblical passages written in tiny letters throughout the painting.
For example, his painting titled “Creation” not only shows a
rendition of the story of Creation, it is also composed of the
entire book of Genesis in micro-calligraphy.
There are many fantastic art galleries and exhibits around Palm Beach County. What
makes this exhibit special is its connection to Judaism and the extraordinary way that Azoulay
infuses micro-calligraphy into his paintings. Here at the Mandel JCC, we’re all very excited
to welcome the artist, and we would love for the community to help us celebrate at the free
opening night reception.
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For more information, visit www.jcconline.com or call 712-5200.
Mindy Hanken is chief operating officer of Mandel JCC of the Palm Beaches. Email her at [email protected].
The Road Less Traveled
Should Not Be The One
To Your Home
By Doreen Nystrom
Last month I tried to
educate you on the cons of
overpricing your home ... why
pricing it at fair market value
is the best way right from the
start for many reasons.
For this issue, let’s discuss
showing availability! There
are so many times a seller will
tell their agent that they don’t
want to show the home between this time and that time, or
on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, or they want a minimum
Real Estate
of 24 to 48 hours notice, or they want to be present at every
showing, or they want their Realtor present at every showing,
... this can get to be a very long run-on sentence!
Nothing will deter another agent from showing their
prospective buyer a home more than complicated showing
instructions. If it is too difficult to show, they will move on to
another home. Trust me, it happens all of the time.
While no one expects your home to be available to show
24 hours a day, seven days a week, if you truly want to sell,
you need to first get buyers through the door to see your home!
Your Realtor should exercise that backbone to tell you
honestly how it really works out there. They should be able
to explain to you why ease of showing is imperative ... and
why, in my opinion, they should not be required to be present
at every showing, too! No one can tell you when someone will
call to set up a showing, so how can the Realtor be expected
to be available every time someone wants to show? Why take
the chance of missing a showing if they are not available? If
you are concerned with valuables being in the home, remove
them! Depending on how the Realtor submits the instructions
in the MLS system, usually Realtors first must call the listing
office for showing instructions, and at our company, we first
look them up in the Realtor system, verify them, and we log all
of their information so we know who, what, where and when!
What is your Realtor’s company system? You need to know
and you need to ask.
You would be surprised at how many offices do not even
have someone answering the phones on weekends. Or the
instructions given say to call the listing agent directly, and then
there is no returned phone call. I have encountered this many,
many times.
Keep your home available to show as simple as possible.
Easy to show and it will get shown. The more buyers through,
the more opportunities to sell!
You can reach Doreen Nystrom at Lang Realty at
[email protected] or (561) 209-7900.
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From the Rabbis
Remembering the Shoah
One Name at a Time
By Rabbi Michael P. Singer
Every day, new studies are
being initiated and conducted
to determine the effects of
the use of technology on our
memories. Think about it:
At one point in the not-toodistant past, people had to
memorize historical dates, the
Preamble of the Constitution,
how to spell words correctly,
and yes, other people’s phone
numbers (as well as their own). Today such information
is literally only a click or voice command away. Even the
passwords we use to “protect” our information can be stored
and saved in case we forget them. I am not suggesting that
we can or should turn back the clock or that we as a society
would even want to. We are indeed privileged to live at this
exciting time, and have a world of information accessible
earlier generations would be envious of.
Yet, there is still an important place for first hand use
of human memory. Making memories entails taking the
information around us and internalizing it in a way that
not only creates neuro-pathways in our brain but literally
becomes part of who we are. This is more than doing a
Google search or posting on Facebook. In fact research1
shows that posts, tweets, and texts engage only short term
memory, they are quick, in the moment, snapshots that don’t
last long because they are followed by more posts, tweets,
and texts. Arguably, this is indeed the purpose of this type of
media communication but, as far as the faculty of memory
is concerned this does not translate to creating long-term
memories that change, enhance, and enrich us.
As Jews living after the horror of the Shoah (The
Holocaust) we have often been taught, “Never Forget!” But,
how do we do that? Especially in our world today?! Unlike
so many of the other holidays and commemorations in the
Jewish life-cycle and calendar, Yom HaShoah (Holocaust
Remembrance Day) does not have a universally accepted
ritual, sacred text, or even communal service of some type
(let alone special foods or lack thereof). I believe that it is
through these rituals that we as Jews, have been not only
able to maintain our traditions but as important been able to
create memories that literally transform and touch our souls.
They bring meaning to our lives by connecting us through
the generations, informing our relationships, our values, and
our moral perspective. Which brings us back to the challenge
of Yom HaShoah. With very few survivors left, how can we
ensure that their stories and those of the millions of Jews who
perished will not be forgotten?
One way my synagogue has found to create powerful
memories is by holding a Yom HaShoah vigil in which we
read the names of those who perished in the Shoah. People
sign up to read names and to come and listen throughout the
day beginning after morning services and continuing for 12
hours, stopping only for minchah/ma’ariv, when we recite the
Mourner’s Kaddish in remembrance. Families come to read
together, to our teens and older members — we read their
names, we hear their names — and in doing so I feel we not
only keep their memory alive, but make our own powerful
memories. The sacred duty to never forget becomes not only
a surreal number to remember but, real mothers, fathers,
and children. The Nazis counted numbers but we remember
names.
We have always believed that names carry memory. As
Jews we remember loved ones by naming our children after
them. We still use the ancient names from our Torah — Adam,
Seth, Jacob, Rachel, Sarah. It is no coincidence then that our
people’s Hebrew name — Yisrael — links God’s name with
ours. By remembering the names of our brothers and sisters
who perished in the Shoah we link their names and lives
with our own. And in that way may all of their names be for
a blessing — one we never need a password to remember.
1 “How Technology Is Warping Your Memory,” By
Carolyn Gregoire, The Huffington Post.
Rabbi Michael Singer is spiritual leader at Temple Beth
David in Palm Beach Gardens. Email him at RabbiSinger@
yahoo.com.
The Most Powerful Ways to
Deal with Hardships
By Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui
Everybody has them.
Pot holes and speed
bumps in the road of life.
How do we overcome,
or at the very least move
on, notwithstanding the
obstacles that give us a real
run for our money?
The Bible is clear: We
don’t live in a disorganized, random, chaotic world. It also
makes very good, logical sense to think and believe this way.
When there is an order and system to things, with our free
choice, we can sometimes intentionally or unintentionally
make decisions that challenge and attempt to defy the order
G-d has set in this world. To a great measure, the Bible tells us
it is our very own choices that bring us the hardships we face
in life. It is we who mess up the perfect pattern G-d created.
Nevertheless, chassidus teaches to always accept everything
in joy. Joy is the fundamental underlying elixir to everything in
life. But how is it possible to accept and bear it all, and do it in
joy? Chassidus gives us the tools and techniques how exactly
we should, and we can, deal with our difficulties in life.
Humans have a definite spectrum and parameter in which
they can see and hear things. Some animals and creatures see
and hear more because their range is wider and deeper. The
same is also with our minds, they are finite and limited.
The first method is to look at what’s happening, as coming
from an infinite G-d who is way beyond our possibility to
understand.
G-d is the source of everything and He is, by His very own
nature, essentially good. We surrender ourselves to this fact and
even when, at the present, things appear as dark, confusing,
and incomprehensible, the knowledge that the pain we feel is
from a doctor who cares helps us keep a happy attitude.
The second method is to view the pain and difficulties as
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From the Rabbis from page 3
Is Your Jewish Soul Pinging
a process to polish and clean parts of our lives we may have
bent out of shape or sullied with our bad choices. It is to
make us better and stronger than what we are at this present
moment. Out of G-d’s deep-rooted love for ourselves He puts
us through a procedure that corrects and remedies where we
may have messed up.
When a person sees his hardships as coming from the
love of G-d to help this person who messed up, this arouses
within G-d the desire to minimize and hasten the process.
This second approach shortens the process itself.
The third method is to view hardships as an intentional
test G-d is putting the person through. G-d wants to see if we
will take the hardship more seriously than our determination
to keep on going. In this third step a person is completely
and totally not fazed by the difficulties. The person knows
what’s expected of him and nothing will stop him. It’s not a
matter of the intended good G-d has in mind; it’s not either
whether G-d is doing this out of love or not.
With this reaction to hardships and with determination,
the person is totally at peace with the situation because he
knows he can never fail at doing his G-dly mission. The test
then disappears because he has successfully overcome the
test and proven himself.
There is a highest and most powerful attitude where the
person doesn’t deal with any of the above three approaches.
On this level, he doesn’t even encounter the first tastes of the
test and/or and hardships. This is when he develops a very deep
knowledge and appreciation for G-ds wise and benevolent
interaction with the world, to such a point that he sees and
experiences everything for the good, right from the start.
Once a great rabbi sent his student to Reb Zushe, who had
every imaginable difficulty in life, to learn how to respond to
hardships in life. Reb Zushe told him he must have come to
the wrong Reb Zushe, because this Zushe had no problems.
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Ping. The last desperate
attempt of uncovering the
fate of the 239 passengers of
Malaysian Airlines Flight MH
370 that has kept the world in
suspense with bated breath.
In a coincidence bordering
on the miraculous, advance
“ping detector” ships and
towed submarines recently
detected a ping signal consistent with that of the Malaysian
Flight for just 90 seconds. The black box of the airplane
has battery power to send a ping signal every second for
30 days. It seems this week’s 90-second signal was in the
last 90 seconds of the battery of the black box!
Indeed, each and every Jew, too, has a ping signal, a
homing device. Unlike the black box of lost airplanes, it
might go many months or years without emitting a signal.
But the battery never dies out.
A Jew might live a life of decadence and G-dlessness for
80 or 90 years, but the time will come, later if not sooner,
that his guilty conscience will start to beep. The Yiddishe
neshoma, also known as the pintele yid, the Jewish core,
cannot and will not be forgotten. It will do whatever it takes
to be noticed.
At the seder we speak of four sons: the wise one, the
chilled-out one, the simple one, and the one who doesn’t
know what’s going on. All these four kinds of Jews at least
are present at the seder table. There is a fifth kind of Jew,
who doesn’t even know that it is Passover.
Though he might not even realize it himself, he has a
pintele yid inside that desperately wants to be found. We
all know this fifth son. We’re just too embarrassed to invite
him to our seder.
Think of him as MH370. He is lost at sea and yearning
to be found. Reach out to him with love. Invite him to your
seder, or your Shabbat table, or your shul. It’s never too
late to come home!
Rabbi Dovid Vigler is spiritual leader at Chabad of Palm
Beach Gardens and host of the Jewish Schmooze Radio
Show. Email him at [email protected].
MorseLife’s Keith Myers
Named Among Ultimate CEOs
Keith A. Myers,
President/CEO of
MorseLife, Inc., has
been named among
the 10 honorees in
the 2014 Palm Beach
CEO Awards. These
awards are given
annually by the South
Florida Business
Journal, highlighting
the county’s 10 chief
executives for their
expertise, leadership,
and community
involvement.
Myers has served at
the helm of MorseLife Keith A. Myers
since 2007. He has
a significant background in the management of multifaceted health care organizations and particular expertise
in operations, financial management, quality improvement,
strategic planning, board relations, and institutional
advancement.
Most recently under his leadership, MorseLife
embarked on a major capital project to serve the needs
of new generations of seniors that includes construction
of a 120-bed, short-term rehabilitation center, renovation
of its nursing home and creation of a 52-unit assisted
living residence for seniors with memory impairment and
the addition of 30 new long-term beds for seniors with
advanced dementia. The total cost of these projects is $50
million with half of it raised through philanthropic giving.
In January, MorseLife opened the first phase, the Sondra
& David S. Mack Pavilion for Short-Term Rehabilitation.
Myers also serves as chair for the Florida Board
of Nursing Home Administrators, a gubernatorial
appointment. Additionally, he is on the board of directors
of the Florida Health Care Association’s Quality
Foundation and on the Advisory Committee for the George
H. Heyman Jr. Center for Philanthropy and Fundraising
of New York University.
The 2014 Palm Beach Ultimate CEO Honorees will
be celebrated alongside top executives from Broward and
Miami-Dade counties at the 2014 Ultimate CEO Awards
later this year.
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Volunteer Completes Tapestry Project
To Commemorate JCC’s First Year
In a magnificent, five-month undertaking, volunteer Norm
Lieber utilized his impressive needlework skills to create a
massive tapestry filled with stunning imagery of the Mandel
JCC Palm Beach Gardens to commemorate its first year. The
Mandel JCC staff joined Norm to put in the last stitches and
complete the tapestry.
The tapestry image was custom-designed by artist Anthony
Burks.
JCC is nothing short of remarkable;
this will be cherished for many
years,” shared Mindy Hanken, Chief
Operating Officer of Mandel JCC of
the Palm Beaches.
Before the needlepoint work
began, the tapestry was custom
designed with artist Anthony Burks
after Norm accumulated 20 pages
of notes based on conversations
with JCC Board members. He had
a goal of creating a custom piece to
highlight the most special and central
components of the Mandel JCC Palm
Beach Gardens. Everything from
culture, art, film, sports, to family,
spirit, Judaism, celebration, and
culture. The center of the tapestry
contains the flags of Israel and the Norm Lieber and the JCC staff hold the completed tapestry.
United States. Directly below is a
huge heart showing hands reaching for hope; the Star To see the completed tapestry, visit the Mandel JCC in
of David anchors the JCC’s commitment to the Jewish Palm Beach Gardens.
community. These images symbolize the mission of the
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be displayed for years to come at the JCC. The project not
only generated funds to support the Mandel JCC Children’s
Scholarship Fund, it gave the community an opportunity
to memorialize loved ones.
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Beth David Hosts Area Temples
at Tenth Annual “Immigration Day”
Last month, Temple Beth David traveled back in time.
More than 100 sixth-graders from northern Palm Beach
County, together with their parents, gathered for a day of role
playing and reliving the early 20th-century Jewish immigrant
experience. This “Immigration Day” program, an annual
event, was begun more than 10 years ago and has always
been hosted by Temple Beth David. All area congregations
are invited to participate. This year, along Temple Beth David,
Temples Judea, Beth Am, Beit HaYam, and Beth Torah took
part in this exciting and still meaningful and resonant event.
Students, dressed in garb inspired by historical photos,
films, and the costumes depicted in productions of Fiddler
on the Roof, imagined themselves as residents of a shtetl, a
small-town Jewish community in the Pale of Settlement in
late 19th century and early 20th century Russia. Beth David’s
courtyard was transformed into a shtetl village square,
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Tanzer of Temple Beth Am lead singing at Immigration Day.
Student “immigrants” being designated to migrate to the
U.S. or Palestine.
where students attended
different stations, each
run by one of the many
participating synagogues,
depicting Jewish life
and values. Students
created Havdalah spice
bags, representing the
importance of Shabbat;
made Hebrew name
bracelets, illustrating the
role of the shtetl school,
known as the chayder.
They also learned about
the different levels of
t z ed a k a h ( r i g h t eo u s S t u d e n t “ i m m i g r a n t s ” i n
charitable giving),and “quarantine”
were exposed to
the early Zionism
of the 20th century.
Participants learned
about the teamwork
that was instrumental
in the early days of
the Zionist movement
in Russia. There was
even a wedding,
featuring students
playing the roles of
rabbi, bride, groom,
and even father-inlaw!
Lest one think
that the students had
all the fun, so too
did parents, who also Mock wedding at Immigration Day
had specific roles. Yet
fun was mixed with
a measure of more
somber remembrance
and with learning
as well. During the
“wedding,” parents
(dressed in black)
staged a “mock
pogrom,” herding
the students (with
a lot of faux-rage
and much real
jocularity) into Beth Students in shtetl garb make Hebrew
David’s sanctuary, name bracelets.
where Temple Beit
HaYam’s Rabbi Jeffrey Goldwasser and Temple Beth David’s
Director of Congregational Learning Peter Eckstein framed
the process of how embattled and persecuted turn-of-thecentury Jewish communities decided on how to emigrate in
order to create a new life in the two centers of Jewish living
— America (the Goldene Madinah, or Golden Land) and
Palestine (Eretz Yisrael).
Students then went through a simulated immigration
process of being designated to go either to America or to
Palestine. The “visa officials” were also parents, dressed in
appropriate garb. They all “boarded a ship” (a converted room
with blue fabric covering the walls, simulating the sea) and
heard real-life stories of emigration and immigration, shared
by adults and children.
Then the students went through “medical exams” and
citizenship interviews, accompanied by questions such as,
“Have you ever had tuberculosis?” “Do you have a job
waiting for you?” and even “Are you a Communist?”— all
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being asked emphatically by parents, in their assigned roles
as immigration officials and doctors. Students were even
“rejected” for a time, and were placed into “quarantine”
when they did not fit the “criteria” as determined by their
“interrogators.” These exercises and role-playing could
never equal the trials endured by so many of our familial
antecedents, and they were in fact not intended to do so. The
“Immigration Day” program was conceived and executed
with sensitivity to our children, not to frighten, but rather as
a day of fun and learning.
An exciting innovation in this year’s iteration of the
program was a virtual tour of Philadelphia’s National
Museum of American Jewish History, which was made
available prior to the program through the efforts of the West
Palm Beach Friedman Commission for Jewish Education.
The museum prepared a PowerPoint lesson introducing key
concepts, exhibits, and documents related to the American
Jewish immigration experience.
In the end all the students “arrived” in the U.S. and Eretz
Yisrael, celebrating their arrival with a traditional American
meal of hot dogs and chips. All in all, children and parents
had a wonderful, fun, and yet meaningful learning experience
that they won’t soon forget.
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receive “entry visas” at Immigration Day.
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The One School PTO
at Temple Beth Am
Raises Funds for
School and
Community Needs
The PTO (Parent Teacher Organization) of The One School
at Temple Beth Am hosted its 12th Annual Denim & Diamonds
Night Out Gala at the Abacoa Golf Club in Jupiter. This year’s
event honored Bruce and Maureen Cohen, residents of Palm
Beach Gardens, owners of Nutrition World, and Temple Beth
Am members since 2005. The Gala recognized Bruce and
Maureen for their incredible spirit of volunteerism, kindness,
and friendship that they bring to Temple Beth Am, The One
School, and the local community. The event featured a live
and silent auction, dancing, and live music by 3sixty.
The Denim & Diamonds affair, chaired by Yael Lawrence,
brought together more than 170 people for an evening of fun
and festivities. Guests included United States Congressman
Patrick Murphy, Rabbi Alon and Gali Levkovitz of Temple
Beth Am, Temple Beth Am PTO President Amy Russell,
Temple Beth Am President Hal Baseman, and local community
members.
This year’s Gala
raised over $30,000
in proceeds that will
directly benefit The
One School PTO,
which provides
curriculum and
social enrichment
activities and
support to students,
administration,
teachers, and staff. Gali Levkovitz (right) presents
The One School is honorees Bruce and Maureen
NAEYC accredited Cohen at The One School Denim &
and serves children Diamonds Night Out Gala.
ages 18 months
through five years old. Funds raised at this annual event
also support special community programming for children
from low-income families, including The One School’s
Annual Thanksgiving Program with Jupiter Head Start. For
information about next year’s Gala, contact The One School
at Temple Beth Am 747.3339.
Night Out Gala Chairwoman Yael Lawrence (on right) and
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Local Happenings
Beth David’s Annual Gala
Looks Back and Ahead as it
Honors Past Presidents
clergy smoother
and more pleasant.
Susann has earned
and won the devotion
and affection of Beth
David’s congregants
by living the credo
of leading by serving,
as well as serving by
leading.
Silent and live
auctions, educational
fund drives, sales
of reserved temple
parking spaces, and
a fully subscribed
ad journal to salute
the honorees and
commemorate the
evening and the Gala
Temple Beth David held its Annual Gala in its social
halls, lobby, and garden. It was truly a historic event in
that the honorees of this year’s Gala were the temple’s
past presidents, all of whom guided Beth David’s growth
for the almost 40 years since its founding in northern Palm
Beach County. This festive celebration and the stories of
and offered by the generations of the temple’s leaders
made for a moving, proud and yet joyous and exuberant
time of reflection on Temple Beth David’s history and
growth. Many eyes misted over as Beth David’s past and
current leaders and members harkened back to the days of
the congregation’s beginnings, when both it, and the Palm
President Jeff Zane presents honors,
Beach Gardens and entire north county area appeared and
flowers, and certificate to long-time
were very different from how we see and experience them
Beth David Executive Director
today. Temple Beth David began its story while being
Susann Ferrara.
housed in a church, and eventually secured
the land on which initial construction took
place. In later years, a major expansion gave
rise to the current beautiful, modern complex
that welcomes friends, neighbors, and the
community to multiple sanctuaries, a large,
open public lobby, an expansive social hall and
meeting rooms, a school wing, administrative
officers, and a gift shop.
The membership happily welcomed its past
presidents to the Annual Gala and were grateful
to join with them as all basked in the glow of
mutual achievement and congregational success.
Also honored that evening was long-time
Beth David Executive Director Susann Ferrara,
who has been at the forefront of helping to
forge this proud history during her past 18
years of outstanding service to the temple and Executive Director Susan Ferrara (front row, center) surrounded by past
presidents of Temple Beth David
its members.
2014 has been a year of well-deserved
recognition for Susann, who was also honored at the
conference of the North American Association of
Synagogue Directors (NAASE) held in Toronto this past
March. Susann’s tenure at Beth David has always been
distinguished by her efforts of body, mind, spirit, and heart
that have always extended far beyond the norm. She has
served as a trusted aide, advisor, and confidant to temple
presidents, as a mentor, guide, and inspiration to scores of
temple lay volunteers, sustaining them with patience, good
cheer, and kindness, and has made the path of the temple’s
A partial display of Silent Auction items at Beth David’s
Annual Gala
Past President Irwin Shipper with Cantor Danielle
Bensimhon and her daughter Lila
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Beth David Social Hall being prepared for Annual Gala
gave both the opportunity for and the evidence of the
generous support of the temple by those who make up the
temple family that has always been a hallmark of Beth
David, and will help to insure its future even during the
appreciation and celebration of its past.
Several hours of lively music, delicious food, wonderful
drink, and engaging entertainment framed this terrific night
of both memory and hope.
At Temple Beth David,
Lessons Taught, Lessons
Learned, Lessons Lived
Some say it takes a
village. The Temple Beth
David family both teaches
and lives by the Jewish
credo of tikun olam, heal
the world. Although there
is much that is common to
both of these approaches
and philosophies, there is
at the base of each one
essential truism: It always
takes at least one person to
get things started.
P h i l i p W e i n t h a l , Philip Weinthal, founder of
a 12-year-old boy from Buddies 4 Life.
Temple Beth David, wanted
to find a bar mitzvah community service project that was true
to these ideals as he learned them throughout his education
in Beth David’s religious school, and as imbued in him by
his family. He also wanted to undertake an effort he could
be proud of and continue through high school. He wanted
to make a difference in the lives of others, and especially
children who have challenges.
Philip went to a winter-break program and noticed that
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Local Happenings from page 8
Brett Taylor, Philip Weinthal, and Jonathan Hauser at first
Buddies 4 Life event
Life held its inaugural program. Through his website www.
Buddies4Life.org, kids and their parents signed up for a
bowling get-together. All proceeds, which totaled over $200,
were donated directly to the charity Autism Speaks. Buddying
children with challenges with other children is something
Philip will continue during his next program on May 18 at 3
p.m. at City Soccer in West Palm Beach. Philip’s hopes are
that many of these new “buddies” will continue to set up their
own activities in addition to those that he sets up, and that
these kids will form ongoing friendships and truly become
Buddies 4 Life.
It does take a village — and Philip was one of the leaders.
And it will help to heal the world — and Philip did practice
the credo of tikun olam. And it does take at least one person
to get things started — and Philip did. And the foundation of
family and the teachings of the Temple Beth David Religious
School bring all of these lessons together. Everyone can make
a difference! To find out how, check out Buddies4Life.org.
Kids participate in crafts.
Temple Beth Am goes
Potluck for Seder
Jacob Weinthal, Lance Brown, and Bradley Lesserson enjoy
bowling at Buddies 4 Life.
The spirit of kulanu (all of us together) was alive and well
at Temple Beth Am in Jupiter during its Potluck Seder for the
second night of Passover. Each family was assigned either a
vegetable or a starch, and side dishes were randomly doled out
to tables. When it came time to eat, it was fun to watch people
searching the room for their own dishes, meeting members
they may not normally have had the chance to interact with.
Main courses, including soup, brisket, and salmon, were
prepared by volunteers and temple staff, working for days
to bring good old-fashioned Jewish home cooking to the
capacity crowd. Over 200 people attended the seder; among
the more notable guests was United States Congressman
Patrick Murphy, who seemed to enjoy the multigenerational
celebration of freedom, as well as the brisket.
Led by Rabbi Alon, the seder included a custom-made
Haggadah, created by a team of temple staff and member
Seder guests include United States Congressman Patrick
Murphy (right) and Temple member Al Newman.
Jason Rogers, who volunteered his computer and design
skills to lay out the full-color 60-page text. In addition, the
seder was enhanced through video clips and spirited songs led
by Cantor Jessica Turnoff Ferrari and Music Director Brett
Tancer. The night ended with a mass afikoman hunt for the
kids and tables filled with sweet Passover desserts. Everyone
will agree, if we aren’t in Jerusalem next year, Temple Beth
Am’s seder will do just fine.
Philip Weinthal (second from left) with Buddies 4 Life
children with special challenges did not always seem to have
the same opportunities for socialization as he and his friends
did. For Philip, it was at that moment that his breakthrough
came — all at once, his family’s ideals, the credos of his
Jewish education and the lessons taught to him at Temple
Beth David coalesced. He decided to create a program to
integrate children with challenges with other children in
friendly, recreational and non-threatening social situations.
After much thought, planning and tweaking, Philip created
a website and blog. He called his program Buddies 4 Life
and his dream began to take shape. Last month, Buddies 4
Temple Beth Am member Leona Holland prepares matzah
ball soup for the Potluck Seder.
Music Director Brett Tancer (right) leading songs at Potluck
Seder.
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Temple Judea Women’s Seder
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Israeli Glass and Watercolor
Artist Hosted by Chabad
An overflow
crowd attended a
recent cultural event
hosted by Chabad of
Palm Beach Gardens.
The audience listened
closely to Sheva
Chaya as she told
her story of spiritual
awakening and its
manifestation in her
artwork in Tzfat,
Israel. Rochelle
Saunders, who
organized the event,
said, “Two years Sheva Chaya with Tree of Life
ago, we toured her watercolor
gorgeous gallery and
watched in awe as she did a glassblowing demonstration
and, right before our eyes, produced the most beautiful oneof-a-kind creations. Her paintings and sketches are equally
stunning.”
Chaya works in the media of borosilicate glass and
watercolor paints. Her art touches on themes of the Land of
Israel, Jewish women, Torah and Kabbalah, great mystics,
and inner light.
“G-d formed man out of the dust of the earth, and He blew
into his nostrils a
breath of life.” (Gen.
2:7). Of fascination
is how this is likened
to the process of
blowing glass in the
Kabbalah, as glass
blowing begins
with the breath of
the glassblower that
flows as a wind through the glassblowing pipe, and finally
comes to rest in the vessel that is being formed.
Chaya studied at Princeton University, majoring in visual
art and art history with a concentration in painting. After
graduating, she immigrated to Israel. There, the land, the
people, and a rich tradition of spiritual teachings brought
a new, deeper dimension to her work. Learn more at www.
shevachaya.com.
last month. The event was a special endeavor with
representatives of the black and Jewish communities taking
part in officiating the seder.
Glass blowing pieces by Sheva Chaya
Seder Celebrates Unity
The American Jewish
Committee Palm Beach
C o u n t y a n d t h e F.
Malcolm Cunningham
Sr. Bar Association and
friends took part in a
special seder titled A
Celebration of Unity,
Freedom and Humanity
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Local Happenings from page 12
Golf Tournament a
Great Success
Last month, more than
110 golfers hit the Squire
and Palmer courses at
PGA National in support
of Temple Judea’s 11th
Annual Golf Tournament.
This event is TJ’s largest
annual fundraiser and
was co-chaired by Joan
Hoffman, Matt Kutner,
and Walter Schiff. Golfers
began their day with a box
lunch followed by recordbreaking 4.5-hour course
play, which included
a putting contest, hole
in one contest, and
closest-to-the-pin
contest. Winners of
each flight received
gift certificates to
PGA Resort & Spa.
After their time on
the course, everyone
enjoyed a celebratory cocktail hour followed by a traditional
sunset barbeque and
ice cream bar on the
outdoor pavilion. This
event was sponsored by
Lisa and Eric Glasband,
Jessica and Matt Kutner,
and Sydelle Sonkin
and Herb Siegel. The
Golf Tournament also
included a raffle with
more than 70 prizes
being distributed and a
terrific on-line auction.
The event was a great
success and the temple
is looking forward to
hosting it again next
year.
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Tea Time for
“Top of the Hill Gang”
Intimate describes the ambience at Teapots and
Treasures Café in Palm Beach Gardens, where 13 lucky
ladies participated in an afternoon tea. All enjoyed cozy
conversations, and a sumptuous assortment of teas, scones,
finger sandwiches, and delectable desserts.
The event was arranged by Temple Beth Am’s “Top
of the Hill Gang,” a group of people at their peak who
crave experiences unavailable elsewhere. Past adventures
included an outing to Busch Wildlife Refuge with lunch
and a wine tasting. If you’re old enough to know better
other adorable animals. Indoors, the synagogue social hall
was converted into a playground and arcade, with scooter
races, knock-the-bottle-down contests, magnetic darts,
bowling, and a bounce house, among many other attractions.
All in all everyone had a wonderful time getting into the
Purim spirit. It was truly a time of joy and happiness!
and young enough
to do it anyway,
then join us. All
are welcome to
participate in
these events. For
more information,
call Temple Beth
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Judea Visits Morikami
Gardens
Rita Silverman pours tea for Temple
Beth Am’s “Top of the Hill Gang”
gathering at Teapots and Treasures.
Beth David’s Purim
Carnival – the Happiest
Day of the Year!
The Day Away at the Morikami Gardens was thoroughly
enjoyed by all. Participants had a wonderful luncheon with
a Japanese Bento Box! The gardens are exquisite and the
docents gave some real insight into the history of the gardens.
The group also visited the museum and could not leave
without a stop in the amazing gift shop.
In the Jewish tradition,
Purim is considered the
happiest day of the year, and
this was demonstrated once
again at Temple Beth David’s
Annual Purim Carnival. A
throng of more than 120
children and parents took part
in a daylong celebration of
food, fun, and festivities as
they embraced this holiday of
joy, liberation, and triumph.
Along with hotdogs,
chips, and soft drinks,
carnival attendees partook in Jen Goldin face-paints at
a wide variety of homemade Purim Carnival.
hamentaschen baked by
Temple Beth David members. The wonderful aroma of
cotton candy wafted throughout the synagogue. A caricaturist
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created light-hearted images of children and their families,
and many young people scurried into and out of the building
with their faces painted in a variety of colors and designs.
Outside the building, in the Beth David parking lot,
the young as well as the young at heart had many kinds of
rides and attractions from which to choose. The youngest
participants rode on a trackless train, while older children
enjoyed Bungee Basketball, a sea-themed giant slide, and an
out-of-this world trampoline. Of course, no one could resist
stopping by the petting zoo to see the newly born lambs and
March 17 is a date on which many of our Irish friends and
neighbors celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, and many of the rest
of us can ourselves feel Irish for just a little while. Temple
Beth David celebrated Ireland and some of the commonalities
among Irish and Jewish culture in an evening program titled
Luck of the Irish, Mazel of the Jews!
Jews enjoy a well-deserved reputation as aficionados
of corned beef, so the program featured homemade corned
beef and cabbage created by Beth David’s resident top chef
and rabbi, Michael Singer. To enhance this culinary treat, 20
different types of beer were served, chosen by the temple’s
brew master and director of congregational learning, Peter
Eckstein.
In addition to eating and drinking, participants took part
in some learning as well. Since it wouldn’t be St. Patrick’s
Day without at least some rumination on the subject of luck,
as the attendees imbibed, Rabbi Singer held forth with an
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Judea Purim Extravaganza
Beth David members Stefan and Elena Ordentlich flank
member Bill Beer at the celebration of Irish and Jewish luck.
Temple Judea’s
Yo u t h E d u c a t i o n
Program Purim
Extravaganza, the
best in years, was
a huge success.
Members of the
community and
temple members
came out in costume
to celebrate the Purim
festival. Highlights
of the carnival were the Crazy Eddie Juggling Show and the Megillah Puppet Show. Everyone left full of prizes and treats
from cotton candy and popcorn to a fabulous BBQ.
exploration of the roots of Irish symbols of luck, such as the
four-leaf clover and the Irish Five Pence, along with some
Jewish good luck symbols, such as the hamsa and ancient
talmudic amulets, or kame’a. But not all of the learning was
serious. Eckstein offered a happy dissertation on the history
of beer, from ancient Egypt to the modern American Craft
Brewing movement.
By the end of the program, participants were basking in
the pleasant glow of good food, golden yeast and hops, and
feeling a wonderful sense of good luck and good fortune for
having attended as they began to check their calendars for
the start of the next beer-tasting and culinary event, Temple
Beth David style.
Scott Notowitz Announced as
New ADL Florida Chair
The Anti-Defamation
League (ADL) is proud to
announce the installment of
Scott Notowitz as its new
Florida Regional Chair.
Notowitz is a community
leader and senior financial
advisor and vice president
in the Boca Raton office of
Merrill Lynch, with over 30
years of combined business
and investment experience.
Notowitz replaces Steven L.
Daniels of West Palm Beach, Scott Notowitz, ADL Florida
who served as chair for two Regional Chair
years.
“I am so honored to be the new ADL Florida Regional
Board Chair as I have a passion for ADL’s clear and precise
mission statement of combating hate of all kinds,” stated
Notowitz. “ADL’s anti-bias educational programs such as
No Place for Hate, its signature anti-bullying/cyberbullying
initiative, are on the cutting edge of preventing the seeds of
hate and prejudice before they take root. During my tenure,
I hope to increase awareness of ADL’s educational programs
and increase the involvement of the community in all of its
programs.”
“Scott will be an incredible asset to the Florida region of
the League as Chair,” stated Hava Holzhauer, ADL Florida
Regional Director. “Not only is Scott a knowledgeable and
enthusiastic ambassador for the League’s mission, he grew up
in South Florida and has personal and business relationships
all over the state. Scott is extremely dedicated to his work
and to his relationships, and will bring this dedication to his
role as Chair.”
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Lacie Judith
Greenwald will become
a bat mitzvah May 17
at Temple Beth Am in
Jupiter. Lacie’s mitzvah
project is working with
Animals Last Hope.
Through car washes and
other projects, Lacie
raises funds to help
animals receive surgery
and medical attention in
order for them to be adoptable.
Madison Krieger
Madison Krieger will
become a bat mitzvah
May 24 at Temple Beth
A m i n J u p i t e r. F o r
her mitzvah project,
Madison, in coordination
with JAFCO, led a drive
at the temple to provide
children with Hanukah
gifts. This drive helped
provide the children in
the JAFCO community
with their Hanukah
wishes. Through the response of the temple community,
Madison collected more than 150 gifts for the JAFCO
children.
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Community
Calendar
Temple Beth Am
2250 Central Blvd., Jupiter
747-1109, www.templebetham.com
May 11-18
Family Promise Host Week (Family Promise helps
temporarily homeless families with children)
May 18, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Temple Beth Am presents Palm Beach County
Preschool Graduation Celebration. Free event and party
for all graduating preschoolers
May 30, 12 p.m.
The One School Fresh Green Market and Bake Sale,
with produce from Temple Beth Am community garden
and fresh baked goodies
June 4, 10 a.m.
Shavuot and Yizkor Service
Temple Beth David
4657 Hood Road, Palm Beach Gardens
694-2350, www.TempleBethDavidFL.org
May 11
Happy Mother’s Day!
May 16
Shabbat Jam. Honoring our teachers, at 6:30 p.m.
Pizza dinner to follow, RSVP Required $6/pp
May 18
Lag B’Omer & Youth Group at Rapids, RSVP required,
at 12:30 p.m.
May 30
Men’s Club Shabbat Service, at 6:30 p.m.
June 1
Men’s Club & Federation Marlin’s Baseball, call for
more information.
June 4
Shavout Service at 9:15 a.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Understanding Bordeaux Wines
By Glenn Sudnick
Arguably, Bordeaux,
France may be the nucleus
of the wine world. Yet, when
I speak of this fascinating
region many people tell me
they are not familiar with
these wonderful wines. There
can be a perception that these
wines are too complicated
and more importantly very
expensive to attain for everyday enjoyment.
The region of Bordeaux has a geographical location that is
perfect to create some of the most alluring wines of the world.
The red wines are usually a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon,
Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec, Petit Verdot and possibly
some Carmènere. These grapes play a vital role, developing
complex flavors. Each vintner decides what percentage of
grapes to blend, to create his or her interpretation of a great
wine.
Bordeaux has some 306,000 acres and is the largest
French wine appellation but second in volume next to the
Languedoc. There is some evidence that wine production near
the Garonne River in Bordeaux dates back to the 4th century.
However, it was the Dutch in the 1600s who provided the
framework for the eventual dominance that the Medoc wine
region enjoys today by creating drainage channels making it
suitable for growing grapes.
In conversation, the
wines can be described as
left bank or right bank of the
Gironde River which splits
the region. The left bank has
well drained gravelly soil and
is suitable for the cultivation
of Cabernet Sauvignon. The
right bank soils are more
suitable for the Merlot grape
and are normally dominated
by this variety.
Left bank wines from
Saint-Estephe, Pauillac,
Saint-Julien and Margaux are
structured,
powerful, full
bodied and
meant to age
in the bottle.
Right bank
wines from
the regions
of Pomerol
and SaintEmilion are sensuous, with rich flavor and soft tannins.
Whatever wine you choose, they pair well with braised,
roasted or grilled meats from beef, pork and veal. I like these
wines with Ahi Tuna and Salmon. Of course, they are a natural
for soft and hard cheeses.
The next time you visit a wine shop, ask the sommelier to
recommend a Bordeaux wine for your thick grilled sirloin.
Bordeaux, as in all wine growing regions of the world,
rely on good weather conditions to develop great grapes, and
both left bank and right bank wines have experienced great
vintages in 2011 and 2012 and will be great to drink in the
upcoming years.
A little hint, if you can get your hands on a couple of
bottles of the legendary 2000 vintage, make sure you share
them with your best friend, or not!
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833.8421, www.temple-israel.com
Rabbi Cookie Lea Olshein’s Spring Series on Prayer
May 22, 7-8:15 p.m.
“The Friday Night Service: Our Central Prayer, the
Amidah”
May 24, 10:45 a.m.-12 p.m.
“The Friday Night Service: Concluding Prayers –
Aleinu and Mourner’s Kaddish”
No cost and open to all. The Spring Series on Prayer
are stand-alone sessions intended to be both informative
and practical and will be taught on a variety of levels
for beginning and advanced students. Call 833-8421 to
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Temple Judea
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624.4633, www.templejudeapbc.org
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May 18, 12 p.m.
End of Year Annual Congregational Picnic at PGA
National Park. Free BBQ. Sponsored by the Temple Judea
Men’s Club
May 19, 7 p.m.
Annual Congregational Meeting: “Our Members Are
Out Of This World.” Join us for a fabulous dessert buffet
from around the world immediately following the meeting.
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Ask The Jeweler
Mystical Emeralds Perfect
for Sunny Summer
By Jonathan Binder
Arguably one of the
most beautiful and radiant
gemstones found on earth,
emeralds have a long and
mystical history. Found in
abundance in only a small
list of countries and in
varying qualities, they can
often be more valuable than
diamond. Most emeralds
have acceptable inclusions/imperfections well beyond that of
a diamond. Those rare emeralds with little or no inclusions
are extremely vibrant and, as such, quite valuable.
Emeralds have been mined for thousands of years going
back to the ancient Egyptian empire. Many cultures both
ancient and modern have regarded the deep green color of
emerald as mystical/spiritual.
The ancient Egyptians thought
of the emerald as representing
eternal life. World cultures
believed them to be associated
with nature, luck, passion, and
well-being.
The most common modern
origin of gem-quality emeralds is Columbia. It is said that
up to 90 percent of the global marketplace for emeralds
comes from the South American country. It is also argued
that Columbian emeralds are the most pure, due to the type
of rock from which they are mined.
Jewelry made with fine emeralds is breathtaking and
magnificent. Emerald jewelry is often made with green-tinted
gold to enhance the color of the pieces, but looks stunning
in platinum, white gold, and standard yellow gold.
Because of the often surface-breaking imperfections, it is
very difficult to cut, polish, and set gemstones for jewelry. Be
aware that most jewelry manufacturers and retailers will not
warranty your emerald against cracking. Also, most modern
emeralds are now treated with oils to improve their durability
Ask The Rabbi
Managing Differing Levels of
Observance Within the Family
Question: My husband
and I are always arguing over
our level of observance as
Jews. We both come from
traditional homes and I want
our family to be the same. My
husband, on the other hand,
will hear nothing of it. He
won’t let me put the kids in a
Jewish school or take the kids
to shul and, when it comes the
holidays, he makes jokes to the
kids about the Jewish customs. I know this is the best thing for
our family but I don’t want to break up the family in the process.
What should I do?
Answer: The problem you are having is a problem that
most families face at some level or another. The Torah says,
referring to the commandments, Vechai Bahem, And you shall
live with them — i.e., you should live with them, and not die
through them. From here we learn that a person is permitted to
transgress the Shabbat in order to save a life because it’s better
to transgress one Shabbat and keep many more Shabbats in the
future.
In your case, if you were to go all out against your husband,
demand that he be more observant and not make fun of the
holidays, etc., you would probably end up with less tradition,
less observance, and a broken home. Sometimes a specific
observance is just not right for your family right now. On the
other hand, studies show that kids do better when they have
a base in a religion and being more observant will in a very
practical sense create a well-rounded wholesome family. One
of my favorite memories as a child was sitting down together
for the Shabbat meal enjoying the family’s company.
And so is the case with all Jewish holidays. Our festivals all
evoke excitement and splendor. Yom Kippur, Passover, Sukkot,
and Rosh Hashanah all come wrapped in festive symbols that
fire our kids’ imaginations. The shofar, the fast on Yom Kippur,
the little huts we build on Sukkot. Matzah and the whole seder
experience — they all constitute so much of the imagery we have
inside our childhood memories. Hanukah and Purim aren’t short
on symbols — dreidels and costumes are only two of many. It
is these vivid symbols that stimulate our eager anticipation of
beautiful and meaningful holiday celebrations today.
If that is your goal you can still figure out fun and creative
ways to introduce more Judaism in your family. Focus on your
goal and get your husband to appreciate his Judaism!
Rabbi Leib serves as youth director for Chabad House
Lubavitch of Palm Beach and runs the Jewish School of the
Arts kid’s program, 624.7004. The advice offered in this column
is for informational purposes only and is not intended as a
substitute for professional advice. To ask the rabbi a question,
email [email protected].
and enhance their color. In addition, many companies make
synthetic green gemstones that have the vibrant color of
emerald. Be sure to work with a jeweler you trust, especially
if you would like to purchase a fine emerald.
Emerald has been designated the birthstone of the month
of May. I am proud to have been born under a birthstone of
such prestige. Visit your local jeweler today and ask about
adding a beautiful emerald jewelry piece to show off for the
sunny summer.
Jonathan Binder is store manager at Golden Anvil
Jewelers in Jupiter. Email him at [email protected].
Is Your Financial Life
too Complicated?
By Roy Daniel Rosner
In most families there is a
natural division of household
tasks and responsibilities.
Because of this, as a Registered
Investment Adviser and
financial planner I rarely
meet a married couple where
both partners have the same
degree of competence and
understanding of the family’s
finances. It is unusual to see a couple where both partners
take a relatively equal role in financial planning, investment
decisions, or making major financial commitments.
It is common to see a great deal of discussion and agreement
between a couple with regard to spending decisions, but almost
always, I have observed, saving and investing decisions are
typically done with much less discussion and coordination.
This creates a very serious problem when the family investment
leader predeceases the partner with less knowledge about
investing in general, and the family finances in particular.
In households where this potential problem is recognized,
a couple will generally seek some help and guidance from
financial professionals. It does not take very long for an
adviser to size up the situation, and be quite confident as to
which partner makes the investment decisions. As a result,
the conversation often gets stilted to concentrate the dialog
between the adviser and the decision maker, often involving
heavy use of jargon, acronyms and financial terms that are
almost meaningless to the other partner. When a couple first
meets with a financial adviser they must make it very clear
that they need to be treated as equals, and any idea, concept,
or suggestion must be clearly explained so that each of the
clients can understand it, without regard for how strong their
own financial background currently is. A couple should never
agree to take any action with their finances, unless both partners
clearly understand the opportunity and risks associated with
that suggestion and action.
If, in fact, the investment knowledge of one of the partners is
significantly less developed than that of the other, then a major
objective of the planner and the clients should be to consolidate
and simplify the family’s finances as much as possible, to
make it feasible for the partner with less knowledge to safely
and comfortably function alone. Over many years of saving
and investing, many family portfolios become excessively
diversified and overly complex. Most investors are much better
at buying new investments than selling old ones. When new,
seemingly good ideas come along, many investors are quick to
try them. If they work out well, they are kept. If they work out
poorly, most investors are reluctant to sell them, hoping that
they may work out better in the future. Many investors operate
with the misconception that you haven’t lost anything on a
bad investment until you sell it! As a result, typical portfolios
consist of a cacophony of different investment products,
with many different accounts, with different managers and
investment houses, and an overall structure that is difficult for
an outsider to understand.
If you are not currently the investment leader in your family,
and need help from an adviser who can make sense and simplify
the portfolio that your spouse has created, there is no time like
the present. Besides making things much easier to understand,
a good adviser will almost always produce better results than
an ad hoc portfolio, created without an overall plan.
If you would like to explore whether your family
investment assets can be made more understandable, so that
you can share the investment responsibilities with your spouse
contact me at Futureproof Finances, LLC, at 561-232-3478.
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not imply or guarantee any specific level of skill or training.
Page 18, The Jewish Voice
Grandparents Day:
An Opportunity to Explore,
to Connect
By Veronica Maravankin
In mid-April, more than
200 jubilant grandparents and
loved ones joined together for
the first Grandparents Day
at the Barbara & Jack Kay
is in my family?, respect, distance (because many live far
Early Childhood Learning
away), l’dorvador (from generation to generation), legacy,
Center. Our special guests
age, holidays, places, relationships – connections, feeling
celebrated Shabbat with our
special, traditions, how we call them, stories. When the web
school community and then
was finalized, or at least we thought the main ideas had been
visited the classrooms of
their grandchildren for a festive snack. The day was much written, we looked at it and realized we had, in front of our
anticipated, for both the grandchildren and the children. The eyes, a year worth of work.
children eagerly showed their grandparents their classroom, After reading so many “meaningful words, we realized how
their photos, their work; in essence, their home for many hours much richer it can be to explore any of the above-mentioned
concepts, and how the gift, although important, should be just
of the week.
a condiment. The time with the children and in the classroom
One of the
would be best spent uncovering one or many of those words, as
backbones of our
they would give us meaningful opportunities to reflect, to think,
educational philosophy
to understand, to
is, in simple words,
find meaning, to
“Don’t kill the process
remember.
for the product.”
This is how
Historically, the
we choose
teachers’ first thought
to work with
about planning for
the children
Grandparents Day
at our school,
was, “What are the
regardless of the
children going to make
topic.
to give them as a gift?”
T
h
e
Next followed a few
f
o
l
l
o
w
i
n
g
weeks of stressed
week, one of
teachers assuring the
end result – the gift
– was completed to
perfection. In most of
the cases, due to the
sophistication of the
project, final touches
had to be done by the
teacher’s hand.
I challenged the
teachers to think out
of the box. The first
thought I shared was:
“If you are going to
kill the process to get
the product, then it is
not worth it.” It is not
the classrooms had
about the gift, but about
its walls covered
the processes that
with photos of its
take place the weeks
children with people
leading to the day. And
they love to depict
with processes I mean,
bonds, relationships;
the conversations
family trees were
about grandparents, the
put together. Many
memories, the sharing
teachers asked
of photos, the many
for photos of
possibilities that open
grandparents to be
up when we think about
sent a few weeks in
grandparents. The gift
advance so all the
comes at the end, and
children in the class would have the opportunity to get familiar
it’s only worthwhile
if there was a thought process behind it, an exploration, a with them. One of the teachers came up with the idea of
connecting with those grandparents who were not going to
dialogue, a memory to take away.
We met, as usual, as a faculty with a big blank piece of be able to be in attendance via Skype. Although this idea, like
paper, and in the middle the word “grandparent” was written. many others we had, didn’t come to fruition, it expanded our
The question was: “When I think about grandparents I think vision of Grandparents Day.
about…” And a web of ideas began to emerge. Words included: A seed was planted, and moving forward, the potential will
family, family tree, heritage, visit, sequence of photos and the be far greater than the question: “What would be the gift the
possibility they open to observe growth, shared journey, who children will make for their grandparents?”
Did we have some stressed teachers the last few days,
finishing gifts and assuring the class was at its best to be
showcased? Of course we did! Because change has its stages
and there is no shortcut; this is what a school that embarks
on a journey of growth and excellence is about: reflection,
questioning current practices and slowly, very slowly, changing
them to more meaningful ones.
We pride ourselves in providing children and families with
the finest educational experiences.
Veronica Maravankin is early childhood director at the
Mandel JCC. Email her at [email protected].
The Parenting Place
Is Your Toddler a Smartphone Expert?
By Paula Deakter, M.Ed.
In the last 10 years,
technology for adults has
changed dramatically. It has
affected every aspect of our
lives including our jobs,
social life, and also how we
raise our children. Even as
adults, we can’t seem to find
a way to balance how we
use technology. Studies have
shown that technology and the media culture are also an
increasingly central part of children’s experiences and impact
how they understand their world. Media culture influences
how children behave and treat one another and shapes what
they learn and what they want to learn.
The more we understand how today’s media environment
influences children’s development, behavior, relationships and
ideas about the world, the better equipped we will be to build
on the positive aspects of media culture in children’s lives
and to counteract the negative ones. Not all media-exposure
and technology are inherently negative or passive. Children
use technology to write, create, learn, share information,
problem solve and for enjoyment. Video-chatting with a
grandparent who lives far away can be a meaningful way to
keep in touch. We have to look at all aspects of technology
and communication and make purposeful decisions on usage
and balance especially for our youngest children.
We all can see that the amount of screen usage among
toddlers is rising even though the American Academy of
Pediatrics recommends no screen time for children under
two years old and less than two hours for older children.
Unfortunately, forty-one percent of children under age one
watch TV every day and even three-month old infants are
regular viewers of screen media (Zimmerman, Christakis and
Meltzoff 2007). One study showed children ages two to four
years old average more than two hours a day with screens
and twenty-three percent of preschoolers have TVs in their
bedrooms (Rideout 2011). Children’s use of screens has been
connected to lower math and school achievement, reduced
physical activity, sleep disturbances, shorter attention spans
and higher levels of obesity.
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All About Kids from page 18
Temple Judea Field Day
There is also an enormous amount of marketing to children
through the media and technology. Toys and other products are
linked to children’s television programs and movies. The food
and beverage industry spends two billion dollars annually to
market to our children and eighty-one percent of the food ads
are for candy, sugar-coated cereals, fast food, and soft drinks
(Kaiser Family Foundation 2007).
So how can we help children develop thoughtful and
responsible technology usage and media viewing habits?
Limit screen time. Decide on rules and routines for screen
time and discuss these as a family. For example, no screen
games on school days, or no more than one hour of screen
time a day.
Keep TVs, video game systems, smartphones, and
computers in a shared family space, NOT in children’s
bedrooms. Protect children from exposure to inappropriate
media and interactions.
Do not use electronic media to entertain or babysit
your children. When they are outside of the home (in the
car, restaurants, doctors’ offices, grocery stores) put away the
smartphone. Use this as an opportunity to have conversations,
sing songs, or to observe and explore the world together.
Choose toys carefully. Does your preschooler really need a
smartphone? Instead, select open-ended toys and play materials
(e.g., art and recycled materials, blocks, dolls) that children
can use in their own creative ways. Resist use of “scripted”
toys that are linked to television and movies.
Support children’s interests and skills beyond electronic
media. Promote creative and imaginative play that children
control, instead of play where children imitate what they see
on the screen. Promote age-appropriate alternative activities
to screen time, encourage children to play outside and make
sure your children have opportunities for free, unscheduled
time.
Be good role models. If your toddler is already a
smartphone expert, perhaps it’s time to reconsider your own
habits. If you are always on your phone, your child will want
to be just like you. Technology is here to stay and can be
appropriate and helpful, but it is our responsibility to balance
usage, teach boundaries, and promote our child’s safety and
well-being.
Te m p l e
J u d e a ’ s
Religious
School is for any
child who wants
to experience
Judaism in a
u n i q u e w a y.
Principal Gonen
Arad breaks
the model of
traditional learning and
offers an experiential
program that invites
children to learn and
d i s c o v e r H e b r e w,
traditions, culture,
Israel, and much more
in an informal and
warm setting.
water, chatted and laughed with friends, and filled themselves
with snacks. But, to Director of Education David Sherman,
this car wash was positively contributing to the sixth grade
study of leadership and what it means to become a bar/bat
mitzvah — elements of the Union of Reform Judaism CHAI
Curriculum utilized by the entire Religious School.
The sixth graders had a goal to earn money through this
car wash to help defray the cost of their upcoming field trip
to the Jewish Museum and Holocaust Memorial in Miami. In
addition to raising $800, the students learned the importance
of working toward a goal, teamwork, tzedakah, and helping
their classmates.
The Lesser family recently celebrated Josie’s bat mitzvah:
Jennifer, Lillian, Josie, Gary, and Rebecca.
Time to Kvell about Temple
Beth Am Religious School
Students
The energy of young voices in prayer filled the sanctuary
at Temple Beth Am in Jupiter. Parents and siblings, bubbies
and zaidies, beamed as Temple Beth Am Religious School
students helped lead a special Friday night Shabbat Service.
This perfectly fits Temple Beth Am’s stated mission, “Making
Judaism accessible … so future generations can kvell about
their Jewish grandchildren.”
Temple Beth Am Religious School encourages students
to feel confident and proud of their Judaism. One of the ways
this is done is by teaching students Shabbat songs and prayers,
and inviting them to actively participate in the service. In
keeping with the spirit of kulanu (all of us together), Temple
Beth Am also hosts Shabbat dinners before these special
services, in which Religious School families experience the
joy of Shabbat and bond with other members of the school.
Paula Deakter, M.Ed., is Early Childhood Director
of The One School at Temple Beth Am, Jupiter. Visit
TheOneSchoolJupiter.com or email TheOneSchool@
templebetham.com.
JUiCY Spring Kallah
Student Car Wash at
Temple Beth Am was a
Mitzvah Project
Last month 18 JUiCYites joined 400 other teens from
more than 10 youth groups and attended the NFTY-STR
Spring Kallah. Throughout the weekend teens experienced
teen-led Shabbat services and programs and learned about
themselves and the Jewish community through different
hands-on activities and group discussions. It was a special
weekend for JUiCY for two reasons: It was the last kallah
for graduating seniors, and our very own Samantha Kitroser
was inducted as the new Programming V.P. for NFTY-STR
regional board. It was truly a weekend to remember!
To the untrained eye, the car wash held by the students of
Temple Beth Am’s sixth grade Religious School class looked
like a typical car wash. Tweens sloshed cars with soapy
Temple Beth Am Religious School students lead prayers from
the bimah.
Temple Beth Am sixth graders wash cars to raise funds for
their field trip to Jewish Museum in Miami.
Car wash at Temple Beth Am builds teamwork.
Temple Beth Am families light Friday night Shabbat candles
at dinner prior to student-led Shabbat Service.
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Health, Fitness & Food
Hearing Loss
Whose Responsibility Is It?
By Murray Steinfeld
A major survey of adults
50 and older, released in
December 2011, a joint
project of AARP and the
American Speech-Language
Hearing Association, revealed
that hearing loss is much more
than a medical issue.
Based on a survey of 2,200
American seniors, the survey
underscored the apathy, but also put into sharp focus the
challenge to overcome what we in the hearing healthcare
profession deal with regularly: that people, especially in the
50+ age category, say they are very aware of the importance
of good hearing, yet they admit they are negligent in seeking
treatment for their hearing concerns. They openly admit their
hearing loss does interfere with their ability to maintain the
personal connections so crucial to their good mental health,
personal, business, and professional relationships as they go
through the aging process in their senior years.
More than 80 percent of the respondents to the survey
said they recognize that hearing health is very or extremely
important to them, and about half reported having concerns
but allow them to remain untreated. About one-third of the
respondents admitted their hearing was poor but still try to
convince everyone around them that treating their hearing
inadequacies is unnecessary. They would rather place their
inability to hear others and the sounds around them as a burden
to everyone else with whom they maintain contact. That’s
unfair!
Nicole Duritz, Vice President for Health and Family at
AARP, stated that seniors commonly believe hearing loss is
an inconvenience but not a life-and-death issue. It does have a
significant impact on life, she said, causing stress and a loss of
social interaction. When people start withdrawing from social
situations, it can and often lead to depression.
Interestingly, the respondents to the survey noted the
following:
a) only 43% had undergone a hearing test in the past five
years
b) 85% had blood pressure monitored
c) 81% had cholesterol screenings
d) 88% had vision tests.
e) Mammograms and prostate exams also were done by a
significant percentage of the respondents.
So where is all this leading?
I do believe that hearing loss is not given the priority it
truly deserves. Why?
1) Hearing loss develops gradually
2) Hearing loss has no physical pain (which could be the
greatest pain of all)
3) Hearing loss is a slow and insidious process
4) Families tend to compensate for a loved one’s poor
hearing, taking over the conversation, scheduling their
appointments, and essentially doing the talking and thinking
for the hearing-impaired family member.
Then what is the answer?
Families must come to realize they have to stop doing
that, because the impaired person will never take any action
for themselves. The hearing-impaired family member will
stop trying to deal with their own problems and concerns and
never consider taking action to confront their own problems
and concerns; after all, there is no incentive to get help because
everyone else is doing the hearing for them.
So, what’s happening in your family?
Murray Steinfeld is an audioprosthologist at Hearing
Solutions of the Palm Beaches in Jupiter. Email him at
[email protected].
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A cataract is the clouding of
the eye’s natural crystalline lens.
The lens assists with focusing
light rays on to the retina,
which translates the image to
the brain. After the lens starts
to cloud, it is impossible to
return the lens to its clear state
with medications, and cataract
surgery will be required. Some
people think a cataract is a
growth on the outside of the eye, but a cataract is actually
the gradual clouding occurring with the lens located inside
your eye, just behind the pupil. Various factors may increase
the onset of a cataract, but it is said that if we live long
enough, everyone will develop a cataract sooner or later.
UV radiation and cigarette smoking have been listed as
potentially likely to increase the development of a cataract.
Many people may suffer from cataracts for a long period
of time without realizing they are experiencing symptoms.
Most cataract patients complain about a dullness of colors
and night driving problems. Cataracts will gradually limit
a person’s ability to do a simple task like reading a paper
or seeing road signs. About 50 percent of people over the
age of 60 suffer from cataracts. Cataract surgery which
includes a lens implant being inserted to restore the optics
of the eye, is one of the most common medical procedures
performed in the United States today, with over 3 million
performed each year according to the American Academy
of Ophthalmology. The surgery is typically an outpatient
procedure lasting about 10-15 minutes and most activities
and work are resumed the day after surgery.
When cataract with implant surgery was first done
there were only mono-focal lens implants for insertion
after the surgery and patients saw distance needing reading
glasses. This meant that after cataract surgery patients
would still require glasses after surgery. With the advent
of high technology implants or premium lens implants, our
practice now has the ability to make glasses unnecessary
after cataract surgery. This is accomplished using premium
lens implants such as multifocal or accommodating lens
implants (Trulign, Crystalens, ReStor, Technis, etc.). Dr.
Benaim can help you select a lens that is appropriate for
your visual situation.
For further questions about cataracts or to make an
appointment to have your eyes examined with Dr. Benaim,
please call (561) 747-7777 for Palm Beach County or (772)
777-2210 for Martin and St. Lucie County.
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Ask Dr. G. …
Why Is Your Hospice’s Slogan
“Live Every Day to the Fullest”?
Submitted by a Reader
People sometimes
ask me if hospice care is
depressing. In fact, it’s
quite the opposite: I am so
honored to witness lives that
have truly come alive. As a
physician at Hospice of Palm
Beach County and Broward
County, I am amazed by the
fearlessness of our patients,
as they live and embrace
each day. It’s something we
all could learn, no matter where we are in life.
When patients and families come to us, they are often
managing multiple appointments with multiple specialists.
The last things on their mind are smelling the roses or sand
between their toes. Hospice care lifts some of the stress so
families can refocus on each other.
I had a patient who was homebound and wanted to take
a trip with his son to Disney World. We taught him how to
administer his medication and contacted a hospice in Orlando
in case he needed help. The logistics, however, aren’t what
made this trip possible. The chance to have a hospice team
behind him made him the “pilot,” where he could imagine
new possibilities.
I had another patient who was near death, but wanted to
drink a beer and watch a baseball game. Our doctors and
nurses were able to adjust his medication so his body could
handle the excitement. He was able to enjoy that time with
friends and family, one of life’s simple pleasures.
What would you do if you knew you had six months to
live? I believe there are two options: you can either succumb
to fear, doing everything possible to delay it, or you can focus
on living each day to the fullest. The latter is much easier
said than done. When you’re faced with a serious illness you
forget about the life that happens between appointments. The
biggest lesson my patients have taught me is to make every
day special.
The ultimate example is the patient in an assisted living
facility who had cancer. When she was admitted into hospice
care, she decided to have a party celebrating her life. She
asked all of her friends and family to come and share the
wonderful things they had to say about her, reminisce about
the good times and plan more time to share their love.
“Hospice” is simply this: a team of professionals who help
patients determine their own care and experiences. We have
doctors and nurses who help alleviate the pain and symptoms
our patients face. Integrative therapists provide massage,
music and aromatherapy to ease the discomfort as well. Social
workers come in and help patients with whatever they want
to resolve before they pass. Volunteers provide respite for
caregivers. Our goal is to lift the burden off of families so
that they can turn their attention to living and loving.
Many days I think to myself, “I couldn’t ask for a better
teacher than the patients I serve.” Hopefully their journeys
will serve to inspire your story as well.
Faustino Gonzalez, MD, FACP, FAAHPM, Vice President
of Medical Affairs, Hospice of Palm Beach County. Have a
question for Dr. G? E-mail [email protected] with the
subject line “Ask Dr. G,” your question could be answered
in his next column!
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Summer at Abacoa Golf Club –
Public Golf at its Finest!
Twenty-five Pints Collected at
Temple Beth Am Blood Drive
Well, it’s almost
summer and the
snowbirds are slowly
packing up and
heading back north.
So, you might ask,
what does that mean
for the rest of us who
live in South Florida
year round? Well,
it means that now
is the time to relax
and appreciate all
the beautiful things
that we are fortunate
enough to enjoy all
year long — and
without the crowds!
If you haven’t been
to Abacoa Golf Club
lately, now is the time
to come and check
us out. We’ve made
substantial upgrades
to the course including
renovating the lake
banks, landscaping
and cart paths. We’ve
also upgraded the
driving range with
new sod and added
new JR and SR Tees.
Abacoa is truly a great
place to play the game
When Stuart Fierman
approached Temple Beth
Am about organizing a
blood drive, who knew
it would become an
annual event, collecting
hundreds of pints of blood
over the years? Stuart is
an active member of
Temple Beth Am and for
20 years has been a donor Temple Beth Am Blood Drive
of blood and platelets. Coordinator Stuart Fierman
Temple Beth Am is
grateful for Stuart’s
dedication and for
facilitating this
important mitzvah.
Blood Drive at
Temple Beth Am in
Jupiter
Tips to Get Fit this Summer
of golf! With summer quickly approaching, that means lower
rates, and Abacoa Golf Club with its top-rated tif eagle greens
and beautiful scenery can’t be matched! In the month of May,
our rates range from $35 to $65 and from June through October
15, the rates range from just $30 to $55. If you play a couple of
times a week, you’ll want to check out our summer memberships
where you can play any day, all season long for as little as $1150
including the cart!
Have you ever wanted to learn to play golf, but didn’t know
how to get started? Abacoa Golf Club has excellent instructors
who can teach all levels of players from the basic beginner to
the very advanced player. If you have a JR player interested in
the game, we also have an excellent JR Program and accredited
teachers to take your child to the next level. If a little healthy
competition is your thing, be sure to check out about our Summer
Golf Leagues and weekly skins game.
Ladies, we also have a program just for you! Chip-N-Sip at
Abacoa is a fun way for women of all abilities to play golf and
socialize with other women. We meet every Wednesday and
either practice on the driving range or play 9 holes. After golf,
we meet up in the clubhouse for drinks and appetizers. We also
offers group lessons in a Women’s Development Program which
includes 4 levels of Instruction from Beginner to Expert. After
each lesson, you will come into the clubhouse to “sip” and review
the clinic.
The golf course is not the only thing to check out at Abacoa!
Lunch is served daily from 11 until 3 in our Grille Room.
Whether you dine inside in the cool air or outside on our inviting
patio, you’ll love the view overlooking the lake on the 18th green.
We also serve Happy Hour from 3 till close with 2-for-1 drinks
and lite fare menu.
Be sure to come visit Abacoa Golf Course this summer — a
public golf course with a private club experience!
Everybody wants to be
in shape for bathing suit
season, but all those fun
seasonal activities — from
barbecues to vacations to
baseball games — can derail
a diet. Here are some tips to help you get fit, so you can look
and feel your best all summer:
Vacations
It’s tempting to leave healthy habits behind when heading
out of town. But an off week can permanently wreck your diet.
When possible, opt for active vacations, such as camping
trips or touring a city by foot. If you’re planning a more
sedentary getaway, stay somewhere with a fitness facility.
Vacations can be rare, so don’t sacrifice all the treats of
the trip. Prioritize meal-time indulgences so you can enjoy
yourself mindfully. For travel days, pack healthful snacks such
as fresh fruit, nuts, and yogurt as alternatives to high-calorie
airport or roadside food.
Daily Diet
It’s important to assess whether you’re eating the foods you
need to get fit versus foods that merely encourage weight loss,
say experts.
“Unfortunately, many fad diets can leave you feeling fatigued,
sluggish, or undernourished,” says Andrew Eckhardt, Owner and
Founder of ThinSlim Foods and a veteran diet food consumer.
To eat right, don’t starve yourself. Stock up on fruits and
vegetables, low-fat dairy, and lean meats. And just because you’re
slimming down or maintaining your already svelte figure, doesn’t
mean you need to sacrifice your favorite foods or go carb-free.
“Alternative foods can allow you to enjoy favorite options
without expending your calorie budget in one meal,” says
Eckhardt.
Try replacing standard cake or wheat flours with healthy
alternatives, like oat fiber and almond fiber. In one shot, you’ll cut
calories and increase your protein and fiber intake. If regular baking
is unrealistic, look for brands that replace low-quality inexpensive
flours and sugar substitutes with good-for-you alternatives. These
low-fat and low-carb foods eliminate artificial flavors, preservatives,
high-fructose corn, syrup and synthetic colors.
Exercise
Summer is a great opportunity to start a fitness regimen that
you can stick with all year. You should strive to get at least twoand-a-half hours a week of moderate-intensity aerobic physical
activity, preferably spread throughout the week, according to the
Department of Health and Human Services.
Additionally, you should incorporate muscle-strengthening
activities into your regimen to stay strong and improve your
metabolism. A workout buddy can help you stay motivated.
Wherever summer takes you, you can look and feel great,
while enjoying all your favorite foods and activities.
Source: StatePoint
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Business
Seligman Brand Strategies
Adds Two New Clients
Seligman Brand Strategies (SBS), a public relations,
marketing, and digital media firm headquartered in Palm
Beach Gardens, recently added The City of West Palm Beach
and Jupiter Medical Center to its client roster.
The City of West Palm Beach has retained SBS through
2016 to manage the public relations of its Community Events
Division, as well as the overall social media strategy for the
city.
Jupiter Medical Center has also retained SBS to focus
on strategic media outreach to highlight a myriad of
new procedures and services, current construction, and
community programming.
For more information, visit sbrandstrategies.com or call
630.7739.
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tomorrow,
today.
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