Time to Remove the Mask
By Mendel Cohen
Young Ahron Friedman and Rosa Zajac, whose names were on the memorial plaques never had the luxury of an intervention that could have saved them. We were giving Danny a chance at life, by offering him help to stop his abuse of drugs.
Society & Living » Jewish Recovery » Recovery Blog » Time to Remove the Mask
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Enough with the Stereotypes
By Mendel Cohen
"If you want to make it with people," Prager said, "don't talk to them about their work or politics. Speak about their hobbies and their families."
Blogs » Views on the News » Enough with the Stereotypes
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Change That We Must Act Upon
By Mendel Cohen
You see Step One in change is about seizing the moment, not a promise and hope. It is about doing something NOW, not just strategizing. How do we capture this wind of change in our own lives?
Society & Living » Jewish Recovery » Recovery Blog » Change That We Must Act Upon
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Searching and Fearless
By Mendel Cohen
Working on Step Four at this time of year is highly appropriate, as we are busy trying to focus ourselves and our energies. Let us spend a few minutes analyzing and meditating on the words "searching" and "fearless" in Step Four.
Society & Living » Jewish Recovery » Recovery Blog » Searching and Fearless
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Summer in Israel
By Mendel Cohen
"Our trip must go on," our tour guide Na'ama reminded us. "Like all Israelis, we'll continue to lead normal lives, in abnormal circumstances"
Society & Living » Current Events » News Archives » Crisis in the Holy Land » First Person » Summer in Israel
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Kabbalah and the World Cup
By Mendel Cohen
Running and tackling, beating every challenge, winning the World Cup of soccer or football everyday of our lives
Audio Classes » Spirituality » Kabbalah » Kabbalah and the World Cup
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Sosua
By Mendel Cohen
Baila, who fled Nazi Europe as a young girl, wept as her 5-year-old granddaughter kissed a mezuzah for the first time. Paula, who grew up in New Jersey and married a non-Jew, has mixed feelings about her own daughter's discovery of Judaism...
Society & Living » Voices » On Being Jewish » Sosua
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Homeless
By Mendel Cohen
Our home is the place where we imitate G-d, creating our own miniature world.
Society & Living » Current Events » News Archives » Hurricane Katrina » Homeless
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Baggage Claim
By Mendel Cohen
What is put inside of me is what I will be when arrive. Is it all good? Will it remain in place? Or will it get creased and dislodged en-route? If it does, will it still survive?
Spirituality » Short Insights » Other Authors » Baggage Claim
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Hope in Katmandu
By Mendel Cohen
The cruel irony of the two photos: in one, the German chancellor with his arm around a 75-year-old Buchenwald survivor; in the second, an Israeli soldier arresting a demonstrator burning tires on the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway
Society & Living » Voices » On Being Jewish » Hope in Katmandu
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