Lifestyle

Health

Why Shlomo Can’t Read

Local

First Reform Day Camp Planned for Philly

Seniors

The Turning Points of an Ageless Dance Doyenne

Business

Life on the Sidelines? It Can Work!

It seems the aspirations of baby-boomers are changing from ones of retirement to those of entrepreneurship. One of the most popular endeavors for those in this age bracket is that of a professional business or life coach. Boomers are apparently well-suited to this professional calling, based on their business and life experiences. Coaching is the practice of focusing existing talents...

Travel

In Cabo, 'Mi Casa Es Su Casa,' Especially at Shul

By:

George Medavoy

From the balcony of our suite at the Riu Palace Resort, we could look out across the bay to El Arco -- the arch-shaped rocky symbol of this southern tip of the Baja California Sur, where the blue Pacific meets the emerald-green waters of the Sea of Cortez. But it's the last thing I'd ever associate with a synagogue called...

Sports

2 Good to Be True

By:

Jared Shelly, JE Feature

While 46,000 fans were cheering at Citizens Bank Park as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers and earned a trip to the World Series for the second year in a row, Gertrude Stein was just as happy to be watching the game on TV. After Jayson Werth slammed a three-run home run in the first inning to give...

Travel

Polly Wants a ... Chance

The World Parrot Refuge provides its 700-plus residents a nest egg of hope

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Lauren Kramer, JE Feature

Many of us are suckers for a pet store, drawn in by the allure of cuddly kittens, and mesmerized by the colorful plumage of exotic birds from all over the globe. What people don't typically stop and wonder about is the journey that these animals and birds traveled to get to the shop -- and, more importantly, what they left...

Business

Parents Stick to Promise

By:

Frank Rosci, JE Feature

A father's promise to his dying daughter to keep the fledgling business she founded in 2007 up and running has been kept, turning what she began into a real success. The father is Howard Levin, who, with wife Judy, came out of retirement to devote mind, body and soul to keep alive daughter Rachel Levin Troxell's dream -- her company...