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Daily Archives: October 4, 2009
What’s Your Relationship Model?
I’m listening to a KPFK interview with relationship expert Alison Armstrong. She says we all have relationship models and automatically assume that everyone has our model. One model is legacy. You’re all about having children and providing for them so … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Marriage
Tagged Alison Armstrong, having children, relationship expert, relationship model, relationship models
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Behind Meir Kin’s Divorce
Lori Hoffman emails: Your Mar 5, 2009 page discusses something you apparently posted about Meir Kin not wanting to give his wife a get. I can’t find your original post but I see Morris’s reply and want to add my … Continue reading
Posted in Divorce, Meir Kin
Tagged agunah, gentle person, getting a divorce, lonna, lori hoffman, Monsey
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A Shaken Syrian-Jewish NY Community
The WSJ says: …"The Community"—a little-known enclave of more than 75,000 Jews from Syria and other Arab lands, many of whom have prospered in America while sustaining strong ties to the cultural traditions of homelands that today are inhospitable to … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse
Tagged chief rabbi, corruption case, government informant, gucci handbags, saul kassin, solomon dwek
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Bad Rabbi
Nick Madigan writes for the Baltimore Sun: For more than half a century, Rabbi Jacob A. Max was a dominant figure in Baltimore’s Jewish community, founder of one of its most important synagogues, an influential leader who officiated at countless … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Rabbis
Tagged anshe, dominant figure, emunah, hebrew congregation, legal remedy, rabbi jacob
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The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy: Building and Rebuilding the Human Brain
Over the weekend, I became fascinated with the work of Pepperdine psychology professor Louis Cozolino. His books include The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy: Building and Rebuilding the Human Brain, The Neuroscience of Human Relationships: Attachment And the Developing Social Brain, The … Continue reading
Posted in Psychology
Tagged aging brain, inner journey, pepperdine university, psychology professor, social brain, social environments
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