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Can You Teach Alexander Technique Via Skype?
I did a radio interview last week with Debi Dali in Dallas. She asked if I taught Alexander Technique via Skype. So far, I do not, but many leading Alexander teachers do, including Robert Rickover, Mark Josefberg and Sharon Jakubecy. … Continue reading
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Tagged alexander teachers, Alexander Technique, mile radius, new frontier, robert rickover, york times reports
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The Jewish Indiana Jones Turns Out To Be A Fraud
This story is getting a lot of play around the Jewish world. The New York Times reports: He described himself as a risk-taking rabbi who had been “beaten up, thrown in jail and gone $175,000 into debt” on “expeditions” to … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Rabbis
Tagged bergen belsen, concentration camps, private school tuition, rabbi menachem, torahs, york times reports
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Homeowners In Distress Get A Break
I fail to be heartbroken that millions of Americans bought more home than they could afford and that they are now struggling to stay in it. Why should I care about people’s bad financial decisions? Why is the decision to … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Real Estate
Tagged bad decision, bad decisions, financial decisions, price declines, repossessed houses, york times reports
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Eating Disorders Among Orthodox Jews
The New York Times reports: In the large and growing Orthodox Jewish communities around New York and elsewhere, rabbinic leaders are sounding an alarm about an unexpected problem: a wave of anorexia and other eating disorders among teenage girls. While … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Orthodoxy
Tagged orthodox jewish congregations, orthodox jews, preferred answer, rabbinic leaders, union of orthodox jewish congregations, york times reports
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Wikipedia Assault On Journalist Steven I. Weiss
There’s a Wikipedia user (Kalonymous) who only makes positive changes to Professor Samuel Heilman‘s Wikipedia entry and negative changes to Steven I. Weiss‘s entry. Kalonymous wrote on Steven I. Weiss‘s Wikipedia entry: “He also runs the blog The Canonist, known … Continue reading
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Tagged cable television network, journalistic accuracy, lurid details, professor samuel heilman, public intellectuals, york times reports
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