Trusts have long been a tool for the ultra-wealthy to preserve wealth and pass it down through the generations. But even those of more modest means may benefit from this powerful estate planni… Read more
Max Lewkowicz and Valerie Thomas’ 2019 documentary “Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles,” which was released in August, opens Sept. 20 at Cedar Lee Theatre in Cleveland Heights. It offers an always… Read more
David Mamet’s 1984 Pulitzer Prize-winning “Glengarry Glen Ross,” on stage at the Beck Center for the Arts, is a most intriguing play. For it possesses no characters we care about yet results i… Read more
Shakespeare’s tragic “Romeo and Juliet” has proven itself to be a particularly pliable and resilient piece of work. Read more
In the last month, five important medical articles were published that further confirm what we’ve been reporting. The data indicates it takes 17 years from an important innovation being discovered to it being accepted into practice. While some of this is regulatory delay, through the U.S. Fo…
The human body is miraculously designed to maintain optimal functioning of our internal organs. Our organs work as individual units and they also work together to coordinate various essential bodily functions to maintain good health.
This time of year, I see a lot of children and adolescents for their annual physicals – all part of the back-to-school rush.
I am often asked what I miss most about the United States when I am in Israel. My usual response is my children and grandchildren, although this year I might have to add the new Van Aken District, a short walk from our Shaker Heights house. With its interesting stores and places to eat, comm…
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Max Lewkowicz and Valerie Thomas’ 2019 documentary “Fiddler: A…
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Shakespeare’s tragic “Romeo and Juliet” has proven itself to b…
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By the time we learned that Jim had brain cancer, our dear friend was heading to hospice.
The newspaper wagon was almost a goner.
In an interview with my colleague Benjamin Kerstein last week, Rabbi Eli Cohen, the executive director of the Crown Heights Jewish Community Council in Brooklyn, N.Y., said something about the state of anti-Semitism in America today that’s worth revisiting.
In an interview with my colleague Benjamin Kerstein last week, Rabbi Eli Cohen, the executive director of the Crown Heights Jewish Community Council in Brooklyn, N.Y., said something about the state of anti-Semitism in America today that’s worth revisiting.
In 2006, Argentine government lawyers led by the federal prosecutor Alberto Nisman formally named the eight leading Iranian officials who planned the bombing attack 12 years earlier, at 9:53 a.m. on July 18, 1994, on the AMIA Jewish center in downtown Buenos Aires.
When you’re generally a pretty organized person who usually puts things back in the same pla…
"I am saddened the debate over Israel’s decision regarding two U.S. congresswomen is tearing…
Where is the line between religious conformity and religious abuse?
It is not rocket science, but when an NFL team loses a game, 43-13, there is more than one t…
It is easy to say that Cleveland Browns fans have waited 20 seasons – since the team came ba…
Last week, I had the opportunity to speak and listen to the Mandel JCC Men’s Club, including…
Next week, I will have to go to my polling station, stand behind a curtain, chose a paper ba…
Nahal Kana, a large stream that is one of the main tributaries of the Yarkon River, winds ar…
My week starts when Shabbat ends. Last week, it began with the El Paso, Texas, shooting that…
Last week, Cleveland Jewish News Columnist Marcy Oster wrote eloquently about the natural sp…
An event at a large municipal park in the northern Israeli town of Afula this month could pr…
One of the surprising things about the Israeli education system is the prevalence of second-…
Jon Steiger on Consumer Advice
In the past month, the Federal Trade Commission reached a major data security and privacy se…
Last month, the Federal Trade Commission announced Operation Call It Quits, a joint effort w…
I am so appreciative for the members of our military and the families that support their mis…
For many decades, no Jewish celebration was complete without a professional photographer to …
In the Jewish world, and possibly the secular world, too, there is a growing trend toward ha…
Let’s begin with the obvious: there is absolutely nothing funny about anti-Semitism and it s…
