Jewish Women and Eating Disorders

By Carly Silver December 10, 2010

I don’t mean to sound like Jessica Simpson, but, until recently, I hadn’t heard of many Jews with eating disorders. I’m sure that in some capacity I thought that this severe condition manifested itself in the Jewish community somewhere, but I hadn’t ever really thought about it. We’re the people who love food, right? Apparently…

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Today’s World AIDS Day

By bspringer December 1, 2010

Hey y’all, Today is World AIDS Day. Get tested. Take a friend. Take two friends.  No excuses. Get active. Get educated. Use protection, always. HIV/AIDS hasn’t gone away and it won’t unless we all work together. That is all.

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Boo Hookah

By Ben Sales June 10, 2010

In case you were wondering, tobacco is terrible for you. And in case you were wondering, hookah is tobacco. If you’d chosen to forget that until now, don’t worry: I’d sublimated it for some time too. Hookah used to be, for me, a way of looking exotic, feeling Israeli and trying out low-risk smoking, and…

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