Lice combs: key is the comb should be metal, and the teeth of the comb need to be close together, or else the nits will just stay put.

My mother, z”l (zichrona l’bracha, may her memory be a blessing), called it ‘the Big C.’ She couldn’t say its real name, Cancer. That would be too much of an admission of its arrival, of the arrival of this dreaded, unwelcome guest. My mother was diagnosed with colon cancer soon after my wedding. The early [...]

I find the History of Health fascinating. So I decided to share this news: Study says Black Death did not kill indiscriminately (Reuters) The Black Death that decimated populations in Europe and elsewhere during the middle of the 14th century may not have been a blindly indiscriminate killer, as some experts have believed. An analysis [...]

Here in Central New Jersey, not only is the Jewish community reacting with shock to the recent cemetery vandalism, but there is also condemnation from the general community.

The Highland Park Library Teen Film Festival screened a variety of movies by local teens today. Some movies, like my son’s, were fiction mysteries. One well-executed film by a Franklin Township teen was about community efforts to stop local violence. A few of the Highland Park teens have been taking a film class in Princeton, [...]

My son found a new addictive online game: http://www.mofunzone.com/online_games/how_well_do_you_know_your_world_.shtml You click on places on a world map. The more accurate you are, the more points you get. It goes from easy to expert. I’ve gotten up to level 10; my boys could not get past level 6. Now I know where Timor, Belize and Benin [...]