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On Sunday night, December 28, Rabbi Yakov Danishefsky, LCSW, CSAT, delivered an uplifting virtual shiur on the job description of a husband, presented on behalf of Let’s Get Real with Coach Menachem. Rabbi Danishefsky is the founder of Mind-Body Therapy, a private group practice in Chicago. He is a popular speaker and teacher for congregations, organizations, and schools, and the author of the book Attached: Connecting to Our Creator – A Jewish Psychological Approach.

On Sunday evening, December 7, Rabbi Zalman Deutscher, dean and founder of Yeshiva Primary, and Rabbi Avner Yusupov, executive director, greeted attendees at the Netzach Community Center for the Yeshiva Primary class reunion of 2002-2006. The Netzach Center was founded by Yeshiva Primary alumnus Rabbi Yaakov Babachanov.

Moshe Rabbeinu stuttering and G-d helped him speak fluently. And now, finally, through G-d's help, a technology has been developed by Dr. Fluency so anyone with disfluency can achieve fluent speech

Stuttering and other speech disfluencies can be profoundly debilitating and embarrassing, impacting personal and professional lives. The Dr. Fluency Stuttering Treatment Program provides a unique, technology-based approach that enables PWS (People Who Stutter) to achieve lasting fluency.

On Tuesday evening, December 9, the Navigating the Medical System Lecture Series featured a virtual lecture on exercise for adults 65 and older, hosted by Congregation Etz Chaim. Mel Breite, MD, welcomed everyone and introduced the speaker, Ryan King, a physical therapist at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Hospital Outpatient, Specialty: Lymphedema.

Several years ago, this writer was involved in a painful and eye-opening experience. A woman who had no immediate family except for a nephew became ill and was hospitalized. A friend and I visited her regularly. Sadly, she was niftar, and afterward her nephew informed us that she wished to be cremated.

On Monday, December 8, Boulevard ALP celebrated a momentous occasion long anticipated by its residents. The event was hosted by Mrs. Lisa Steinberg, Director of Case Management/Administrator at Boulevard ALP, and Mrs. Linda Spiegel, Director of Community Affairs at Margaret Tietz Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.