Yanky and Gitty Schwartz celebrated the birth of Mimi, with their family and friends, thanking the RBSH”O for the gift of a perfect baby girl. And then, just 3 months later, the excitement was replaced with worry and fear. Little […]
The Myth That Feeding Tubes Don’t Help and Other AbsurditiesBy: Dr. Barbara A. Olevitch, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist and author of Life isa Treasure: The Jewish Way of Coping with Illness.Dr. Allen Lempel, speaking at the Conference of Synagogue Rabbonim […]
At the Hands of an Angel On November 23, 2013, my 91-year-old mother walked into the hospital with a dangerous blood clot in her leg. At the time, she was also suffering from dehydration, which likely affected her mental acuity. […]