Lifestyle

Business

Ashton Kutcher Talks Tech in Tel Aviv

Sports

For Love of the Game, Brothers Attended Different Schools

Health

The Art of Control: Study Analyzes Impact of Cancer Support Groups

Travel

Hot Ticket: Late Summer in Israel

By:

Ben G. Frank, Jewish Exponent Feature

A trend is a trend, and El Al Israel Airlines is witnessing more late bookings this year than previously. That's good news for the reflective traveler who in these difficult economic times is considering a trip to Israel. The summer of 2009 -- now coming to a close -- may yet be the best time to make good that repeated...

Travel

Some Lessons Before You Go Abroad

Do your traveling plans this September include studying abroad? Although most trips are free from trouble, for both students and their worried parents, it pays to be prepared. Michael Kelly, president and CEO of On Call International, a prominent name in the medical and travel assistance field, offers some tips to help students and their families prepare for a safe...

Travel

Vroom With a View Easy riders, indeed: Star of David Bikers trip out on helping others

By:

Frank Rosci, Jewish Exponent Feature

The next time you see a motorcycle club out for a ride, don't be surprised to find that you may be sharing the road with the Star of David Bikers. These decidedly "mild-bunch" of Jewish riders from the Greater Philadelphia metropolitan area, as well as from Burlington, Camden and Glouster counties in New Jersey, take to local and long-distance highways...

Health

Fat Chance: How to talk to an obese person? Weigh your words carefully

By:

Lauren Kramer, Jewish Exponent Feature

Obesity is the elephant in the room -- the one taboo condition that everyone can see, that most people cannot help but judge, and that daren't be mentioned to the obese. Bring the subject to the table and we risk insulting them, hurting their feelings and irrevocably damaging the relationship we share. Yet, by now, we all know about the...

Local

Educators Get a Dose of 'REALITY' in Israel

By:

Aaron Passman, Staff Writer

David Shepard made his initial trip to Israel this summer, but what struck him most wasn't the history or the awe of being in the Jewish homeland for the first time. Rather, it was the schools he saw that made a lasting impression. Indeed, Shepard returned from the trip with a keener understanding of the problems facing educational institutions both...