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1 week ago | 
jewishlink.news | Teddy Weinberger
When you start learning Hebrew, one of the first things you discover is that, unlike English, it is a gendered language. This is immediately apparent from the different masculine/feminine verb charts that you memorize. What takes longer to grasp is the world of Hebrew’s nouns, a world where there is no such thing as neutrality.
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2 weeks ago | 
jlifenj.com | Teddy Weinberger
Living Within a Gendered LanguageWhen you start learning Hebrew, one of the first things you discover is that, unlike English, it is a gendered language. This is immediately apparent from the different masculine/feminine verb charts that you memorize. What takes longer to grasp is the world of Hebrew’s nouns, a world where there is no such thing as neutrality.
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1 month ago | 
jewishlink.news | Teddy Weinberger
Certain aspects surrounding the Passover holiday are embedded in Israeli culture; I’ll briefly describe some that you might not have known about. General RenewalThe month leading up to Passover is geared to renewal. Judging by the advertisements on Israeli media, this is not just about spring cleaning but a much broader renewal: from furniture in your home, to air conditioning, to a new car, to gym membership, to swimming lessons, to mindfulness training.
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1 month ago | 
jlifenj.com | Teddy Weinberger
Lesser-Known Aspects of the HolidayThere are certain aspects surrounding Passover that are embedded in Israeli culture; below, I briefly describe some of those that you might not have known about. General Renewal: The month leading up to Passover is geared to renewal.
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2 months ago | 
jlifeoc.com | Teddy Weinberger
Young Parents Face a Shabbat IssueNow that I am well into the grandparent stage of Israeli life, I have gained new insight into Israeli culture. To be sure, the importance of grandparents in Israeli culture is readily apparent to anyone who lives here. Grandparents will often dedicate one day each week to “help out” with their grandchildren.
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2 months ago | 
jlifenj.com | Teddy Weinberger
Young Parents Face a Shabbat IssueNow that I am well into the grandparent stage of Israeli life, I have gained new insight into Israeli culture. To be sure, the importance of grandparents in Israeli culture is readily apparent to anyone who lives here. Grandparents will often dedicate one day each week to “help out” with their grandchildren.
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Feb 2, 2025 | 
jlifeoc.com | Teddy Weinberger
Finding the partner you were fated to find. My daughter Rebecca Ross recently married Shir Tirosh. Several months before their big day, the girls contacted an organization called Havaya: Israeli Life-Cycle Ceremonies. Havaya (which means “existence” or “experience”) allows secular Israelis to suffuse their life-cycle ceremonies with Jewish tradition.
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Feb 1, 2025 | 
jlifenj.com | Teddy Weinberger
Finding the partner you were fated to find. My daughter Rebecca Ross recently married Shir Tirosh. Several months before their big day, the girls contacted an organization called Havaya: Israeli Life-Cycle Ceremonies. Havaya (which means “existence” or “experience”) allows secular Israelis to suffuse their life-cycle ceremonies with Jewish tradition.
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Jan 1, 2025 | 
jlifenj.com | Teddy Weinberger
A “Project Gather” in GivatayimIn May of 2023, United States Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy released an advisory concerning “our epidemic of loneliness and isolation,” which he maintained “has been an under appreciated public health crisis.”Dr. Murthy said that a good way to tackle this crisis is to “prioritize building social connection,” and toward this end, in January a nationwide initiative called Project Gather is being rolled out.
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
jlifeoc.com | Teddy Weinberger
Adventure and Heartbreak AwaitOne of the problems with living through your country’s longest war is that it’s hard to complain about something that’s not a life-or-death issue. But just between me and you, Dear Reader, here goes: At the beginning of Hanukkah, on the night between Dec. 25 and 26, my son Nathan, 37, and his wife, Avia, 35, are taking my precious grandsons Noam, 6, and Lavi, 3, on a one-way trip to Boston.
