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Social Action Committee
Our Neighbors Need Us to Help Out
The Social Action Committee is responding to the urgent need for donations of non-perishable foods and other staples by conducting another emergency food drive.
We are fortunate to be able to collaborate with Livingston’s St. Philomena’s church and their tireless community outreach person, Sister Barbara Thomas, who has organized CHOW (Community Hunger Outreach Warehouse).
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From the JFS Synagogue Social Worker
Teens and Sex Today
Parents, have you had THE TALK with your teen? If you haven’t, please consider that children benefit when their parents have open, honest and frequent conversations with them about sex and sexuality. I mention sex and sexuality because sexuality includes the less concrete facts of reproduction.
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From the Congregational Nurse
Mind-Body-Spirit and Physical Health
We may think of the Mind-Body Connection as some new-age concept, possibly invented by daytime television. But Judaism has long recognized the unity of our body and spirit. In our liturgy, we ask for a complete healing (refuah shleimah), meaning a healing of body (guf) and of spirit (nefesh). It is completely artificial to separate your spiritual health from your physical health.
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