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…EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK THE Contrasting Dreams J ennifer Rosenthal, a senior at George Washington University, is determined to do her part so more Jews of her generation , exude pride in Judaism and the Jewish state. "In order for our children and our chil- dren's children to enjoy Israel," she expressed five days ago, "it is up to this generation to protect the state and the stability of the Middle East." Reem al-Reyashi, a young mother, served...…

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…Fighting Addiction How Jewish substance abusers become whole again. DIANA LIEBERMAN StaffWriter A dozen middle-aged Jewish men crowd around the dining room table of a West Bloomfield home. They wear jeans and cross-trainers, and the closest they come to a yarmulke is a single back- wards-facing baseball cap. Yet, with the intensity of yeshivah boys, they hang on to every word uttered by the young Lubavitch rabbi at the head of the table. ...…

…Easing Into Therapy "It's basically there for peer support," Dauch says. "It's not a treatment in itself." JACS holds group meetings similar to AA, NA and the others, except that participants in JAGS groups are not divided by type of addiction. Family members and friends also participate in JACS, while the other 12- step groups have separate organizations, such as AlAnon, for those affected by the addict but not addicted themselves. In the Ne...…

…Special Report FIGHTING from page 17 hooked, too.' "You have to have at least a mini- mum of experience in the field to be able to give help, not just to the people suffering the addiction, but to- the family left in their wake," Rabbi Schwartz says. Pinson A Higher Power • The 12-step program for addiction recovery puts repeated emphasis on "a higher power." 'An addict already knows there's a higher power," says one of the members of the...…

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…KIDS AT WHITYOURIHNS KNOW ( HEALING His thesis, which he has advanced in more than 45 books, is that lack of self-esteem is at the bottom of every psychological disorder. "If a person has self-esteem, he can cope with anything," Rabbi Twerski says. "If you have something you feel is precious and beautiful, you take good care of it." ❑ 110U ~ from page 19 Substance abuse arnongJewishkids andwhatyoucandoaboutit Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski, ...…

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…The Convert A Catholic who became a Reform, then a Conservative and, finally, an Orthodo x Jew will get you laughing to look at your own life. KAREN SCHWARTZ Special to the Jewish News y Israel Campbell has a story to tell, a story about an unexpected journey from Catholicism to Orthodox Judaism and a path marked by three conversions and continuous explorations of religious identity. Campbell, who now lives in Jerusalem, is traveling with ...…

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