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Popular topics from all of our blogs:   teens, child, adults, stress, Relationships, career, families, mental health, communication, job search, employment, Work, children, Parenting

Remembering My Dad on Yom Hashoah

April 12, 2018

By JCS | Posted in Life Happens | No Comments

“Don’t ever let anyone take away your smile… your laughter… your idea that tomorrow will be better. If you do, they take away your spirit and they’ve won.”                                – George Korzec                                                                                                                                                                 This is just…Read More

Volunteering: What a Difference Two Hours Can Make

April 10, 2018

By JCS | Posted in Life Happens | No Comments

By Beth Land Hecht, LCSW-C Next week is National Volunteer Week. What can you do in 2 hours? Wash the car Watch a movie Scroll through Facebook Clean the house Mow the lawn In the time it would take to do any of these activities, did you know that you…Read More

Strictly Business: Adjusting to the Changing Work Climate

April 4, 2018

By JCS | Posted in Work Wonders | No Comments

By Harel Turkel, Vice President, JCS Board of Directors Chair, Strictly Business 2018 For the third year in a row, business leaders from across Maryland will join together at Strictly Business, a networking and awards breakfast that has become the community’s “can’t miss” event for employers.   Hosted by the Jewish Community Services…Read More

Grandparenting from Afar

March 27, 2018

By JCS | Posted in Parent Talk | No Comments

By Karen Nettler, MSW I grew up in the 50’s and 60’s being blessed by the relationships I had with both sets of grandparents and one great-grandmother.  In fact, my great-grandmother’s death when I was 21 years old was the first close family loss I experienced.  All of my grandparents…Read More

7 Tips for Surviving Passover Prep

March 22, 2018

By JCS | Posted in Life Happens | No Comments

By Jeffrey Wolfish, LCPC You don’t need a calendar to know that Passover, the “holiday of freedom” celebrating the Jewish Exodus from Egypt following 210 years of slavery, is almost here. Passover is regarded as the “birth” of the Jewish nation, deriving its name from the fact that during the…Read More

The Positivity-Productivity Connection

March 14, 2018

By JCS | Posted in Work Wonders | 1 Comment

By Michael Fine It is said that a happy employee is a productive employee. Creating a positive work environment is one of the best ways employers can contribute to increased productivity, quality, and safety. Here are six ways to sustain an environment that is charged and excited, and where individuals…Read More

My Daughter Plays with Trucks, My Son Wears a Tutu

March 13, 2018

By JCS | Posted in Parent Talk | No Comments

What if. . . Your kindergarten son wants to wear a tutu around the house even when friends come over to play? Your four-year- old daughter’s favorite toys are trucks? Your first- grade son likes to try on your high-heel shoes? Your third- grade daughter only wants to wear sweat…Read More

It Pays to be Nice at Work

March 6, 2018

By JCS | Posted in Work Wonders | No Comments

By JCS Career Center If you have been in the workplace for any length of time, you might feel it’s a whole lot like high school – the popular seem to advance to the corner office while others look on from their cubicles. That’s not just your sour grapes about…Read More

Exploring Phobias

February 27, 2018

By JCS | Posted in Life Happens | No Comments

By, Ahuva Radzyner, LGSW It seems like phobias have been around forever.  You’ve probably heard of the common ones: Claustrophobia (fear of small spaces), Astraphobia (fear of thunder and lightning), Acrophobia (fear of heights), and Arachnophobia (fear of spiders).  You may not have heard of the less common ones: Agyrophobia…Read More

Senseless Violence: Processing Our Fears and Emotions

February 20, 2018

By JCS | Posted in Parent Talk | No Comments

By Rachael Abrams, LCSW-C, CT It happened again.  Another school shooting.  This time 17 victims have been murdered — shot and killed in a Florida high school. As a parent, and a clinician, I personally struggle with this issue.  I question how violence of this magnitude continues to happen in…Read More

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