EVJCC presents TikTok series about Tanach (Hebrew Bible)

EVJCC presents TikTok series about Tanach (Hebrew Bible)

The East Valley JCC is starting a new education program geared toward the TikTok generation: Torah.Tok. The program will include videos of stories and issues that are different from what is traditionally taught, both in content and format. The aim is to present Torah...
Mindful Monday: The Filter of ‘both/and’ thinking

Mindful Monday: The Filter of ‘both/and’ thinking

By Wayne “Dr. B” Benenson, Ph.D.   This is my last post for the EVJCC blog. I am left with two seemingly opposite feelings, of both sadness and gratitude. I feel sad since I will no longer be sharing these monthly moments of mindfulness. And, at the same...
Mindful Monday: Tame your monkey mind

Mindful Monday: Tame your monkey mind

By Wayne “Dr. B” Benenson, Ph.D.   If the mindfulness movement had a mascot, it would probably be a chattering monkey. Imagine a jabbering monkey jumping from tree to tree. Now imagine a mind that jumps from thought to thought. The term “monkey mind” is an...
Mindful Monday: Forgiveness, the mindful way

Mindful Monday: Forgiveness, the mindful way

By Wayne “Dr. B” Benenson, Ph.D.    Most of you know the story of how Nelson Mandela fought his demons by learning to forgive his jailers. Nelson ended his 27 years in an apartheid jail to become president of South Africa and usher in a new norm of racial...