Belly Blasters If you worry about the look of your gut, it is important to strengthen your core. After age 50, men typically lose 2 to 3 percent of their muscle mass every year and the core is an area which tends to suffer. A strong core improves your balance, stability, and posture, which helps …
Understanding Obesity: A Comprehensive Guide for Men by Steven Mandel, MD and Paul Davidson, PhD Obesity is a complex, chronic biological disease characterized by an excess of body fat (adipose tissue) that can significantly impact long-term health. Medically, it is defined using the Body Mass Index (BMI); a BMI over 30 is the standard threshold. …
The Patient’s Advocacy Guide for Men: Talking to Your Doctor about Weight Weight issues are notoriously undertreated in men and physicians have been shown to bring up treatment options such as medications or endoscopic and surgical approaches to care less frequently with male patients. Using the 5As is a great model for discussing this with …
Pray, Breathe, Thrive: The Health Benefits of Jewish Spiritual Livingby Robert E. Braitman, M.D. F.A.A.P. In the last issue of L’Chaim!, Dr. Paul Davidson outlined the healing power of spirituality and provided some of the scientific basis for this strength. Today, I’d like to focus on how Jewish life enhances physical and emotional well-being. Jewish …
Rabbi Noam Raucher, MA.Ed — Executive Director, FJMC International One of my favorite songs is Stevie Wonder’s “I Just Called to Say I Love You.” What makes it so good is that the song refuses to wait for a special occasion. No holiday, no anniversary, no skywriting, no chocolate, no dramatic scene in the rain. It is …
On the Beginning of Wellnessby Jake Sheff, M.D. Editor’s Note: This was originally delivered by the author on March 13, 2026, as the D’var Torah at the Congregation Neveh Shalom Men’s Club Shabbat in Portland, OR. In this week’s Torah portion, Vayak’hel-Pekudai, we read about Moses gathering the Israelites in the desert to build the …
Rabbi Noam Raucher, MA.Ed — Executive Director, FJMC International Two words name this double portion: Vayakhel–Pekudei. They don’t sound dramatic. They are. Vayakhel means and he gathered—not that Moses gathered himself, but that the people gathered. Pekudei means these are the records—the accounting of what was built, what was given, what was done, and what can be proven. Vayakhel matters because …
Rabbi Noam Raucher, MA.Ed — Executive Director, FJMC International In Ki Tisa, the Torah interrupts big leadership with small, stubborn truths: you have worth before you produce, limits before you collapse, and creativity before you burn out. It’s not a parashah about becoming impressive. It’s a parashah about becoming whole. Worth beyond productivity – The …
Widow Jane Decadence Straight Bourbon 10-Year-Old By Al Davis Shalom achim. Last month I was pleased to present a higher end Scotch that, while delicious, might not be priced within everyone’s liquor budget. This time we’re looking at a marvelous bourbon from — believe it or not — Brooklyn, N.Y. I’m talking about Widow …
Time to take off your masks By Rabbi Noam Raucher Men know masks. Not the papier-mâché kind, not the Purim-store Batman face that snaps behind your ears and smells faintly of plastic. I mean the other masks: the ones we learn to wear so early we forget they’re masks at all. The competent mask. …
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