Ask Shuli: Helping a Friend Fight Anorexia
Dear Shuli: At synagogue this week I noticed a former student visiting her parents. I haven’t seen her in months, and she looked way too thin—and unhealthy. What should I do? --Worried Teacher
View ArticleBeating Back the Busybodies: Public school, Jewish school, or Mind Your Own...
Dear Shuli: This situation with Talmud Torah of St. Paul has been causing a great deal of tzores. I want to support Talmud Torah, but I want to send my girls to public school. How should I respond? --...
View ArticleAsk Shuli: Busybodies, Part 2 and the AJW
Dear Shuli readers: Oy, I think I hit a nerve. So, comments have been pouring in (online and off) about this Talmud Torah business....
View ArticleAsk Shuli: Doomed Day Schools?
Dear Shuli readers: Od pam: oy! (Once more, oh my!) The level of high-intensity news out of the Twin Cities Jewish community this week is incredible!
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Ask Shuli: Does Texting = Stalking?
Dear Shuli: I gave my cell phone number to a woman I met recently while on a group outing with friends. We went out a couple of times, and now she’s been sending me suggestive and embarrassing text...
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Ask Shuli: Nice Neighbor or Wild Thing?
Dear Shuli: I have two children and live in the ‘burbs. We’re trying to get to know our new next-door neighbors, who have two children about the same age as ours. The only problem is, every time we get...
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Ask Shuli: Passover Dilemma
Dear Shuli: It’s my favorite holiday, but this year I’m anxious about the upcoming Pesach (Passover). My mom recently remarried … Her new husband is Jewish, but totally secular. He’s not interested in...
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Ask Shuli: Funeral on Shabbas?
Dear Shuli: A close colleague of mine just passed away, and his funeral is this Saturday — this Shabbat — morning at a Catholic church in Minneapolis. I don’t want to violate Shabbat, but I really want...
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Ask Shuli: Pissed on Passover
Dear Shuli: My brother got drunk at the seder last year, couldn’t help with the dishes, and I got resentful. How can I get past this so I’m not still mad this Pesach? —Manischewitz Maiden Dear...
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Ask Shuli: Synagogue Romance?
Dear Shuli: I have a crush on a boy at my shul, but I don’t know what to do! He wears a gorgeous Gabrieli talit, does a mean hagbah and always sits by himself … I’d really like to get to know Cute...
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