Barbara Stanny begins a recent “Fiscal Fitness” seminar at the JCC in Manhattan by lighting a green candle. With her short, streaked blonde tresses and teal pashmina draped over a black suit, Stanny is a spunky force to be reckoned with. She’s Suze Orman minus the guilt, with an added touch of Zen.
[…]

As far back as biblical times, copper has been known for its healing properties. While sojourning in the desert, Moses fashioned a copper snake wrapped around a flagpole to help cure the Jewish people of a deadly plague. (In 1910, a version of the copper snake, the Staff of Aesculapius, became the logo of […]

It was easy to spot Sara Wolf in the crowded Starbucks on 42nd Street before the High Holy Days. The 36-year-old teacher-turned entrepreneur was wearing a black swimsuit with turquoise and deep berry accents.
“My husband said, ‘You’re wearing that to the interview?’” she recalls with a laugh.

The swimsuit Wolf was wearing wasn’t […]

For Shmuly Yanklowitz, it was a matter of loyalty from one community organizer to another.
“As an Orthodox rabbinical student, I voted for Barack Obama with deep religious fervor,” said Yanklowitz, founder of Uri L’Tzedek, a group espousing Jewish values and ethics and rabbinical candidate at Yeshiva Chovevei Torah. “His platform and leadership will […]