Friendship

Personal connections play a major role in our health - opinion

Study after study has shown the importance of interpersonal relationships and social connectedness in every aspect of our health.

 PEOPLE ENJOY a spring day in Jerusalem. Good social integration has a very positive effect on our physical health and on our mental well-being, the writer asserts.
 Cornell researchers discover how scent plays a role in women's friendship choices. Illustration.

Cornell researchers discover how scent plays a role in women's friendship choices

 Syrian - Byzantine ecclesiastical building (5th century).

'Walk together in friendship': Pope Francis calls for religious tolerance in post-Assad Syria

 When did this friendship start? Illustration.

Archaeologists use salmon snacks to trace early dog-human friendship


Israeli Woman: "Happy to get rid of my leg"

Rotem Sadot reveals how the amputation became a positive turning point in her life, and how Mifal Hapais' Amit Melave project helps young amputees build a new life full of meaning.

 "I felt relieved, liberated, a new person who can now do anything"

'He believed in others': IDF Major names son after fallen friend

Major Roey Chapell fell in battle, but his friendship with Major Ori Getter left a lasting impact.

 Ori's company.

Friendships between Arabs and Jews tested during the war

An unlikely friendship is tested by the war. Can it survive?

 PEOPLE HANG OUT at an outdoor restaurant terrace in Tel Aviv with Valentine’s Day decorations this week.

Loneliness is a major health issue, but friendship can fix it - expert

Loneliness and isolation are seen as a major public health concern. Yes, loneliness is more than just a bad feeling.

 In order to have a friend, you also need to be a friend

Here’s How to Make Good Friends for Life

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Preserving the hidden world of Afghan Jews

A Jewish Afghan American and an anonymous partner from Afghanistan team up to preserve the Jewish community’s heritage.

 An Afghan worker reconstructs part of the Yu Aw synagogue in Herat, Afghanistan.

Maybe the real angels are the friends we've made along the way - opinion

How often in our lives have we said: “You’re an angel!” and meant it, to friends who have been there for us when we most needed them?

 YOU CAN meet angels at the supermarket or beauty salon.

Similarities in body smells may contribute to social bonding - study

Weizmann Institute researchers use an electronic nose relying on body odor chemistry to predict whether a person is likely to ‘click’ with a stranger.

 Illustrative image of a person smelling a flower.

Jewish orgs. should value friendship the same as 'traditional' family - opinion

The Jewish community at large has a lot to gain from new models and norms, ones where we center on friendship and other caring relationships.

 A SMALL GROUP meets at GatherDC’s immersive retreat Beyond the Tent, which brings 25 Jews in their 20s and 30s to explore their connection to Jewish life and helps build relationships to help them live out that Jewish life.

When Ruth took tea at the Waldorf

Excited that Jerusalem had an elegant setting for a proper British tea, we invited Ruth Tuckman née Bayer to join us as a small way to say an overdue thank you for hosting us in London years ago.

 (CLOCKWISE FROM L) Ruth Tuckman, the writer, Arthur Koll, Jeanette Tuckman and Benson Abramowitz at the Waldorf tea table.

Farewell, faraway friend

Let me tell you about my friend Martha de Laurentiis, whose death was announced in the movie industry press in America and Italy.

 (FROM LEFT) Gerald Schroeder, Dino De Laurentiis,  Martha De Laurentiis, the writer and Josh Schroeder at Dino’s 80th birthday party on Capri.