Diary, March 17- Part II Remembering NY’s Jewish Ghetto

WED.  March 18th, Howard’s Diary, cont. of comments on Diner’s “Lower East Side,” which served as the real portal to America for Eastern European Jews rather than Ellis Island.
My family, consisting of my orthodox parents, and my older brother and sister were now living at 119 Herzl St in a slum tenement in Brownsville, Brooklyn, [...]

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Diary, March 17 –Remembering NY’s Jewish Ghetto

By Howard
I’ve just about finished reading a beautifully written and researched book, entitled, “ Lower East Side Memories,“  by Hasia Diner.
I would take the book to bed with me each night and then go to sleep with tears in my eyes, not because I ever lived on the Lower East Side, but because both my [...]

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A Brain Friendly Lifestyle

By Howard Sachs, MD, PhD
Everyday measures can make a real impact on maintaining a healthy brain. Increasing research indicates that regular exercise such as brisk walking at least 5 times a week helps stave off dementia. So does consumption of  fruits, vegetables, and nuts. Plant foods are packed with antioxidants and other brain protective nutrients, [...]

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Diary, March 15, 2009

March 15th, A New Entry to my New Diary, An Exquisite Day.
By Howard Sachs
As usual, I lay in bed awake at 7:00 AM, impatiently awaiting the arrival of my Sunday aide, Diane, or the little Spic, as she calls herself. Diane is a petite, 40 year old from Puerto Rico, with four teen aged children, [...]

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Diary, March 14, 2009

By Howard
I feel delighted with my decision to keep this daily diary;  but why? What is that I now had the opportunity to express in private? What are the stupid mistakes that I make in my daily life, what have I learned, what insights in life have I achieved at this point in my life, [...]

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