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Choosing Happiness - The Mastery of Joy in Troubled Times
Kaila Lasky

In this session Kaila will help you develop your ability to choose happiness over sadness during a troubled time in your life. Kaila naturally puts her audience at ease, while creating a warm, intimate relationship with you.

Mrs. Kaila Lasky, a former actress and Manhattan luxury real estate broker, now uses her charismatic presence to stir Jewish souls of all ages and backgrounds. She is a featured lecturer for The Speaker's Bureaus of The Jewish Federations of North America, Aish HaTorah and Chabad International well as a mentor for Aish NY’s Executive Learning Program. Kaila customizes her presentations to suit your event.

Cooking with Locally Grown Food
Rachel Greenspan

In this demonstration Rachel will preparing a dish that is seasonal with food from local farms. She will prepare it from start to finish.

Rachel Greenspan currently works for Basis Farm to Chef, a company focused on supplying local, traceable, and traditional products from farmers to restaurants and retailers in Manhattan and Brooklyn. A graduate NYU she created her own major, studying food, sustainable business, and marketing.

Cosmetic Dermatology: Restore Your Aging Face
Wendy A Epstein, - MD Board Certified Dermatologist
Kathy Vulaj R.N. - Aesthetic Nurse Specialist

Dr. Epstein will give a comprehensive discussion of the various non surgical techniques used to restore a more youthful and healthy appearance to the aging face. She will clearly explain the basic differences between several fillers (Restylane, Radiesse, and Juvederm) that are used to replace lost volume in the face as well as the role of products such as Botox. Emphasis will be on how and why different treatments are recommended. Sculptra and Dysport, some of the newest products on the market will be discussed. Kathy Vulaj will discuss Intense Pulsed Light and Lasers for the treatment of facial discoloration, permanent hair removal and the smoothing of the neck and face.

Wendy Epstein MD, has practiced both medical and aesthetic Dermatology in Rockland County for 13 years and in Manhattan for 9 before that. She is a Board Certified Dermatologist has made numerous television appearances on CBS, CNN and CourtTV among others. Dr. Epstein has taught Dermatology and dermatologic surgery to NYU residents for 22 years and she is a consultant on skin care products for Avon Products Corporation.

Food, Body Image, and Judaism
Carol H. King, MSW

In a society that is preoccupied with weight and body image, ones cultural background can further influence attitudes and behaviors about eating. In this workshop, we will explore Jewish messages about food and how, using the resources of the Jewish community and Jewish tradition, we can foster a healthier relationship with food, hunger and ourselves.

Carol H. King is a staff clinician at Rockland Jewish Family Service and Senior Clinician at the Student Counseling Center of The Jewish Theological Seminary. She has an MSW/MA from the Dual Degree Program of Columbia University and The Jewish Theological Seminary.

The Wonderful World of Bodywork: Healing Medicine from Every Continent
Gina Martin

All over the planet humans have developed ways of healing that involve touch. We will explore the modalities and mechanisms that make bodywork the most consistent cross-cultural healing method. Explanations and demonstrations of different styles of bodywork from Asia, Europe, India, North America and Hawaii will be given. We will discuss reasons why massage therapy is so effective and so beneficial with no side effects. Practice time and preliminary instruction in basic techniques will be practice will be given for interested women.

Gina Martin is a Shiatsu Gina Martin is a Shiatsu herbal medicine and hypnotherapy. Gina is a Certified Instructor of Five Element Shiatsu with the American Organization of Body Work Therapies of Asia (AOBTA), and has been at the Swedish Institute College of Allied Health Sciences since 1988. In her private practice in Rockland County, NY she combines various styles of Asian bodywork with hypnotherapy, shamanic healing and Chinese herbal formulas.

Hypnosis for Health
Jeffrey Rose, CMH

Stressors are situations or events that can cause us to be stressed. Stress can be both work or home related and indeed is often a combination of the two. Fortunately, no matter what the external outside conditions are that are causing you stress, you can develop new ways to deal with it internally through stress management. Learn new, effective ways to deal with and combat stress that will be implemented by your unconscious mind automatically. You will generate new conscious habits and utilize new techniques that will minimize, and even eliminate, stress in areas where it formally was dominating and interfering with your enjoyment of life, and stopping you from living a positive, fulfilling life. Presentation and guided mediation will help you discover ways to get motivated to lose weight and improve other areas of your health.

Jeffrey Rose, CMH is a Certified Hypnotist and a Master Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP). Jeffrey has a private practice in Manhattan and over 12 years experience offering private individual hypnosis sessions, delivering group sessions, workshops, and corporate programs, in the New York area, and throughout the country.

Women & Heart Disease: Signs, Symptoms & Treatments
Dr. Ainat Beniaminovitz, M.D., F.A.C.C.

Did you know that you are more likely to die of heart disease than breast cancer? Despite a common misperception, the facts are that women are at the same risk for coronary heart disease as are men. However, the disease process is somewhat different due to inherent biological differences. The traditional risk factors weigh differently in the two genders and presentation, diagnosis, and therapy tends to be different among the two sexes. Come learn why what’s good for the goose is not always good for the gander.

Dr. Ainat Beniaminovitz is a board certified cardiologist and a fellow of the American College of Cardiology. She is on staff at Columbia Presbyterian where she is an assistant professor of clinical medicine as well as at Good Samaritan hospital in Suffern where she served as Chief of Cardiology.

Menopause & the Controversy over Hormone Replacement Therapy
Dr. Deborah Raice

Are you experiencing hot flashes? Do you feel like your memory isn’t what it used to be? Explore the symptoms of menopause, and discuss potential options and health risks associated with hormone replacement therapy.

Dr. Deborah Raice is an Endocrinologist with the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism at Nyack Hospital in Nyack, NY and with Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, NY.

Your Financial Health and How it Relates to your Mind, Body and Spirit
Judith A. Pachter

This session will cover the basics of financial planning including needs of asset protection as well as the basics of investing. It will touch on Estate Planning, Retirement Planning, and Long Term Care Planning and how all of these affect your health and how your health affects these issues.

Judith A. Pachter has provided the skills and knowledge to assist clients in achieving their financial goals for the past 25 years. She provides education and empowers her clients to move forward in their lives by taking control of their financial future.

A Healing Service of Rejuvenation and Renewal
Rabbi Paula Mack Drill

Poetry, prayer and music serve as pathways in to a quiet, still place within a circle of women. Healing Services can be about healing for physical and emotional illness, but they are also about revitalization and rejuvenation. In this world so filled with brokenness, come find a place a wholeness and holiness. Through connections with a community of women, find your connection to God, Judaism and your best self.

Rabbi Paula Mack Drill is the Associate Rabbi of the Orangetown Jewish Center in Orangeburg, New York, and a Rabbi at the Solomon Schechter Day School of Essex and Union in West Orange, New Jersey.