Tag Archives: Jonathan Danilowitz
Smoking and the Family
They say that the really crazed anti-smoking activists are the former smokers. Full disclosure: I quit smoking about 32 years ago. It seems that the longer I’m nicotine free, the more rabid I become when people smoke next to me. I began smoking as a teenager, when cigarette advertising still told us how “cool” and [...]
Read MoreParental Support, Family Support
Bobby Griffith grew up in elegant Walnut Creek, CA. At age 20 he jumped of a bridge over a highway and was shredded under the wheels of a giant truck. His mother Mary became the main character in Leroy Aaron’s book “Prayers for Bobby” (Harper Collins), just released in Hebrew as well (Carmel Press, Jerusalem). [...]
Read MoreTrying to find the truth
By Jonathan Danilowitz I’ve just watched the World View interview with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Like him or not, he is an excellent speaker, and has the facts and figures at his fingertips. He gave a good performance, breaking down many of the anti-Israel stereotypes that fly around simply because people don’t know better. [...]
Read MoreWater Under the Bridge
It’s been about 15 years since I initiated what eventually became one of Israel’s landmark court decisions: I sued my employer to recognize my partner – also a man – as my common-law spouse. We wanted the same spousal benefits all my workmates were getting – nothing more, but nothing less. Six years on and [...]
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Swimming Against the Current, Creating New Families
{Full disclosure – some names and places have been changed in order to respect privacy.} My friends Eran and Renaldo first met some 15 year ago, and pretty soon became a couple. They moved in together, established their loving family-unit status, and life was good. But there was a problem. Eran, an Israeli living in [...]
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