Don’t Worry, You Are Not the Only One By Shmuel Shayowitz | February 04, 2021
Procrastination is the act of delaying or putting off tasks until the last minute - or sometimes even beyond its deadline. Joseph Ferrari, a professor of psychology at DePaul University in Chicago, estimates that around 20% of U.S. adults are chronic procrastinators. According to PsychologyToday, procrastination is driven by various thoughts and habits, but fundamentally, we avoid tasks or put them off because we do not believe we’ll enjoy doing them and want to avoid making ourselves vulnerable, or we fear that we will make a mistake. “People may also procrastinate when they are confused by the complexity of a task (such as filing one’s taxes) or when they’re overly distracted or fatigued.”
By Pearl Markovitz | January 28, 2021
Sam Kaplan and wife, Marsha, have been Teaneck residents for the past 42 years. Between davening at Beth Aaron, Shaare Tefila and Chabad, and this year, the Trafalgar Minyan, they have come to know a great many Teaneckers.
In 1985, the Kaplans and two friends now residing in Israel, Jeff Glazer and Aaron Mandelbaum, realized there was a “need and a niche” for bringing local Jews closer to Judaism. Thus the Jewish Learning Experience (JLE) was born, and Sam Kaplan became its president. During the course of the next 35 years, Kaplan estimates that over 10,000 people were influenced by the outreach of this grassroots organization.