Shabbat Sermon: A Pandemic Makeover with Rav Hazzan Aliza Berger

Published: April 10, 2021, 4 p.m.

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I heard a story on NPR this week that kind of blew my mind. They were talking about how, since the start of the pandemic, requests for plastic surgery procedures have gone up something like 85%. Plastic surgeons shared that they are getting so many more requests that they have had to hire additional people just to field those phone calls. They are working overtime, late into the night, trying to accommodate everyone. And what is so interesting is they are getting requests for procedures that did not used to be so popular. People are looking to tighten their jawlines, adjust their nostrils, tighten their necks, and bodywork as well. And when people reach out, nine out of ten people share that they\\u2019re reaching out because of ZOOM. Because now that they\\u2019re on ZOOM all day long, they\\u2019re looking at their faces and they\\u2019re noticing the way they look when they talk, when they interact, when they work.  They\\u2019re noticing places they never knew they wanted to improve.

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