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Rabbi Address’ new book, Seekers of Meaning
Rabbi Richard Address has devoted his career to helping transform synagogues into caring communities. Now, in his most personal work to date, he explores how the notion of a caring community can be transformative for individuals, particularly baby boomers struggling with issues of aging and mortality.
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Rabbi Address’ newest book, ‘Seekers of Meaning,’ published by URJ Press
Rabbi Richard Address has devoted his career to helping transform synagogues into caring communities. Now, in Seekers of Meaning, his newest and most personal work to date, he explores how the notion of a caring community can be transformative for … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish Baby Boomers, Reflections on Aging, Resources
Tagged aging, baby boomers, caregiving, eldercare, mortality, retirement, seniors
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Lighting the Lights of Our Souls
This month, as many of you know, brings Hannukah. It is a curious and problematic festival that, while minor in the grand scheme of Jewish calendar festivals, has become “major” here in the USA. The annual excess of buying has … Continue reading
Longing to hear “I love you”
My parents are in their 80’s, in failing health and live in a retirement home. I make it a point to be there twice a week and am constantly running small errands for them in the interim. Their form of … Continue reading
Moving Mom, Chapter 2: Finding the Right Living Space
Gil’s Mom has severe osteoporosis plus macular degeneration; two serious health problems. Our goal was to find a nearby residence that would give her a social life and provide physical security.
Once again, the power of community
There are many clubs, so to speak, that we become part of during our lifetime. Channeling Groucho Marx, however, I just joined one that I had no desire to join. That is, as the literature describes it, the orphan club. … Continue reading
Posted in D'vrei Torah, Jewish Baby Boomers, Reflections on Aging
Tagged death, eldercare, mourning, orphan, parent, shivah
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American Public Media’s “On Being” radio program features “The Far Shore of Aging”
American Public Media syndicates On Being, a radio program about “the big questions at the center of human life, from the boldest new science of the human brain to the most ancient traditions of the human spirit.” The series’ July … Continue reading
Moving Mom: Chapter 1
Rabbi Address’s comment: An issue that many of us face is how and when to move a loved one from their home back to where we live. When to have that talk and how to navigate the system is a … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish Baby Boomers, Reflections on Aging
Tagged baby boomers, card game, caregiver, century village, elderly, seniors
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The Community of Care
Just off the red-eye from Seattle, Washington. A beautiful city with wonderful people. I was in Seattle for some of my Union for Reform Judaism work on our project on aging and baby boomers and spent Sunday with the Jewish … Continue reading
Posted in Care-Giving Concerns, D'vrei Torah, Jewish Baby Boomers, Reflections on Aging
Tagged care-giving, community, dignity, quality of life
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Stories Bind Us to Our Past
From the Southern Order of Storytellers Newsletter, August/September 1992 I once read about a nine-year-old who went to a family reunion and met relatives even her mother hardly knew. Back home, she wanted to keep in touch with these persons … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish Baby Boomers, Thought Pieces
Tagged family, genealogy, history, newsletters, storytelling
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Rabbi Address’s article on Baby Boomers published by Steinhardt Foundation
Rabbi Address’s latest article, “The Next Frontier: Baby Boomers and their Challenge to the Communal Status Quo,” appears in the Autumn 2010 issue of Contact, the quarterly publication of the Steinhardt Foundation. You can download a PDF of the article by clicking here.