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Whistle a happy tune…
Remember The King and I? It was Anna’s song in which she gave us the psycho-spiritual insight that whenever we feel afraid the best thing to do is just whistle a happy tune. This was Broadway’s therapeutic analyses that preceded … Continue reading
Posted in D'vrei Torah, Reflections on Aging
Tagged aging, debunking, happiness, myths, new york times, usa today, whistle
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Happy New Year, Happy ‘Age of the Boomer’!
Start spreading the news….! Actually, the census has already done that. As of January 1, 2011 (that is like NOW), one Baby Boomer in the USA will turn 65 every 8 seconds! How is that for a way to welcome … Continue reading
Into the light of the future
The Torah cycle that we read this month deals a lot with Joseph and his sojourn in Egypt; his rise from prisoner to minister and his eventual reunion with his family. Indeed, one of the most powerful lines in the … Continue reading
Posted in D'vrei Torah, Jewish Baby Boomers
Tagged aging, baby boomers, creativity, experience, Joseph, light, meaningful aging
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Again…life’s randomness!
I was in the middle of teaching a class at our seminary, the Hebrew Union College in New York, when I was interrupted by the vibrating phone. I had forgotten to turn it off. How fortuitous! It was my mom’s … Continue reading
To Your Health!
One of the most interesting developments in recent years has been the growing interest, on the part of baby boomers, in issues of health and wellness. Maybe it is part of our own understanding of our own aging and the … Continue reading
Posted in D'vrei Torah, Health and Wellness Programs
Tagged aging, baby boomers, health, judaism, mental health, spirituality, wellness
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To “Life” and to the New Year!
Here is one of “those” questions. How do you find meaning in the aftermath of sorrow? How do you find reason when there is none? 5770 is ending. I, for one, will not be sorry to see it go: too … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, choose life, dallas, death, deuteronomy, life, new year, rabbi lawrence "jake" jackofsky, Rosh Hashana, yom kippur
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Grandchild-Grandparent Reflection
“Never grow old, ” the character of Elizabeth I admonishes in Orlando. Watching my grandmother travel through her nineties, I often think of those lines from Virginia Wolfe’s 1928 novel. As my parents and I attempt to offer my grandmother the … Continue reading
Reflections on Aging
I am part of the generation born during WW II, who now look in the mirror and are startled by the realization that even we are aging. The youngest of us has already reached that unheard of age of 65 … Continue reading
Posted in Reflections on Aging, Thought Pieces
Tagged aging, living will, medical care, medical ethics, prayer, rituals
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Not going gently…
“Aging is not just a process that can be measured or a population that can be counted, plotted, and tracked.” So wrote Dr. Fernando A. Guerra in a collection of essays entitled (Aging, Biotechnology, and the Future” (Johns Hopkins Press). … Continue reading