D'vrei Torah
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 [Read more…]
Month: August 2010
Reflections on Aging
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 [Read more…]
Health and Wellness Programs
Humor, Laughter, Illness, and Health
At first thought, one might wonder what humor and laughter have to do with illness; it doesn’t seem like a very likely mix. But on closer examination, humor and laughter have a large role to [Read more…]
Reflections on Aging
Reflections on Aging- The High Holy Days
Once again I am floored by how close the High Holy Days are. It shouldn’t come as a surprise to me as I have been working to line up Torah and Haftarah readers and many [Read more…]