D'vrei Torah
A most powerful conversation
One of the most challenging moments for many of us Baby Boomers is when we know that we must have, “the conversation”. This is the talk with our parents or parent about their wishes for [Read more…]
Month: November 2012
Jewish Baby Boomers
Rabbi Address discusses ‘Seekers of Meaning’ at Ohio book festival
Rabbi Address was on the road in Beachwood, OH November 14, where he discussed his book, Seekers of Meaning at the Mandel JCC Festival of Jewish Books and Authors, held at Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple. [Read more…]
Seekers of Meaning-JSA Podcast
Jewish Sacred Aging Podcast #6: A conversation with Rabbi Douglas Kohn about Judaism, Cancer, Alzheimer’s
In this program, Podcast #6 in our series, Rabbi Address chats with Rabbi Douglas Kohn of Congregation Emanu El, Redlands, CA about his two books, Life, Faith, and Cancer, about his own battle with cancer, [Read more…]
D'vrei Torah
Calm in the face of life: A reflection from Jewish ethical tradition
The parsha entitled Chaye Sarah, the Life of Sarah, begins with Sarah’s death at the age of 127. Abraham purchases a burial site for his wife, the cave of Machpelah, from Ephron the Hittite for [Read more…]
Reflections on Aging
What Happens?
Over almost forty years in the pulpit have given me ample ammunition for almost every imaginable inquiry. Sifting through all of those interrogations – some of them very formal and others closer to drive-by-shootings at [Read more…]
Baby Boomer Bubbe
Have You Read a Good Book Lately? Judge a Book by its Cover…
This is how my son describes the books I’ve been reading for the past 35 years: So they were poor Jews in Russia/Eastern Europe, the bad guys came and burned their homes and they were [Read more…]
D'vrei Torah
The myth of “healthy aging”?
Now that the first wave of baby boomers is solidly past 60, the reality of this aging process is quickly becoming evident. It is always fascinating to me to watch the TV commercials (if [Read more…]