D'vrei Torah
The End of Passover
Tonight is the seventh night of Pesah, and for Israelis and Reform Jews, the final night. I have just lit a memorial candle in memory of our deceased first degree family members: Sylvia and Bob [Read more…]
Month: April 2016
Resource Articles
Expanded Forms for Helping Have “The Conversation” About End of Life and Care Plans
We are pleased to be able to make available to you an expanded series of forms, based on A Time to Prepare (Life Planning book) that will help guide you and your family through a [Read more…]
Seekers of Meaning-JSA Podcast
JSA Podcast 2016-08: Dr. Bill Cutter on Judaism and Health
On this episode of the Jewish Sacred Aging Podcast, Rabbi Address speaks with Dr. William Cutter about Judaism and Health. Rabbi Cutter is the Steinberg Emeritus Professor of Human Relations at Hebrew Union College-Jewish [Read more…]
Living Longer-Living Better
Through That Open Door–Our Tomorrow?
As Passover draws to a close this weekend and the last matzah board is eaten (one hopes) we conclude with the “yizkor” moment of memorial (see this week’s D’var Torah) and prepare to move on. [Read more…]
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BGR 4/26/16: Advocacy for the Elderly and Older People Driving
The April 26, 2016 Boomer Generation Radio show features Mark Davis, from Center for Advocacy for Rights and Interests of the Elderly (CARIE), and Dr. David Bernstein, an internist and gerontologist from Florida, whose latest [Read more…]
Carole's Corner
Taking the “Lone” out of Lonely
The dictionary defines “lonely” as: without company; cut off from others; solitary; and sad from being alone. What loneliness does not mean is weak, boring, painfully shy, without accomplishment, or unable to make commitments. [Read more…]
Talmud Torah
Rabbi Address Presents Webinar on Synagogues and Mental Health for Older Adults
Rabbi Address led a webinar for the Union for Reform Judaism last week on “Judaism, Older Adults, Mental Health and Your Congregation,” for the URJ-Ruderman Mental Health Learning Opportunity series. You can watch the 45-minute [Read more…]
Radio Show
Boomer Generation Radio 4/19/2016: Mentoring with Chet Ross, Retirement with Journalist Dotty Brown
PROGRAM NOTE: The Jewish Sacred Aging Podcast, which is normally released on Fridays, is taking this week off for Passover, but will be back again next Friday. On the April 19, 2016 Boomer Generation [Read more…]
Living Longer-Living Better
A Passover Thought: Letting Go Of Our Narrow Places
Happy Passover. The themes of liberation and freedom that greet us every year at our “seder” can also be seen in very personal terms. After all, here is a festval that confronts us in very [Read more…]
D'vrei Torah
The Mitzrayim of Dementia: A Passover Thought
Rabbi Nina Mizrahi has given us permission to re-post her recent blog in our Dvar Torah section in preparation for Passover. Many congregations will read the texts from Exodus (12) that outline the call to [Read more…]