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Month: August 2017

D'vrei Torah

Ki-Tetzei: Is That What You Really “Want”?

August 29, 2017 Rabbi Richard Address 1

This week’s portion, “Ki Tetzei” is filled with a series of laws and regulation that again, seek to establish the moral and legal order of the land that the Israelites are about to enter. There [Read more…]

"Downtown C'Ville," by Abi Bhattachan, from Flickr.com via Creative Commons 2.0 license.
Reflections on Aging

Sweet Lauren – I Have No Explanation

August 28, 2017 Carole Leskin 2

At 4:30 in the afternoon a few days ago, my neighbor, Jess, called to ask me if she could stop by for a moment. Sure, I said, thinking she was going to want me to [Read more…]

Talmud Torah

First you live, then you die, then you…what?

August 27, 2017 Webmaster 1

Editor’s Note: This guest post was submitted by Judith Wolf Mandell, author of Sammy’s Broken Leg (Oh, No!) and the Amazing Cast That Fixed It. She can be reached at judithwolfmandell@gmail.com or through the book’s website, www.sammysbrokenleg.com. No one knows what [Read more…]

Elder and Disability Law Expert Jerold Rothkoff is the guest on the August 25, 2017 Jewish Sacred Aging podcast
Seekers of Meaning-JSA Podcast

Elder and Disability Law Discussed by Jerold Rothkoff, Elder Law Expert, on JSA Podcast August 25

August 25, 2017 Webmaster 0

On this episode of the Jewish Sacred Aging Podcast, elder law attorney Jerold Rothkoff discusses important issues of legal and estate planning for seniors and their care givers. About the Guest Jerold E. Rothkoff, a practicing New [Read more…]

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D'vrei Torah

Shoftim: Beware The False Prophets

August 24, 2017 Rabbi Richard Address 0

This Torah portion is replete with social and legal discussions as Moses continues his discourses on how to administer the land that the Israelites were poised to enter. The portion covers a variety of issues [Read more…]

Living Longer-Living Better

Elul-1: Turning to the New Year: Our Responsibility

August 22, 2017 Rabbi Richard Address 0

The month of Elul begins now. The final month of the calendar, it is a month that symbolically prepares our souls for the coming High Holy Days. It is a time of introspection, of often [Read more…]

Sandy picks up her granddaughters, Kami and Ari, from Camp Newman, the Reform camp in Santa Rosa, CA.
Baby Boomer Bubbe

What Do We Tell Our Grandchildren?

August 22, 2017 Sandra Taradash 4

As Baby Boomers I can imagine you had some of the experiences I had back in the 50s when walking into a room of our parents and grandparents, and other elders, and hearing smatterings of [Read more…]

Talmud Torah

Aging in prison: An ‘invisible’ group

August 16, 2017 Webmaster 0

Editor’s Note: This guest post is from Marc Blesoff, who facilitates aging workshops in several prisons. The United States has the largest prison population in the world. According to Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar, “…while sentencing [Read more…]

D'vrei Torah

Re’eih: Blessings, Curses, Choices and Ego!

August 16, 2017 Rabbi Richard Address 0

It never ceases to amaze me and my colleagues how the Torah portions every week speak to the daily life experiences of us all. Re’eih is no exception. This week’s portion, which begins in Deuteronomy [Read more…]

Living Longer-Living Better

The Idealized Past and an Uncertain Tomorrow?

August 15, 2017 Rabbi Richard Address 0

We recently returned to the URJ Camp Harlam for the annual Alumni day. In itself, a very ordinary event, yet, for some special reasons, this one was different. I started at this camp as a [Read more…]

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