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Home2017December

Month: December 2017

Living Longer-Living Better

2018: In Hope of a Year of Understanding Not Estrangement

December 29, 2017 Rabbi Richard Address 0

Happy and healthy 2018. It certainly has been quite a 2017! As so many of us will pause for some reflection over these next few days, you know those resolutions that last maybe 1 day, [Read more…]

Reflections on Aging

In the ‘old age’ home, a reflection by Rabbi Dow Marmur

December 28, 2017 Webmaster 0

Rabbi Dow Marmur, rabbi emeritus of Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto, Ontario, writes in his latest column for the Toronto Star that in the modern retirement community, living in the present is what matters most. [Read more…]

D'vrei Torah

Vayechi: The Blessing of Each Day

December 26, 2017 Rabbi Richard Address 0

We end Genesis this week. Vayechi is a portion of great drama and passion. In it we see the conclusion of the cycle that began with Avram and progressed to Jacob and Joseph. Family dynamics [Read more…]

Baby Boomer Bubbe

Time…Oy Vey, Where is IT and Where did IT Go?

December 21, 2017 Sandra Taradash 0

Approaching: 2018…how does that resonate with you? Make you shudder? Make you wonder where all the years have gone? Make you leery/apprehensive/disbelieving that it wasn’t yesterday that you were turning 18? Oy, those were the [Read more…]

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Organization Programs for Boomers

Mount Airy Learning Tree presents The Bereavement Journey: A Healing Workshop

December 21, 2017 Webmaster 1

Sunday March 4, 2018 1:00-6:00 PM Death and loss are central to human life. We can’t control or escape that inexorable reality, but we can choose how we respond to grief and loss. If we [Read more…]

BlogTalkRadio Show

Rabbi Robyn Frisch – Interfaith Families

December 19, 2017 Webmaster 0

The guest on this episode of Jewish Sacred Aging Radio is Rabbi Robyn Frisch. Robyn has been the Director of InterfaithFamily/Philadelphia since June 2013. About the Guest Robyn is also the spiritual leader of Temple Menorah [Read more…]

D'vrei Torah

Vayigash: Draw Near To Our Soul and Self

December 18, 2017 Rabbi Richard Address 0

” Vayigash: And Judah drew near to him..”(Genesis 44:18), With this phrase we begin one of the more dramatic portions of Torah. This is the climax, in a sense, of the Joseph cycle for it [Read more…]

Reflections on Aging

‘Gerotranscendence’ makes aging a positive again

December 18, 2017 Marc Blesoff 4

“Getting old is like climbing a mountain; you get a little out of breath, but the view is much better!” Ingrid Bergman “Aging is an extraordinary process where you become the person you always should [Read more…]

Carole Leskin Photo/Used by permission.
Reflections on Aging

The Special Hanukkah Candle

December 15, 2017 Carole Leskin 6

It was the first night of Hanukkah. I had taken out my Menorah the day before. It’s a simple brass menorah, given to me as a gift from a friend who brought it back from [Read more…]

D'vrei Torah

Miketz: Do Not Forget Me…..

December 13, 2017 Rabbi Richard Address 0

Miketz is a wonderful portion. It acts as a sort of bridge in the Joseph cycle, moving the story along, capturing Joseph as he rises to power in Egypt and has the first reunion with [Read more…]

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