2018: In Hope of a Year of Understanding Not Estrangement
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 [Read more...]
December 2017
In the ‘old age’ home, a reflection by Rabbi Dow Marmur
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 [Read more...]
Vayechi: The Blessing of Each Day
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. [Read more...]
Time…Oy Vey, Where is IT and Where did IT Go?
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 [Read more...]
Mount Airy Learning Tree presents The Bereavement Journey: A Healing Workshop
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 [Read more...]
Rabbi Robyn Frisch – Interfaith Families
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. Play / pause 1x [Read more...]
Vayigash: Draw Near To Our Soul and Self
” 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, [Read more...]
‘Gerotranscendence’ makes aging a positive again
“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 [Read more...]
The Special Hanukkah Candle
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...]
Miketz: Do Not Forget Me…..
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 [Read more...]
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