September 2020 - Jewish Sacred Aging

Sukka (סכה) inside the Jewish Center of Jackson Heights, 37‒06 77th Street, Jackson Heights, 30 September 2012. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

Let Us Build a Sukkat Shalom, A Canopy of Peace

September 30, 2020 Rabbi Dr. Steven Moss 0

Rabbi Dr. Steven Moss calls for the building of a true Sukkat Shalom, a shelter of peace, with interfaith understanding and cooperation. [Read more…]

Yom Kippur 5781: Yizkor For COVID-19 Victims

September 28, 2020 Chaplain Barry Pitegoff, BCC 0

For Yom Kippur, Chaplain Barry Pitegoff offers a Yizkor prayer for COVID-19 victims. [Read more…]

Ha’azinu (Deut. 32)..In Olden Days…To Tomorrow!

September 24, 2020 Rabbi Richard Address 0

With this week’s portion, Ha’azinu, we come to the next to last portion for the year. We know how the story ends, as does Moses, for as soon as he finished this final poem, he is called [Read more…]

The Dissenter’s Hope: In Memoriam, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, z”l

September 23, 2020 Alden Solovy 1

Editor’s Note: JSA contributor Alden Solovy prepared this prayer for justice in memory of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died last week. “…that’s the dissenter’s hope: that they are writing not for today, but [Read more…]

To Live a Thousand Years

September 22, 2020 Rabbi Stephen Karol 0

In this meditation for Yom Kippur, Rabbi Stephen Karol discusses the Psalms, the brevity of humanity and the eternity of God. [Read more…]

Rabbis Matt Soffer and Geri Newburge Discuss High Holiday Plans, Issues for Mid-Career Rabbis

September 18, 2020 Webmaster 0

On this episode of the Seekers of Meaning Podcast and TV Show, two mid-career rabbis, Rabbi Geri Newburge, rabbi at Main Line Reform Temple/Beth Elohim, in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, and Rabbi Matt Soffer, senior rabbi at Judea Reform Congregation, Durham, North Carolina, discuss their plans for observing the High Holy Days with their congregations and issues affecting their rabbinates. [Read more…]