November 2020 - Jewish Sacred Aging

Reflections

November 30, 2020 Carole Leskin 7

Carole Leskin reflects on a walk by her favorite lake. [Read more…]

Panel discusses how synagogues should be planning to continue using new technology after the pandemic

November 27, 2020 Webmaster 0

On this week’s episode of the Seekers of Meaning TV Show and Podcast, Rabbi Address welcomes a panel to discuss how technology changed the High Holy Days in 2020, and the implications for future use by synagogues as a regular part of their community outreach [Read more…]

Thanksgiving 2020: Roots and Branches

November 26, 2020 Rabbi Richard Address 0

To quote a famous commentator, the world IS upside down! Waking up on Thanksgiving morning to drizzle and clouds and a somewhat empty feeling. Thinking about a passage from Pirke Avot, I think 3:22, that [Read more…]

At the C-TAC Summit, Rabbi Address Provided Closing Blessing Giving Thanks for Essential Workers

November 25, 2020 Webmaster 0

At the conclusion of the 2020 C-TAC Summit, Rabbi Address delivered a closing blessing honoring essential workers and participants in the serious illness care movement. [Read more…]

Vayetze (Genesis 28:10-32:3) Slowly, One Step At A Time

November 25, 2020 Rabbi Richard Address 0

Vayetze brings us many of the themes that we now recognize as part of the Genesis narrative concerning the Patriarchal families: deception, rivalry, infertility and a range of family dynamics. The most famous part of [Read more…]

Reflections on Postelection Healing

November 24, 2020 Chaplain Barry Pitegoff, BCC 1

Chaplain Barry Pitegoff reflects on the healing that our communities need in the postelection period. [Read more…]

A Blessing for Signing an Advanced Directive/Health Care Power of Attorney

November 22, 2020 Rabbi Richard Address 0

At the recent Yeshiva University Wurzweiler School of Social Work conference on Spirituality at the End Life, we included the following blessing that was created by two students in a class on Longevity at HUC-JIR [Read more…]