Carole's Corner
Reflections
Carole Leskin reflects on a walk by her favorite lake. [Read more…]
Month: November 2020
Seekers of Meaning-JSA Podcast
Panel discusses how synagogues should be planning to continue using new technology after the pandemic
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…]
Blog
Thanksgiving 2020: Roots and Branches
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…]
JSA in the News
At the C-TAC Summit, Rabbi Address Provided Closing Blessing Giving Thanks for Essential Workers
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…]
D'vrei Torah
Vayetze (Genesis 28:10-32:3) Slowly, One Step At A Time
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…]
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Reflections on Postelection Healing
Chaplain Barry Pitegoff reflects on the healing that our communities need in the postelection period. [Read more…]
Organization Programs for Boomers
A Blessing for Signing an Advanced Directive/Health Care Power of Attorney
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…]
Reflections on Aging
Parenting our Parents
Rabbi Jennifer Kaluzny writes about the challenge of being a parent-figure to an aging parent. [Read more…]
Seekers of Meaning-JSA Podcast
Rabbi Melanie Levav, founder and rabbinic director, Shomer Collective, explores end-of-life discussions
Rabbi Melanie Levav explains the new end-of-life resource organization, the Shomer Collective. [Read more…]
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Abraham, Sages and Women
Rabbi Dr. Edmond Weiss Ph.D. looks into the relationship between the Jewish patriarchs and their women. [Read more…]