Kol Bo
Warriors Are Allowed to Cry
“Being all-in, all the time, was the only way I knew how to parent, and it was what my soul required,” writes Stefanie Levine Cohen. [Read more…]
Month: January 2022
Reflections on Aging
Take Time
Poetry by Cantor Lisa Levine [Read more…]
Seekers of Meaning-JSA Podcast
Seekers of Meaning 1/28/2022: Richard Brownstein, author of “Holocaust Cinema Complete”
This week’s guest is Richard Brownstein, author of Holocaust Cinema Complete: A History and Analysis of 400 Films, with a Teaching Guide, just published by McFarland Press. [Read more…]
D'vrei Torah
Mishpatim (Exodus 21:1-24:18) We “Know” By Doing!
Mishpatim is a very important and powerful portion which, following on the giving of the Ten Commandments, reminds the Israelites that these are the laws that will build the society that we now begin to [Read more…]
Seekers of Meaning-JSA Podcast
Seekers of Meaning 1/21/2022: Singer-Songwriter Peri Smilow
On this week’s episode of the Seekers of Meaning TV Show and Podcast, the guest is Jewish singer-songwriter Peri Smilow. [Read more…]
D'vrei Torah
Yitro (Exodus 18:1-20:23) Searching For Our Own Spiritual Structure
So, we come to Yitro, one of, if not the most famous of portions. The Ten Commandments at Sinai is the main event this Shabbat. So much flows from this event, so much Jewish thought, [Read more…]
Kol Bo
Live Long and Prosper?
Rabbi Susan Elkodsi discusses a Talmudic message about the quality of life as we age. [Read more…]
Blog
Tu B’shvat: What Kind Of Environment Are We Creating?
How ironic, in a way, that this year’s celebration of Tu B’shvat coincided with Martin Luther King Day. His “dream” seems, sadly, to be fraying. Just within the last week or so (and this [Read more…]
Reflections on Aging
My 20th ‘Stroke-iversary’
Rabbi Sandra Cohen reflects on her 20th “stroke-iversary” — the 20th anniversary of a near-fatal stroke, and how gratitude plays a role in her life since that day. [Read more…]
Seekers of Meaning-JSA Podcast
Seekers of Meaning 01/14/2022: Rabbi Simkha Y. Weintraub, LCSW
On this week’s episode of the Seekers of Meaning TV Show and Podcast, Rabbi Simkha Y. Weintraub, LCSW, retired Rabbinic Director of the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services in New York City, discusses [Read more…]