Dr. Robin Plumer discusses Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) in New Jersey. In 2020, Dr. Plumer started Compassionate Endings NJ, a practice devoted to MAID with a former nurse colleague who shares her passion for intensely personalized and comprehensive patient care. [Read more…]
JSA contributing writer Carole Leskin writes about coping with the external signs of aging by staying young inside. [Read more…]
This portion revolves around the sacrificial cult and the role of the Priesthood. We read, in detail, of the various sacrifices that can be and must be brought. There are elaborate instructions for these [Read more…]
I am a fan of stories: Books, movies, TV, theater, and yours. I believe we all have a story to tell that is unique, very personal, belonging to you as a one-of-a-kind individual in this [Read more…]
Mary Naylor, the Marian S. Ware Professor in Gerontology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and director of the NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health discusses the nursing school’s Caregiving Now initiative in partnership with NewCourtland. [Read more…]
In our life, we are called by many names, and we are called in many ways by many things. This week’s portion begins the book of Leviticus and has God calling to Moses. He [Read more…]
Rabbi Daniel Roberts and Melinda Moore discuss post-traumatic growth, including a conversation about their book collaborations, The Suicide Funeral (or Memorial Service): Honoring their Memory, Comforting their Survivors and After the Suicide Funeral: Wisdom on the Path to Posttraumatic Growth. [Read more…]
In this guest d’var torah, Chaplain Barry Pitegoff, BCC, discusses the metaphor of clouds as a way of thinking about God’s presence. [Read more…]
Well, it has finally come to this! In the late 1980s, Wade Clark Roof published his seminal “Generation of Seekers” as an examination of the growth of the Baby Boom generation. At the dawn [Read more…]
A poem for those grieving from Chaplain Karen Kaplan. [Read more…]
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