Resources
A New Viddui
Rabbi/Chaplain Laurie Kurs offers a modern version of the Viddui prayer, the traditional prayer recited when one is close to death. [Read more…]
Articles by Rabbi/Chaplain Laurie Kurs
Kol Bo
A Different Take on The Kaddish/Yizkor
Rabbi/Chaplain Laurie Kurs offers a prayer when reflecting on surviving difficult family relationships. [Read more…]
Kol Bo
Jewish Focus on Sanctity of Life
Rabbi/Chaplain Laurie Kurs, BCC, focuses on the Hamas/Israel War and what Jewish law teaches about the sanctity of life. [Read more…]
Reflections on Aging
The Undeniable Power of Israel AND the Kotel
Rabbi/Chaplain Laurie Kurs describes how the power of the Kotel as an image of Jewish survival empowered a patient at the end of life. [Read more…]
D'vrei Torah
Deuteronomy 26:1 “Ki Tavo, means “when you come.”
Rabbi/Chaplain Laurie Kurs ties this week’s parsha, Ki Tavo, and its promise of inheritance of the land to the fight against antisemitism over the centuries, and the obligation for a new generation of Zionist young people to take up the fight. [Read more…]
Reflections on Aging
Grandparent Kaddish
Rabbi/Chaplain Laurie Kurs writes of the pain of mourning the death of a grandchild. [Read more…]
Kol Bo
Kaddish prayer…
Rabbi Laurie Kurs, BCC, discusses the role of the Kaddish prayer in our personal reflections about our departed loved ones. [Read more…]
Neshama-NAJC
Orphans and the Shema
Rabbi/Chaplain Laurie Kurs writes about the experience of helping a Holocaust survivor recall her Jewish origin through the chanting of the Shema prayer. [Read more…]
Neshama-NAJC
The Journey
Continuing our content partnership with Neshama, the National Association of Jewish Chaplains, Rabbi/Chaplain Laurie Kurs writes about the journey from grief to recovery. [Read more…]
Kol Bo
Living Arrangements at End-of-Life
Chaplain Laurie Kurs writes about some considerations for seniors facing decisions about living arrangements in their later years. [Read more…]