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Articles by Rabbi/Chaplain Laurie Kurs

Jerusalem, Israel - Thursday December 1, 2011: A panoramic view of the Old City from the Mount of Olives. Photography Copyright ©2011 Steven L. Lubetkin All Rights Reserved
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A New Viddui

April 8, 2024 Rabbi/Chaplain Laurie Kurs 4

Rabbi/Chaplain Laurie Kurs offers a modern version of the Viddui prayer, the traditional prayer recited when one is close to death. [Read more…]

woman looking at photo album
Kol Bo

A Different Take on The Kaddish/Yizkor

January 28, 2024 Rabbi/Chaplain Laurie Kurs 0

Rabbi/Chaplain Laurie Kurs offers a prayer when reflecting on surviving difficult family relationships. [Read more…]

Kol Bo

Jewish Focus on Sanctity of Life

November 26, 2023 Rabbi/Chaplain Laurie Kurs 0

Rabbi/Chaplain Laurie Kurs, BCC, focuses on the Hamas/Israel War and what Jewish law teaches about the sanctity of life. [Read more…]

Jerusalem, , Israel - Thursday December 1, 2011: The Western Wall, or Kotel. Photography Copyright ©2011 Steven L. Lubetkin All Rights Reserved Email: steve@lubetkin.net Phone: 856.751.5491 http://www.lubetkin.net
Reflections on Aging

The Undeniable Power of Israel AND the Kotel

October 29, 2023 Rabbi/Chaplain Laurie Kurs 0

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…]

Masada National Park, , Israel - Wednesday November 30, 2011. Copyright ©2011 Steven L. Lubetkin All Rights Reserved. Used by permission.
D'vrei Torah

Deuteronomy 26:1 “Ki Tavo, means “when you come.”

August 28, 2023 Rabbi/Chaplain Laurie Kurs 0

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…]

"Mourning," by Rob Oo, via Flickr.com under Creative Commons 2.0 license
Reflections on Aging

Grandparent Kaddish

August 14, 2023 Rabbi/Chaplain Laurie Kurs 0

Rabbi/Chaplain Laurie Kurs writes of the pain of mourning the death of a grandchild. [Read more…]

"Mourning," by Rob Oo, via Flickr.com under Creative Commons 2.0 license
Kol Bo

Kaddish prayer…

June 1, 2023 Rabbi/Chaplain Laurie Kurs 0

Rabbi Laurie Kurs, BCC, discusses the role of the Kaddish prayer in our personal reflections about our departed loved ones. [Read more…]

Orphaned Jewish children return home from Buchenwald, 1945, newsreel footage from United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. (Accession Number: 1994.119.1; RG Number: RG-60.0844 ; Film ID: 828, page https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn1000754)
Neshama-NAJC

Orphans and the Shema

April 3, 2023 Rabbi/Chaplain Laurie Kurs 0

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…]

photo of person walking on deserted island
Neshama-NAJC

The Journey

January 24, 2023 Rabbi/Chaplain Laurie Kurs 0

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…]

green leafed trees
Kol Bo

Living Arrangements at End-of-Life

January 8, 2023 Rabbi/Chaplain Laurie Kurs 0

Chaplain Laurie Kurs writes about some considerations for seniors facing decisions about living arrangements in their later years. [Read more…]

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