For D’var Torah of the month
January 2014 and the Affordable Care Act is in place. This is not a thought piece on the act or on the Jewish position on equal access to health care (it is in favor). Rather, [Read more…]
Shalom. I just returned from a fascinating conference in Boston, MA sponsored by the Lown Institute. The theme of the meeting was “From Avoidable Care to Right Care”. Some 200 plus physicians, health care professionals, [Read more…]
There is, perhaps, no greater marker to the first wave of Boomers than November 22, 1963. It was out generation’s “I remember where I was when….” My parents always spoke about Pearl Harbor and when [Read more…]
Much has been written and discussed in recent years about our own confrontation with death. Endless books and articles have been written about how one can relate to the death of a loved one. Every [Read more…]
I recently was honored to do a workshop for a synagogue in Chicago (Sukkat Shalom). They were developing a program focusing on baby boomers and aging. In a break-out session the subject again turned to [Read more…]
L’shana Tovah! Once again the calendar turns and we come face to face with the dawn of a new year. 5774! For many of us we will spend some time, either in synagogue or in [Read more…]
I recently had the honor of being part of a discussion at a small conference in Chicago as part of an organization called C-CHANGE. It is devoted to exploring and developing teams of people that [Read more…]
A few columns ago we looked at some of the studies that have been created to study the issue of happiness. The Harvard longitudinal study mentioned that as this class of Harvard students aged, their [Read more…]
I recently had a chance to spend some time with two women who had been taken to the hospital. Both women, in their 80’s, had survived the random challenges of life; from life threatening illness [Read more…]
Spring has, we hope, sprung here in the Philadelphia area. Trees are budding, we get to see the sun, the days get longer and the Phillies are loosing.We emerge from the long cold, gray winter. [Read more…]
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