Class: Exploring ideas of time
For baby boomers time is becoming more present in our lives. Is it an enemy or the constant reminder that we need to make “every day count”. So here is a brief idea for a [Read more…]
For baby boomers time is becoming more present in our lives. Is it an enemy or the constant reminder that we need to make “every day count”. So here is a brief idea for a [Read more…]
For some reason, in recent months there has been a rise of articles detailing the fact that Boomers are now a major factor in the decline of our economic well being. We have the “chutzpah” [Read more…]
Craig Taubman, a dynamic Jewish singer-songwriter best known for his collaboration with Rabbi David Wolpe in the creation of the Friday Night Live Shabbat service at Temple Sinai in Los Angeles, has again launched his [Read more…]
In the fourth Jewish Sacred Aging podcast, Rabbi Address discusses “Growing Older: A Sacred Journey,” with Rabbi Dayle Friedman, a pioneer in forging a Jewish spiritual response to the challenges and blessings of later [Read more…]
I attended the funeral last month for a woman my age. This, alone, has a way of bringing one’s own mortality into sharp focus. Still, circumstances were decidedly different. This individual, the sister of a [Read more…]
I took a relatively early retirement from my Pediatric practice of 35 years, leaving at age 60 after preparing several years for my family’s financial and my practice’s well- being. Plenty of planning. I knew [Read more…]
I recently asked a friend how he defined his life in the context of a constant stream of security or change. He had to reflect for a few minutes before answering, “I had never thought [Read more…]
June 2012 is kind of a special month. No, not for Father’s Day or Graduations; but for a special anniversary. It seems that forty years ago (June 2 to be exact) I was ordained at [Read more…]
Several years ago I was asked to perform the wedding ceremony for an old friend’s daughter in Los Angeles. I flew in to San Diego a few days early so that I might visit a [Read more…]
Who among us is not familiar with the faith-filled words of Job who, in the midst of crushing despair and loss, utters the famous line, “The Lord giveth, the Lord taketh away; blessed be the [Read more…]
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