Baby Boomer Bubbe
When the Going Gets Tough…A Dinner Party Discussion
Sandy Taradash writes about the life changes among friends discussed at a dinner party. [Read more…]
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D'vrei Torah
Dvar Torah, Shavuot Yizkor 5783
In this d’var Torah for Shavuot Yizkor, Chaplain David Balto writes about the “soul garment,” that according to the Zohar, we receive in the 30 days immediately following death of the body. [Read more…]
Reflections on Aging
Make Firm My Steps: A Ritual Response To Parkinsons
Rabbi Holly Cohn is a hospice chaplain in Texas and wrote this as part of her class on Aging that is part of Wurzweiler School of Social Work’s Certificate in Gerontology and Palliative Care that Rabbi Address teaches in. [Read more…]
Kol Bo
Holy Bat Mitzvah
Chaplain Cindy Tanz recalls her adult bat mitzvah on its first year anniversary. [Read more…]
Reflections on Aging
Lech L’cha: Going Forth with God, and Without
Cantor Rhoda Harrison compares God’s biblical command to Abraham, lech l’cha, to go forth, with the existential imperative to flee oppression at the rise of Nazism in Germany marked by this week’s observance of Kristallnacht. [Read more…]
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Pinchas (Numbers 25:10-30:1)..I am SO Angry I Could………..
This week we meet one of Torah’s more challenging and interesting portions. Pinchas speaks to issues of transition (Moses to Joshua), ritual issues and is most famour for the discussion on inheritance; a discussion that features [Read more…]
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Pirke Avot Shavuot Study: “Strive To Be A Human Being”
Shavuot greets us next week. (erev is May 28). We celebrate the 10 Commandments, Confirmation in many congregations and for this final Pirke Avot passage, we turn to a line from Chapter 2 of the collection [Read more…]
D'vrei Torah
Shabbat Pesach: Broken Tablets, Broken Souls, Second Chances
The readings for this Shabbat are filled with drama and powerful images. Exodus 33:12-34:26 forms the reading for this Shabbat morning and an assigned Haftorah is drawn from Ezekiel 37:1-14. Our Torah portion reflects upon [Read more…]
Baby Boomer Bubbe
Knowing Your Giant in the Sky Can Make You Free: A Passover Message
Sandy Taradash finds Passover meaning in Broadway lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. [Read more…]
Reflections on Aging
The Growing Epidemic of Suicide in America
New contributor Rabbi Daniel Syme calls for increased attention to the growing suicide epidemic in America, particularly among baby boomers and the newly old. [Read more…]