Jewish Sacred Aging is now offering a free download of a study guide/outline prepared by Rabbi Address for use in congregational and small group discussions about the implications of aging for Boomer spirituality. The study guide includes reading selections and references from authors specializing in the topic.
Rabbi Richard F. Address, D.Min, is the Founder and Director of www.jewishsacredaging.com. Rabbi Address served for over three decades on staff of the Union for Reform Judaism; first as a Regional Director and then, beginning in 1997, as Founder and Director of the URJ’s Department of Jewish Family Concerns and served as a specialist and consultant for the North American Reform Movement in the areas of family related programming. Rabbi Address was ordained from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 1972 and began his rabbinic career in Los Angeles congregations. He also served as a part time rabbi for Beth Hillel in Carmel, NJ while regional director and, after his URJ tenure, served as senior rabbi of Congregation M’kor Shalom in Cherry Hill, NJ from 2011-2014.
As this is my first column I thought I would give readers a sense of what I do as a Geriatric Care Manager by way of a metaphor. I will start out to say that [Read more…]
Rabbi Address’s comment: An issue that many of us face is how and when to move a loved one from their home back to where we live. When to have that talk and how to [Read more…]
Editor’s Note: This contribution is by Allan Brindell. I’ll never forget the day that my journey into the area of “care giving” began. Life was good! Everything was good for me; good for the family [Read more…]
My congregational study group is about to begin a study of Ecclesiastes. Can you recommend any commentary that is available online to help me link the test to the issue of sacred aging?
My congregational study group is about to begin a study of Ecclesiastes. Can you recommend any commentary that is available online to help me link the test to the issue of sacred aging?