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AGEISM: A Public Health Issue
Marc Blessoff writes that Jewish Tradition commands us to respect our bodies and to strive for health as a means of honoring our relationship to God. It’s a mitzvah to be healthy and well. [Read more…]
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Reflections on Aging
Not-So-New Normal?
Contributor Marc Blesoff discusses the pandemic and how we co-create the “new” normal. [Read more…]
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Ending Ageism
In this guest commentary, Rabbi Susan Elkodsi of the Malverne, NY, Jewish Center, discusses ways to think about ending ageism. [Read more…]
Reflections on Aging
Thoughts and emotions can affect physical health
If one thinks that life peaks in middle age and then it is all downhill after that, that’s what one gets. It is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Most of us now agree that lessening our stress [Read more…]