bereavement

Rabbi Address, right, and Rabbi Simcha Raphael, during taping of their discussion for Rabbi Address' new TV show, "Conversations," which debuts on this website tomorrow night at 6pm.

July 8, 2016 0

JSA Podcast 2016-15: Rabbi Simcha Raphael, Part 1, on Death, Dying, and Bereavement

In this edition of the Jewish Sacred Aging podcast, Rabbi Address welcomes Rabbi Simcha Raphael, Ph.D., director of the Da’at Institute, for the first part of a two-part [Read more...]

In a January 1962 photo, from left: Sandy, Marvin, Martha, Neal and (in front) Fred Greene

July 20, 2015 1

What’s Meant to Be? The Randomness of Chaos? G-d’s Will? Or Is There No Answer….

Sunday was a different day for our family. It was the only day my Dad didn’t work, except for Easter Sunday, Father’s Day and the Sundays from Thanksgiving through [Read more...]

Rabbi Simcha Paull Raphael chatted with Rabbi Address on Jewish Sacred Aging TV.

July 17, 2015 0

Recommended book: The Grief Journey and the Afterlife: Jewish Pastoral Care for Bereavement

This book synthesizes an understanding of traditional Jewish rituals of death and mourning, with contemporary psychological perspectives on grief and bereavement. In [Read more...]

December 2, 2013 0

Presence is an active, not passive, activity

Often we think of “being present” for the other as being available to hear them and be with them. We say we reach out to them but in reality, we are offering to wait [Read more...]

September 10, 2013 0

Toni Griffith, grief counselor, is September 10 guest on Boomer Generation Radio

Toni Griffith, a Philadelphia area grief counselor, is the September 10 guest on Rabbi Address’ weekly radio show, “Boomer Generation [Read more...]

July 29, 2013 2

Reaching out to others can be profound and meaningful

I vividly remember that September night in 1987. We had left the hospital earlier that evening knowing that the end was near. The hospital called a few hours later to let [Read more...]