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From Bereavement to Redemption and Hope

July 16, 2021 Rabbi Susan Elkodsi 0

Rabbi Susan Elkodsi reflects on the upcoming Tisha B’av observance and its ability to take us from bereavement to redemption and hope. [Read more…]

This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically. A novel coronavirus, named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China in 2019. The illness caused by this virus has been named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). (CDC Photo/Alissa Eckert, MS, Dan Higgins, MAMS)

Bubble, Bubble, COVID Trouble

October 11, 2020 Rabbi Jennifer Kaluzny 0

Rabbi Jennifer Kaluzny makes her Jewish Sacred Aging debut as a contributor with an essay about missing the security of a COVID-19 bubble. [Read more…]

Be Culturally Radical: Live As If You Are Dying

October 2, 2019 Rabbi Simcha Raphael 0

Reb Simcha Raphael provides some reflections on Yizkor. [Read more…]

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.

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

July 8, 2016 Webmaster 0

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 conversation about Jewish views on death, dying, [Read more…]

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

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

July 20, 2015 Sandra Taradash 1

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 Christmas. My Dad and his two [Read more…]

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

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

July 17, 2015 Webmaster 0

This book synthesizes an understanding of traditional Jewish rituals of death and mourning, with contemporary psychological perspectives on grief and bereavement. In addition, Simcha Paull Raphael integrates the traditional understanding of Jewish mourning rituals with [Read more…]