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Rabbi Ben David, left, poses with his newest book, Seven Days, Many Voices: Insights into the Biblical Story of Creation, while taping this podcast interview with Rabbi Richard Address in the Professional Podcasts studios at The Lubetkin Media Companies, Cherry Hill, NJ

March 19, 2018 0

Resource for Downloading: Cancer Meditations for Your Passover Seder 2018

Rabbi Benjamin David prepared a set of meditations on cancer that can be used as part of your Seder. Rabbi David, a cancer survivor, has given Jewish Sacred Aging® [Read more...]

October 20, 2016 1

Rabbi Ben David’s Yom Kippur Sermon 2016

Rabbi Ben David, senior rabbi, Adath Emanu-El, Mt. Laurel, NJ So much has happened since 1976. Think about it for a minute. Think about how different life was for you and [Read more...]

September 22, 2016 8

The Gift

It wasn’t something I needed or wanted. Not something I secretly admired. It did not come wrapped in pretty paper. And it was not tied with a lovely bow. It was, in [Read more...]

September 30, 2013 1

To Hospice or Not to Hospice?

I want to begin this essay with an acknowledgment: I believe hospice performs extraordinary work in life’s final stage. I know that hospice care varies from place to place, [Read more...]

July 31, 2013 0

Caregiving for beginners

Editor’s Note: Cameron is husband to Heather Von St. James, survivor advocate for the Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance, and father to Lily Rose. He, along with Heather and [Read more...]

July 14, 2013 2

A message from ‘Bill’: My Story, My Journey, My Legacy

Editor’s Note: “Bill” has made a choice to forego additional treatment in his battle with cancer. A 50 something man, he accepted the invitation of [Read more...]

Exotic spices and produce on sale at the Carmel Market, Tel Aviv.

January 21, 2013 0

Sometimes the Third Ear Actually Works

This past week I visited a youngish middle-aged woman in the hospital. She had waged war against breast cancer for three difficult, trying years and finally, after genetic [Read more...]

November 27, 2012 0

Jewish Sacred Aging Podcast #6: A conversation with Rabbi Douglas Kohn about Judaism, Cancer, Alzheimer’s

Rabbi Douglas Kohn In this program, Podcast #6 in our series, Rabbi Address chats with Rabbi Douglas Kohn of Congregation Emanu El, Redlands, CA about his two books, Life, [Read more...]

August 29, 2011 1

Hope in the Midst of Illness

Hope is a crucial part of facing and coping with a medical illness. It can not only help a patient survive; it can also promote healing. Hope paves the way toward resilience [Read more...]