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Rabbi Address Appears in ‘Caregiving NOW!’ Webinar for UPenn’s New Courtland Center for Transitions and Health

January 22, 2023 Webmaster 0

Rabbi Address was a guest speaker during a recent webinar series, “Caregiving Now!” for the New Courtland Center for Transitions and Health at the University of Pennsylvania. Several additional webinars are scheduled in the series. [Read more…]

Alert: The Crisis in Caregiving is Here!

February 19, 2022 Rabbi Richard Address 0

The United States has no comprehensive approach to caregiving or the caregiver. Rabbi Address introduces Caregiver: The Movie” as a starting point for discussions. [Read more…]

Frontotemporal degeneration and dementia and its toll on caregiver families, discussed on Seekers of Meaning TV Show and Podcast

December 11, 2020 Webmaster 0

Rabbi Cantor Vicki Axe discusses frontotemporal degeneration — FTD — and her experience as caregiver to her husband when he was diagnosed with the progressive condition. [Read more…]

Rabbi Address’s article on end-of-life conversations published on “My Jewish Learning”

July 10, 2020 Webmaster 0

Rabbi Address recently covered key points to know about having end-of-life discussions with your family in an article, “How to Talk To Loved Ones About Your End-of-Life Wishes: Do’s and don’t’s for broaching the most [Read more…]

"Smoke Glass Window," Photo by Emma Trevisan on Unsplash

A Rabbi Confronts Frontotemporal Dementia — “The cruelest disease you never hear of“

November 28, 2019 Rabbi Vicki Axe 5

Rabbi and Cantor Vicki Axe recently stepped down as spiritual leader of Congregation Shir Ami in Greenwich, Connecticut, to care for her husband. She contributed this essay as a response to a segment on the CBS 60 Minutes program about Frontotemporal Dementia, the condition affecting her husband. [Read more…]

"Serenity Now Moment at Lake Tahoe," Photo by Keegan Houser on Unsplash

Mindfulness and Caregiving

March 29, 2019 Alyssa Smith 0

A guest blog post by Alyssa Smith, MSW, LSW, a meditation instructor, leadership coach, and IJS-trained Wise Aging facilitator. [Read more…]

What to say to Caregivers – Suggestions for Clergy

November 10, 2017 Webmaster 0

Editor’s Note: Nancy Hays was a caregiver to her husband, who recently died from Alzheimer’s Disease. She presented this at a recent seminar Rabbi Address attended in Philadelphia. Nancy is a member of Temple Shalom in [Read more…]

HaDerekh: Paths to Jewish Caregiving

September 8, 2016 Webmaster 0

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Madelyn (Micki) Iris, Ph.D. For more information about the HaDerekh program and evaluation results, please contact her at irisassociates2016@gmail.com. Caregiving for aging family members is of particular [Read more…]

Formerly known as Concordia Square, this served as the central square of the Kraków ghetto and the deportation spot of Kraków Jews between 1941-43. The square was refurbished at the end of 2005 and the memorial installed. It features 33 large illuminated chairs in the square and 37 smaller chairs standing on the edge of the square and at the tram stops. The chairs represent the furniture and other remnants that were discarded on that very spot by the ghetto’s Jews as they were herded into the trains that would often take them to concentration camps. One of the memorial’s designers, Piotr Lewicki, said: “First, a quarter of the town’s residents had to leave their homes and go to the closed-off area of Podgórze. Then the ghetto was reduced in size, and the people were divided according to whether or not they could work, whether they were sick or healthy etc. As a result people were constantly resettling, bringing all their belongings with them. They also took chairs with them, the furniture closest to the body. When the ghetto was liquidated, the Jews had to move to the Płaszów camp, and anything that wasn't needed remained in the square. We wanted to draw reference to that moment precisely. There must have been an incredible silence, it must have been completely empty.” (Photo by Jennifer Boyer via Flickr.com. Used under Creative Commons 2.0 License)

Holocaust Survivor Born to Be a Caregiver

March 8, 2016 Webmaster 0

Editor’s Note: Rita Ross was married for close to 50 years, during which time she raised five children (four boys and a girl), taught first grade at Solomon Schechter Day School and in addition to [Read more…]

New resource link added: Shepherd’s Centers of America, Resources Available to You page

October 2, 2015 Webmaster 0

We have added a link to our Resources Page for Shepherd’s Centers of America, whose own resources page includes a very extensive list of advocacy, aging, healthcare, and financial benefits organizations. Please check it out [Read more…]