Kol Bo
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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Neshama-NAJC
A Tree of the Field
In this d’var excerpt, Chaplain Barry Pitegoff reminds us of the blessing, “May you be like a tree of the field.” [Read more…]
D'vrei Torah
Guest D’var Torah Parsha Naso, 11 Sivan 5781: “You” Can Be A Plural
No matter how self-centered we try to be, we represent a community, says Chaplain Barry Pitegoff, BCC, in this d’var Torah on Parsha Naso. [Read more…]
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Reflections on Postelection Healing
Chaplain Barry Pitegoff reflects on the healing that our communities need in the postelection period. [Read more…]
D'vrei Torah
A Grandparent’s Blessing
Rabbi Susan Elkodsi notices that while the Torah loves genealogies, up until this week’s parashah, Vayechi, the Torah is silent about any actual relationship between grandparents and grandchildren. [Read more…]
Reflections on Aging
Sacred Work
Rabbi David Levin writes about his experience extending chaplaincy care in Pittsburgh as part of the American Red Cross support team, following the shootings at the Tree of Life Synagogue there. [Read more…]
Living Longer-Living Better
What’s Next for Jews in America?
Editor’s Note: Rabbi Peter Grumbacher frequently shares the story of his father’s Holocaust experience. He contributes this guest commentary as we approach the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht, when Nazis attacked the Jewish community across Germany. [Read more…]
Talmud Torah
Keeping Our Brothers and Sisters
As we try to process all that has happened in the past week, we are left in a state of shock and sadness at the level of hatred that has been let loose in our [Read more…]
Talmud Torah
Meaning Beyond All Blessings And Poems
Editor’s Note: This essay by Rabbi Steven G. Sager is reposted with permission from Sichaconversation.org. “I want my kids to say Kaddish for me after I die, but I can’t explain to them why, or what Kaddish means to me. [Read more…]
Baby Boomer Bubbe
The Uniqueness of YOU
Have you ever given much thought to the fact that each one of us is a one-of-a-kind, an only, rare, unique and exclusive individual that exists nowhere else on this planet? If you put it [Read more…]