compassion Archives - Jewish Sacred Aging

80-G-344625: Jewish New Year’s Services held at Red Cross Recreation Center at CINCPAQ HQ, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, September 8, 1945. Shown: SK3/C Richard Weinberg; Chaplain Lipis; Ensign Berlin; and SK2/C Sidney Kinmel. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/11/24).

Hula and Hora? Tzedaka and Aloha?

August 21, 2023 Sandra Taradash 0

In the wake of the devastating fires that ravaged Maui, Sandy Taradash compares Jewish and Hawaiian culture of caring and compassion. [Read more…]

Seekers of Meaning 10/28/2022: Matt Goldberg, Humorist, Author of “Rings of Kindness”

October 28, 2022 Webmaster 0

On this week’s episode of the Seekers of Meaning TV Show and Podcast, author and humorist Matt Goldberg discusses his forthcoming book, Rings of Kindness, an anthology that features more than 80 true stories of [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)

Parshat Bo: Self-Centeredness or Compassion?

January 10, 2022 Chaplain Barry Pitegoff, BCC 0

Chaplain Barry Pitegoff, BCC, writes about the plague of darkness. [Read more…]

Plague: Guest Post from Rabbi Gustav Buchdahl

March 26, 2020 Rabbi Gustav Buchdahl 0

A new guest contributor, Rabbi Gustav Buchdahl, discusses Jewish thinking about coping with disasters and catastrophes. [Read more…]

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, K. Meech and J. Kleyna (University of Hawaii), and O. Hainaut (European Southern Observatory)

Unfinished Business

January 27, 2020 Alden Solovy 0

Rabbi Address’s Note: Alden Solovy, the liturgist, poet and prayer writer who chronicles so much of life, recently forwarded this beautiful meditation. His “Unfinished Business” really struck a chord as it speaks to thoughts that [Read more…]

When the Garden is What Remains

October 21, 2019 Carole Leskin 0

JSA Contributor Carole Leskin reflects on friendship, companionship, and loss. [Read more…]

Jefferson Airplane Album, at Point Pleasant Antiques, 2016. (Photo Copyright ©2016 Steven L. Lubetkin. Used by permission.)

Life more wonderful, not just less horrible

August 11, 2019 Marc Blesoff 1

JSA contributor Marc Blesoff writes about self-compassion, ageism, and mortality. [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…]

Sharing Loss, Sharing Compassion

May 30, 2016 Rabbi David Levin 1

This guest post to Rabbi Address’ blog is by Rabbi David Levin. How do you tell Dad that Mom has died? This challenging question confronted old friends this past week. Compassion is such a difficult [Read more…]

Guest Post: Everyone needs some sensitivity

June 22, 2015 Rabbi Mark Levin 0

Editor’s Note: Rabbi Mark Levin is the founding rabbi of Congregation Beth Torah in Overland Park, KS, and a contributor to Jewish Sacred Aging. People our age, my age, in our sixties and above, need [Read more…]