covid-19

December 6, 2020 0

Chanukah Gifts Don’t Always Come Wrapped Neatly with a Bow

Sandy Taradash reflects on how different Hanukkah will be this year. [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)

October 11, 2020 0

Bubble, Bubble, COVID Trouble

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...]

September 28, 2020 0

Yom Kippur 5781: Yizkor For COVID-19 Victims

For Yom Kippur, Chaplain Barry Pitegoff offers a Yizkor prayer for COVID-19 victims. [Read more...]

July 22, 2020 0

Guest Post: Technology lessens social isolation for seniors

While nothing replaces face-to-face conversations, holding a hand or a warm embrace, ViewClix and GrandPad make social interaction easier and safer. [Read more...]

July 19, 2020 1

How Do We Care For The Nation?

This guest blog post originally appeared on the Spiritual Care Association website and is republished here with the kind permission of Reverend Hall. [Read more...]

July 19, 2020 1

Don’t Sink the Boat

"I would have to say that it is un-Jewish not to wear a mask when doing so puts others at risk," writes Rabbi Dr. Steven Moss in this commentary. [Read more...]

June 23, 2020 1

Downsizing into COVID-19

Rabbi Richard Hirsh describes the challenges of downsizing and planning a retirement during a pandemic lockdown. [Read more...]

May 18, 2020 1

Gratitude

Rabbi Stephen Karol finds elements of gratitude in the response to the coronavirus pandemic, through the thanksgiving prayers of the Jewish liturgy. [Read more...]

May 8, 2020 0

JSA Contributor Rabbi Dayle Friedman Published in Times of Israel’s Blogs

JSA Contributor Rabbi Dayle Friedman is a regular blogger at the Times of Israel website. Read her latest essay, "Forsake us not: Toxic ageism in the COVID pandemic." [Read more...]

April 2, 2020 0

Goals of Care Coalition of NJ Offering Free Daily Webinar on Coronavirus

The Goals of Care Coalition of New Jersey is offering a free daily webinar on the COVID-19 pandemic wiht founder and medical director Dr. David Barile. [Read more...]

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