Baby Boomer Bubbe
The Good News/The Bad News
With her family fully vaccinated, JSA contributing writer Sandy Taradash shares some good news — and bad news. [Read more…]
covid-19
Seekers of Meaning-JSA Podcast
Robin Cogan, “The Relentless School Nurse”
On this week’s Seekers of Meaning TV Show and Podcast, Robin Cogan, RN, author of “The Relentless School Nurse” blog, discusses pandemic and other health issues affecting school age children, and the stressful effects of the long pandemic lockdown on health care professionals. [Read more…]
Seekers of Meaning-JSA Podcast
Rabbi Eric Yoffie, President Emeritus of the Reform Movement, Reflects on Pandemic and Relations with Israel
Rabbi Eric Yoffie, president emeritus of the Union for Reform Judaism, discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Jewish life and the relationships between liberal American Jews and the State of Israel. [Read more…]
Seekers of Meaning-JSA Podcast
Philadelphia Rabbi Jill Maderer Discusses Pandemic Impact on Worship, Education, Pastoral Care
As part of a series of discussions about the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the Jewish community worldwide, Rabbi Jill L. Maderer, senior rabbi at Congregation Rodeph Shalom in Philadelphia, describes changes in Jewish worship, community life, and pastoral care needs. [Read more…]
Seekers of Meaning-JSA Podcast
Rabbis Jan Katzew and Stacey Schlein Discuss Pandemic Impact on Jewish Education
Rabbi Jan Katzew, Associate Professor of Education and Jewish Thought at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati, and Rabbi Stacey Schlein, rabbi-educator at The Temple-Tiferet Israel, Beachwood, Ohio, discuss the effect of the pandemic on Jewish Education. [Read more…]
Kavod v'Nichum
Kavod v’Nichum webinars on justice in Jewish tradition now available at no cost
Kavod v’Nichum offers two free webinars with Laurie Zoloth, a dynamic and world-renowned professor of Jewish ethics. [Read more…]
Baby Boomer Bubbe
Chanukah Gifts Don’t Always Come Wrapped Neatly with a Bow
Sandy Taradash reflects on how different Hanukkah will be this year. [Read more…]
Reflections on Aging
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…]
Rituals
Yom Kippur 5781: Yizkor For COVID-19 Victims
For Yom Kippur, Chaplain Barry Pitegoff offers a Yizkor prayer for COVID-19 victims. [Read more…]
Living Longer-Living Better
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…]