fear Archives - Jewish Sacred Aging

On the Importance of Bringing Shadow Fears to Light

May 3, 2022 Lee Richmond 0

Contributing writer Lee Richmond discusses bringing our fears to light and facing them to find courage and strength. [Read more…]

Port Elizabeth, South Africa, Photo by Sincerely Media on Unsplash

When Faith Is What I Need Most

June 8, 2020 Carole Leskin 4

Carole Leskin writes about the importance of drawing strength from faith in the face of crises facing our society. [Read more…]

Passover Table 2, by April Killingsworth, from Flickr.com under Creative Commons 2.0 license.

Passover, the Wilderness Journey and Our Fears of Death

April 7, 2020 Rabbi Simcha Raphael 0

JewishSacredAging.com contributor Reb Simcha Raphael looks for ways the teachings of Passover can help us deal with these enigmatic and often frightening times. [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)

Guest Commentary: COVID-19 pandemic no laughing matter

March 16, 2020 Marc Blesoff 2

Guest contributor Marc Blesoff offers some suggestions on how to cope with emotional and physical stress during the coronavirus shutdown. [Read more…]