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Guest Blog Post: Synagogue Friends
Sharon Siegel reflects on this season of continuing losses of loved ones and the memories and connections they represent. [Read more…]
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Reflections on Aging
Days are Scrolls
Rabbi Stephen Karol writes on the scroll of his days through increased connections to learning opportunities online. [Read more…]
Carole's Corner
When the Garden is What Remains
JSA Contributor Carole Leskin reflects on friendship, companionship, and loss. [Read more…]
Reflections on Aging
Marc Blesoff: Don’t let the path of life wither!
“Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die.” recently repeated by Neil Tobin, Necromancer People start to disappear as we get older. I’m not talking about the fact that “old people” in our [Read more…]
Baby Boomer Bubbe
A Poem….
I decided to take a walk today along the path they call Beautiful Journey. I love this walk because the flowers bloom in G-d’s brightest shades of Her pallet Even in the dead of [Read more…]
Baby Boomer Bubbe
So You Want to Talk About Being a Baby Boomer? Try Your 50th High School Reunion on for Size!! Such Sweet Memories…
So I don’t want size to be an issue here, but it’s hard not to notice the extra lbs. your high school friends have added to their list of “What have you been doing for [Read more…]
D'vrei Torah
Release and Relief
I attended the funeral last month for a woman my age. This, alone, has a way of bringing one’s own mortality into sharp focus. Still, circumstances were decidedly different. This individual, the sister of a [Read more…]
Reflections on Aging
Unbreakable Bonds
Several years ago I was asked to perform the wedding ceremony for an old friend’s daughter in Los Angeles. I flew in to San Diego a few days early so that I might visit a [Read more…]