Accompanying the Dead
Rabbi Stephen Karol writes about accompanying the dead and being accompanied through life by our loved ones. [Read more...]
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SOM Pod 8/30/2019: Rabbi David Levin and Rabbi Simcha Raphael, hosts of the Philadelphia ‘Death Café’
In this episode of the Seekers of Meaning Podcast, Rabbis David Levin and Simcha Rafael discuss the Philadelphia Death Café, where participants discuss a wide range of topics related to death and dying. [Read more...]
Pre-Arrangements … a thoughtful way to provide for your family
Editor’s Note: This article about pre-arrangements for funerals was prepared by Harry Platt, director at Platt Memorial Chapels, Cherry Hill, NJ. By Harry Platt Harry [Read more...]
Presence is an active, not passive, activity
Often we think of “being present” for the other as being available to hear them and be with them. We say we reach out to them but in reality, we are offering to wait [Read more...]
The Eulogy
A long, long time ago, just on the edge of where memory meets embellishment, I was an Associate Rabbi in Hollywood – not Hollywood, FL, heaven forefend – but the real [Read more...]
The World Shrinks
There are certain “set pieces,” or repetitive scripts that become a part of every Rabbi’s life. This comes under the heading of REALLY telling tales out of school. Each [Read more...]
Release and Relief
Rabbi Jonathan P. Kendall 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, [Read more...]
Unbreakable Bonds
Rabbi Jonathan P. Kendall, Rabbi Emeritus, Temple Beit HaYam Several years ago I was asked to perform the wedding ceremony for an old friend’s daughter in Los Angeles. I [Read more...]
The Lord giveth…
Who among us is not familiar with the faith-filled words of Job who, in the midst of crushing despair and loss, utters the famous line, “The Lord giveth, the Lord taketh [Read more...]
Having “the talk”
Several of my friends who are also caregivers for their elderly parents to one degree or another, kept telling me that I needed to have “the talk” with my parents. “The [Read more...]
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