Kol Bo
Kaddish prayer…
Rabbi Laurie Kurs, BCC, discusses the role of the Kaddish prayer in our personal reflections about our departed loved ones. [Read more…]
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Neshama-NAJC
Griever
A poem for those grieving from Chaplain Karen Kaplan. [Read more…]
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The Journey
Continuing our content partnership with Neshama, the National Association of Jewish Chaplains, Rabbi/Chaplain Laurie Kurs writes about the journey from grief to recovery. [Read more…]
Care-Giving Concerns
Judaism and Suicide Loss: Providing Specialized Support for International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day
Chaplain Barry Pitegoff offers some resources for Jewish survivors of suicide loss. [Read more…]
Kol Bo
Poetry from Rabbi Pamela Wax
New JSA Contributor Rabbi Pamela Wax shares some of her poetry, which helped her cope with the death of her brother. [Read more…]
Seekers of Meaning-JSA Podcast
Shelley Craig, Program Director, Faith & Grief, Discusses Support After Death of a Loved One
Shelley Craig, program director of Faith & Grief, discusses the organization’s mission to provide opportunities for comfort and hope to those who have experienced the death of a loved one. [Read more…]
Reflections on Aging
Love and Loss in the Time of COVID
Rabbi Vicki Axe describes the experience of being caregiver to her husband Harold and coping with loss and mourning during the pandemic. [Read more…]
JSA in the News
Rabbi Address is guest on the Faith & Grief Podcast
Rabbi Address is the guest on episode 17 of the Faith & Grief podcast, produced by Faith Presbyterian Hospice and Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church, in Dallas, Texas. The Faith & Grief Podcast explores the intersection of faith & grief. [Read more…]
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Sudden Death
“No matter how old we are, no matter how much experience we have had with death, it is sudden death that some people feel hits us the hardest,” writes Rabbi Stephen Karol about the untimely death of basketball great Kobe Bryant and eight others in a helicopter crash Jan. 26. [Read more…]
Reflections on Aging
Writing Your Way Through Grief
Editor’s Note: This guest post was written by Joan Zlotnick, a retired English professor. I imagine that many of you who have come to this site are caregivers experiencing anticipatory grief or have recently been bereaved. [Read more…]