Kol Bo
The Value of Palliative Care, from a Former Patient
Hospice chaplain Laurie Kurs writes about her experience with palliative care and hope. [Read more…]
hope
Blog
From Bereavement to Redemption and Hope
Rabbi Susan Elkodsi reflects on the upcoming Tisha B’av observance and its ability to take us from bereavement to redemption and hope. [Read more…]
Carole's Corner
2020: A Mixed Blessing and a Farewell
Carole Leskin provides a valedictory to 2020. [Read more…]
Carole's Corner
The Trees Don’t Know About Disease
I had to go to CVS And I was nervous, I must confess. Armed with lotions, wipes and sprays I drove along in a medical daze! The roads were clear, I could sense the fear. [Read more…]
Baby Boomer Bubbe
Inherent in Prayer is TIKVAH
I heard this somewhere and it has stuck with me because when I hear people say, “What good is prayer?” it makes me wonder if people didn’t pray, how could/would they hold on to HOPE [Read more…]
Talmud Torah
Toldot D’var Torah, New York Jewish Spiritual Care Collaborative, Wednesday, November 7, 2018
Chaplain Barry Pitegoff shares his thoughts on Parsha Toldot. [Read more…]
Seekers of Meaning-JSA Podcast
“Seekers of Meaning” Podcast: Rabbi Stephen Karol, author of “Finding Hope and Faith in the Face of Death: Insights of a Rabbi and Mourner”
On this episode of the podcast, Rabbi Address speaks with Rabbi Stephen Karol, author of Finding Hope and Faith in the Face of Death: Insights of a Rabbi and Mourner. The book is about giving people [Read more…]
D'vrei Torah
Parshah Shelach: Trust and Hope
Parashah Shelach helps me understand a fundamental part of the human condition giving perspective into the fickle nature of the Israelite people’s relationship to their God as the Almighty leads them from bondage to the [Read more…]
Baby Boomer Bubbe
Live and Let Live…My Prayer for 2016
I awoke to the morning news As outrageous grief and fear grips an iconic city, any city, the world. I see images reminiscent to days of old That I am too young to know Yet [Read more…]
Talmud Torah
Things Get Weird: Guest meditation from Rabbi Mark H. Levin
Things get weird this time of year. Memories compete with current events in my life. I miss and even long for those significant loved ones with whom I shared this season, speaking about the past, [Read more…]