Transition and Change
As you read this, I hope you take note of the new format for jewishsacredaging.com. The time has come for us to amp-up the vision of the site and what we can do, and so this [Read more...]
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Responding to Our Members in a Time of Economic Concern
Rabbi Edyth Held Mencher, LCSW Associate Director, URJ Department of Jewish Family Concerns Many people, perhaps all people, are experiencing heightened anxiety, insecurity [Read more...]
D’var Torah – Iyyar- Cultivating Patience as we Count the Days
The underside of the leaves are lit by the early morning light, as we enter the month of Iyyar. This is the month the Bible calls Ziv (shining), which, in Israel and here in [Read more...]
D’var Torah: When Adar Comes, Joy Is Increased!!
Adar is a month of surprises and provides a wonderful template through which to view healing. Looking at the swollen buds on thetree, about which I have written in the past, [Read more...]
Schvat- a Harbinger of Hope
President Obama’s inauguration January 20th was a day that I could not have imagined as a young Jewish girl growing up in the Jim Crow New Orleans of the 1950’s. My [Read more...]
Time as a Healer: The Jewish Calendar as a Spiritual Path: Tevet
I live in Southern California, where the seasons match those in the land of Israel. Therefore, my own moods and sense of time are often congruent with the Jewish [Read more...]
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