Baby Boomer Bubbe
‘Tis the Season—For Life-Cycle Events…
Sandy Taradash reflects on life-cycle events and the importance of keeping them fresh and vivid in our memories, like snapshots. [Read more…]
life cycle
Reflections on Aging
Exploring elderhood: a new stage of the life cycle
Jewish Sacred Aging contributor Marc Blessof describes ways to ensure that the wisdom and experience of older generations are preserved. [Read more…]
Reflections on Aging
Lasting and Recurrent Memories
I remember attending my first funeral. I’m pretty sure it was toward the close of elementary school, maybe a little earlier, perhaps a little later.
D'vrei Torah
Passover and the Cleansing of the Soul
Happy Passover. It is that time again. Families are gathering and the stories will flow as we sit around the seder table.
D'vrei Torah
Rituals of Transition
The High Holidays are over and the year has begun–in earnest. The pace of life has returned and “routine” has ben re-established. Yet, for most of us the routine is that there is no routine.