When the Garden is What Remains
JSA Contributor Carole Leskin reflects on friendship, companionship, and loss. [Read more...]
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Rachael Falk discusses her doctoral research into spirituality and mourning practices, on JSA Podcast
This episode of the Jewish Sacred Aging Podcast features a conversation with Rachael Falk, a Psy.D. candidate in clinical psychology, about her doctoral research into [Read more...]
Repurposing
It was December 29, 2016. A bright winter sun pierced the spaces between the blinds causing me to wake up a bit earlier than usual. I opened my eyes gently and did not [Read more...]
Who by Fire … My Yom Kippur Problem
Editor’s Note: This guest post was contributed by Edmond H. Weiss, Ph.D. Long before the Pharisees began writing about an Olam Haba, an afterlife that is a reward for [Read more...]
JSA Podcast 5/13/2016: Rabbi Edythe Mencher, Disabilities Inclusion Learning Center
In this week’s Jewish Sacred Aging Podcast, Rabbi Address goes on location at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York City to interview a [Read more...]
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...]
It’s about time! Guest post from Judith Wolf Mandell
Editor’s Note: Judith Wolf Mandell is a freelance writer in Nashville. Her children’s book, Sammy’s Broken Leg (Oh, No!) and the Amazing Cast That Fixed It, [Read more...]
Guest Post: A Cantor’s Thoughts on End of Life Conversations
When I was hired to be the Cantor and sole clergy at Congregation Beth Shalom in Arlington, Texas, I officiated at more funerals during my first year than I had even been to [Read more...]
Taking the measure of life
I read with some interest a brief piece in the current AARP Magazine on the growing trend for activity trackers. (AARP June/July 2014. ) These are little bracelets that can [Read more...]
Transitions and Meaning
I recently was honored to do a workshop for a synagogue in Chicago (Sukkat Shalom). They were developing a program focusing on baby boomers and aging. In a break-out session [Read more...]
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