loneliness

December 7, 2020 0

Davar Acher: L’vado

Chaplain Barry Pitegoff, BCC, discusses issues of loneliness and estrangement in connection with recent Torah portions. [Read more...]

October 21, 2020 2

A Reply to a Friend I Haven’t Met Yet

JSA Contributor Stefanie Levine Cohen writes an open letter to a friend she hasn't met yet. [Read more...]

June 18, 2019 0

“Do Not Cast Me Off…”

Chaplain Barry E. Pitegoff, BCC, participated in a Shavuot teach-in at Temple Sinai, Middletown, NY, We share his remarks on a verse of Torah/Tanakh that has resonated for him. [Read more...]

Freddie Mercury (Kentaro Takizawa photo via Flickr.com, Creative Commons 2.0 license)

January 21, 2019 2

Dear Evan Hansen and Freddie Mercury: What Common Links Do They Share?

Sandy Taradash looks at the events that play a key role in shaping the kind of person we become. [Read more...]

December 2, 2018 0

Aging with dignity

Elana Marcus provides some advice for boomers about adjusting to life as an older adult. [Read more...]

November 27, 2018 0

Guest Blog Post: Who will be your next kinkeeper?

A 2018 study by Cigna on Loneliness in America concluded that “Loneliness has the same impact on mortality as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, making it more dangerous than obesity.” [Read more...]

May 3, 2018 2

Sadly, lonely people are in good company

Rabbi Dow Marmur, rabbi emeritus of Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto, Ontario, writes in his latest column for the Toronto Star about the impact of loneliness on [Read more...]

November 22, 2017 6

Alone for Thanksgiving

It’s hard for me to find the words to describe loneliness. The best I can come up with is that it feels like someone has scooped out all my insides, leaving only a [Read more...]

May 16, 2016 0

How We Can Embrace Those Struggling with Severe Depression

Editor’s Note: This article by Rabbi Mencher is reproduced with permission, and first appeared in the ReformJudaism.org blog. You can listen to Rabbi Address’ [Read more...]

April 27, 2016 3

Taking the “Lone” out of Lonely

The dictionary defines “lonely” as: without company; cut off from others; solitary; and sad from being alone. What loneliness does not mean is weak, boring, [Read more...]

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