Kol Bo
A Religion that Gives Meaning to Life and Death
Rabbi Mark Levin writes about how religion seeks to answer existential questions of life and death. [Read more…]
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Reflections on Aging
Aging from the Heart
JSA contributor Marc Blesoff realizes that aging serenely requires noticing and appreciating the world from the heart. [Read more…]
Seekers of Meaning-JSA Podcast
Sara Schneider discusses “The Human Journey” interactive program for deep listening about life stages
Sara Schneider, founder & CEO of The Human Journey, discussses how the program’s two-hour guided experience takes families of birth, families of choice, and support groups from suffering, isolation, and fragmentation to togetherness, meaning, and deep listening. [Read more…]
Reflections on Aging
Share what you treasure most
Rabbi David Levin discovers a legacy treasure while going through his father’s belongings. [Read more…]
Baby Boomer Bubbe
The Uniqueness of YOU
Have you ever given much thought to the fact that each one of us is a one-of-a-kind, an only, rare, unique and exclusive individual that exists nowhere else on this planet? If you put it [Read more…]
Reflections on Aging
My Grandmother’s Hands
It began as just another ordinary day. I woke up, stretched and gently put my feet over the side of the bed. I did my exercises, 15 minutes designed to loosen my stiffened joints and [Read more…]
Baby Boomer Bubbe
Honoring My Parents on Their Yahrtzeit
My parents died when they were 38 years old. In a car accident. A drunk driver hit us head-on. I lived. I was 16. I have always been plagued about why I survived. It’s not [Read more…]
Rabbi Address' Monthly Message
Rabbi Address’s Mid-Month Message: MAKING SURE IT COUNTS: The OMER and us.
In Jewish tradition, this period between Passover and the festival of Shavuot is referred to as the “omer”. This reflects back to Torah and the charge to take a cutting of barley each day between [Read more…]
D'vrei Torah
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 the subject again turned to [Read more…]
D'vrei Torah
Passover and Personal Liberation
In a few weeks we’ll be gathering again for the family ritual of the seder. Passover arrives and with it the spring and another opportunity for own own reflection. I am always struck by the [Read more…]