Reflections on Aging
A Harvest of Memories
JSA contributor Rabbi Stephen Karol links the farming cycle and harvest to memories and Yizkor. [Read more…]
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Baby Boomer Bubbe
“Homecoming!” What Does it Mean to You?
Sandy Taradash compares the meaning of “Homecoming” for her granddaughter and for herself. [Read more…]
Reflections on Aging
The Gift of Memory: Remembering Jenni
Cantor Rhoda Harrison, Ph.D., from Congregation M’kor Shalom in Cherry Hill, NJ, recalls a childhood friend who died much too early, and the continuing gift her memory provides. [Read more…]
Baby Boomer Bubbe
Feeling Grateful to Spend Quality Traveling Time with My Grandkids
Sandy Taradash tells about her recent European trip with her granddaughters. [Read more…]
Carole's Corner
Flannel Sheets
Flannel sheets evoke memories of home and comfort for contributor Carole Leskin. [Read more…]
Baby Boomer Bubbe
Food is Love…Holiday Recipes
Sandy Taradash ponders the connection between Jewish food, holidays, memories and culture. [Read more…]
Baby Boomer Bubbe
Time…Oy Vey, Where is IT and Where did IT Go?
Approaching: 2018…how does that resonate with you? Make you shudder? Make you wonder where all the years have gone? Make you leery/apprehensive/disbelieving that it wasn’t yesterday that you were turning 18? Oy, those were the [Read more…]
Carole's Corner
Apple Sauce in the Meatloaf
I did not expect to hear any laughter Sunday, Aug. 27. My mood was somber as I got into my car early that morning. I drove to a nearby parking lot where I would meet [Read more…]
Carole's Corner
The Straw Hat
The moment I saw it I knew it was mine. The vendor’s stall was a few yards away from where I stood under an awning to avoid the early morning sun. I looked across the [Read more…]
Carole's Corner
A Soul-Full Family Thanksgiving
This is how I imagined it. Once Upon a Time, long, long ago, before even existence existed, there was nothing but Darkness. A color so black that it has never been seen again. And there [Read more…]