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…]
memories
Baby Boomer Bubbe
A Poem….
I decided to take a walk today along the path they call Beautiful Journey. I love this walk because the flowers bloom in G-d’s brightest shades of Her pallet Even in the dead of [Read more…]
Baby Boomer Bubbe
Pass Over
I can hear the Russian accents shrayening Yiddish barbs at one another, “You draykop!” “You’re such a shmendrick!” “Of course the goyim don’t understand!” This is the normal conversation and banter from Bubbe and [Read more…]
Talmud Torah
Things Get Weird: Guest meditation from Rabbi Mark H. Levin
Things get weird this time of year. Memories compete with current events in my life. I miss and even long for those significant loved ones with whom I shared this season, speaking about the past, [Read more…]
Jewish Baby Boomers
The Power of Gefilte Fish….and Passover!
Sandy Taradash recalls Passovers of her youth and a day spent cooking gefilte fish, that most unusual of Jewish delicacies, with her Bubbe. [Read more…]
Baby Boomer Bubbe
So You Want to Talk About Being a Baby Boomer? Try Your 50th High School Reunion on for Size!! Such Sweet Memories…
So I don’t want size to be an issue here, but it’s hard not to notice the extra lbs. your high school friends have added to their list of “What have you been doing for [Read more…]
Rabbi Address' Monthly Message
It cannot be that long ago!
In the last few weeks I have had the opportunity to engage in some conversations with some groups about Boomer issues. We were all reflecting on the news that is in front of us these [Read more…]
D'vrei Torah
Memories of my Mom and Dad — Yizkor 2013
Our Jewish calendar provides us with time to remember those we have loved. On their Yarzheits, or anniversary of passing, our thoughts turn to our mothers or fathers, our sisters or brothers, our husbands or [Read more…]
Baby Boomer Bubbe
Have You Read a Good Book Lately? Judge a Book by its Cover…
This is how my son describes the books I’ve been reading for the past 35 years: So they were poor Jews in Russia/Eastern Europe, the bad guys came and burned their homes and they were [Read more…]
Baby Boomer Bubbe
Holiday Food, Jewish Style
As the High Holidays approach, and we reflect upon the year past, we are in touch with the essence of our deeds, the essence of one’s soul and the essence of our relationship to and [Read more…]