We Are the Ones God Sends
Rabbi Stephen Karol discusses the value of Yizkor, the service of remembrance, and our role comforting the bereaved -- and ourselves. [Read more...]
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Sudden Death
"No matter how old we are, no matter how much experience we have had with death, it is sudden death that some people feel hits us the hardest," writes Rabbi Stephen Karol about the untimely death of basketball great Kobe Bryant and eight others in a helicopter crash Jan. 26. [Read more...]
“May God comfort you…” Upon Ending Shloshim For My Father
Editor’s Note: As Passover ends, we are again given the opportunity, in ritual fashion, for one of our tradition’s Yizkor services. To remember is a gift. This guest [Read more...]
On the Fifth Night Of Chanukah…Our Dog Died
Behold our menorah from the sixth day of Chanukah. Behold the third candle: snuffed way sooner than the others. At this season commemorating miracles, God performed another [Read more...]
The Third Yahrzeit Candle
Sharon Siegel confronts memory and meaning following the death of her father late last year. [Read more...]
11/14/2017 JSA Radio: Rabbi Anne Brener, author of Mourning & Mitzvah, on creating caring communities
The guest is Rabbi Anne Brener, MAJCS, MA, LCSW , is a Los Angeles-based psychotherapist and spiritual director who has assisted institutions worldwide in creating caring [Read more...]
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...]
Dance of the Shiva Queen
The 7:06am call was not unexpected and I knew what it was about before I even picked up the phone. I had been up since 5:30am and already did two loads of wash, ran the [Read more...]
How Do You Eat an Elephant? Or: How Do You Measure Your Pain?
On a scale of 1-10, how do you measure the gut wrenching pain that, at one time or another, we all feel? Is it measurable? Is it time limited? Do you cry? Do you sit mute? [Read more...]
The World Shrinks
There are certain “set pieces,” or repetitive scripts that become a part of every Rabbi’s life. This comes under the heading of REALLY telling tales out of school. Each [Read more...]
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