Baby Boomer Bubbe
January 2021
Sandy Taradash provides a prayerful poem for our country as the new year begins. [Read more…]
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Seekers of Meaning-JSA Podcast
Seekers of Meaning 1/8/2021: Discussion of “Psalms in the Key of Healing,” book edited by Rabbi H. Rafael Goldstein, z”l
Rabbi JD Sacks and Cantor Dr. Rhoda Harrison, Ph.D. discuss their contributed chapters to a new book, “Psalms in the Key of Healing,” edited by Rabbi H. Rafael Goldstein, who died in late December shortly before the book’s scheduled publication in January. [Read more…]
Resource Links
Prayers for a Pandemic from The Jewish Forward
The Forward has collected some new and reenvisioned prayers for the pandemic crisis. [Read more…]
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A New ‘Al cheyt’ Prayer
A modern version of the “Al cheyt” confessional prayer compiled by Leonard H. Berman and inspired by Dennis Praeger. [Read more…]
Reflections on Aging
A Prayer For Making New Friends Upon Moving Into a Retirement Community
Rabbi Janet Madden, a certified Jewish Spiritual Director, shares a prayer for people starting a new life chapter in a retirement community. [Read more…]
Baby Boomer Bubbe
Inherent in Prayer is TIKVAH
I heard this somewhere and it has stuck with me because when I hear people say, “What good is prayer?” it makes me wonder if people didn’t pray, how could/would they hold on to HOPE [Read more…]
JSA Programs and Resources
A Ritual to Mark the End of Hanukkah, from Rabbi Susan Elkodsi
Rabbi Susan Elkodsi of the Malverne Jewish Center in Malverne, NY contributes a ritual to mark the end of Hanukkah, much as the Havdalah service marks the end of Shabbat.
Talmud Torah
Toldot D’var Torah, New York Jewish Spiritual Care Collaborative, Wednesday, November 7, 2018
Chaplain Barry Pitegoff shares his thoughts on Parsha Toldot. [Read more…]
Blog
Guest Essay: Taharot in Pittsburgh
Editor’s Note: Alden Solovy writes the “To Bend Light” blog, where this essay originally appeared. He gave Jewish Sacred Aging permission to reprint it here. Solovy was a guest on the Seekers of Meaning Podcast in July. You [Read more…]
Talmud Torah
Meet Your Chaplain
Chaplain Barry Pitegoff, a new contributor to JewishSacredAging.com, discusses the role of the hospital chaplain in the caregiving process. [Read more…]