prayers

May 18, 2020 1

Gratitude

Rabbi Stephen Karol finds elements of gratitude in the response to the coronavirus pandemic, through the thanksgiving prayers of the Jewish liturgy. [Read more...]

Jerusalem - Yizkor (Jaffa Phillips via Flickr.com under CC2.0 License)

March 15, 2020 0

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...]

Rabbi Ben David, left, poses with his newest book, Seven Days, Many Voices: Insights into the Biblical Story of Creation, while taping this podcast interview with Rabbi Richard Address in the Professional Podcasts studios at The Lubetkin Media Companies, Cherry Hill, NJ

March 19, 2018 0

Resource for Downloading: Cancer Meditations for Your Passover Seder 2018

Rabbi Benjamin David prepared a set of meditations on cancer that can be used as part of your Seder. Rabbi David, a cancer survivor, has given Jewish Sacred Aging® [Read more...]

April 29, 2016 0

Expanded Forms for Helping Have “The Conversation” About End of Life and Care Plans

We are pleased to be able to make available to you an expanded series of forms, based on A Time to Prepare (Life Planning book) that will help guide you and your family [Read more...]

Couples and Ponds, By Jennie-O on Flickr.com, used via Creative Commons license.

November 23, 2015 0

Rituals for Signing Advance Health Directive and Healthcare Proxy

One of the issues that keeps coming up in workshops on end of life issues and ritual creation, is the need for some ritual or prayer that can be said at the time we sign our [Read more...]

David Zinner, executive director of Kavod v'Nichum, which provides training in Jewish funeral customs, is the guest on the August 1 episode of JSA-TV's "Conversations."

August 1, 2014 0

Jewish Sacred Aging TV: David Zinner discusses funeral ritual training conducted by Gamliel Institute

In the second part of a two-part interview, David Zinner, executive director of Kavod v’Nichum, a Maryland-based organization training Jewish communities and [Read more...]

Rabbi Address, left, chats with David Zinner, executive director of Kavod v'Nichum, an organization focused on providing traditional funeral ritual resources to the Jewish community. Zinner discusses Jewish funeral traditions in the next two episodes of "Conversations" on Jewish Sacred Aging TV.

July 21, 2014 0

Jewish Sacred Aging TV explores Jewish funeral rituals and spirtuality with Kavod v’Nichum director

David Zinner, executive director of Kavod v’Nichum, a Maryland-based organization training Jewish communities and organizations in traditional Jewish funeral practices, [Read more...]

July 18, 2014 0

Jewish Sacred Aging TV: Jewish funeral and burial customs discussed July 21 at 6pm

David Zinner, executive director of Kavod v’Nichum, a Maryland-based organization training Jewish communities and organizations in traditional Jewish funeral practices, is [Read more...]

May 3, 2012 1

The Lord giveth…

Who among us is not familiar with the faith-filled words of Job who, in the midst of crushing despair and loss, utters the famous line, “The Lord giveth, the Lord taketh [Read more...]