Kol Bo
Long Distance Grandparenting: Making Each Moment Sacred
JSA Contributing Author Rabbi Karen Fox describes the complexity of grandparenting at longer distances. [Read more…]
relationships
Reflections on Aging
Aging from the Heart
JSA contributor Marc Blesoff realizes that aging serenely requires noticing and appreciating the world from the heart. [Read more…]
Reflections on Aging
Seeing What is Most Real in the Midst of What is Most Familiar
I’m reading a book written by David Brooks titled The Second Mountain. In it, Brooks discusses the difference between a career and a vocation. He writes that in the vocation mentality one is not living [Read more…]
Living Longer-Living Better
Welcoming The Next Chapter: Embracing A Major Transition, or What Can I Do Now That the House is so Quiet?
Guest contributor Stefanie Levine Cohen explores her new life-stage as an empty-nester. [Read more…]
Seekers of Meaning-JSA Podcast
One America Movement’s Founder, Andrew Hanauer, is guest on Jewish Sacred Aging Podcast
Andrew Hanauer, director of the One America Movement, is the guest on this week’s Jewish Sacred Aging Podcast. The One America Movement’s mission is to heal growing divisions in American society, to build human relationships [Read more…]
Carole's Corner
The Friendship Test
One of the most memorable and influential people in my life was Mrs. Raboy. She was my second grade teacher. Unlike most of the other teachers at SC Elementary School she was not warm or [Read more…]
Talmud Torah
Ten Things for Grandparents of Grandchildren Being Raised in Interfaith Families to do During Holiday Time
Here’s a great checklist you can download, courtesy of Big Tent Judaism. It’s a PDF file. Ten Things for Grandparents of Grandchildren Being Raised in Interfaith Families to do During Holiday Time (PDF Download)
D'vrei Torah
Who is your Person?
The URJ Biennial was an amazing conclave, several days of camaraderie and learning. It was powerful time reminding us that we are more than just ourselves; we belong to something greater, something that helps shape [Read more…]
Baby Boomer Bubbe
Baby Boomer’s Empty Nests…Keeping Perspective
After a relatively mild winter in the Bay Area, sorry Easterners, by Valentine’s Day the hills were carpets of green velvet and our streets were lined with cherry blossoms and crape myrtles, showering us in [Read more…]
Radio Show
Dr. Stephen Treat of Council for Relationships is guest on Boomer Generation Radio
Dr. Stephen Treat, Senior Therapist and former Director and CEO of Council for Relationships, is this week’s guest on Boomer Generation Radio, Rabbi Address’ weekly talk show on WWDB-AM 860 in Philadelphia. You can read [Read more…]