Reflections on Aging
To Hold On – To Remember: Yizkor
Rabbi Dr. Steven Moss thinks about Yom Kippur and its power to evoke memory. [Read more…]
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Reflections on Aging
Memorial Day 2021 Reflection: “We miss the flowers.”
Chaplain Barry Pitegoff reflects on the power of Memorial Day. [Read more…]
Carole's Corner
2020 — The Year Without Our Garden
Carole Leskin writes about her neighbor Mac, and the community garden he started. [Read more…]
Reflections on Aging
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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Do We Honor Our Dead – Or Worship Them?
Rabbi Stephen Karol looks at the ways we honor our deceased loved ones. [Read more…]
Reflections on Aging
Shavuot: Reviving interest in a forgotten day by focusing on those who have forgotten
Coming fifty days after the beginning of Passover and marking the appearance of the first fruits in the Land of Israel, Shavuot is one of five festivals whose observance is commanded in the Torah. Shifting [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…]
D'vrei Torah
Carly Simon was right: These are ‘the good old days’
Let me be up front and say that I enjoy Woody Allen films. That being said, let me urge you to drop what you may be doing and go out and see his new one, [Read more…]