Baby Boomer Bubbe
Coming of Age … For Them or For Me?
Sandy Taradash reflects on the religious education and spiritual foundation her granddaughters received and how it affects the whole family. [Read more…]
rituals
Seekers of Meaning-JSA Podcast
Rabbi Daniel Roberts discusses rituals for retirement on Oct. 9 Seekers of Meaning TV Show and Podcast
Rabbi Daniel Roberts, rabbi emeritus of Temple Emanu El in Orange Village (near Cleveland), Ohio, discusses his work creating rituals for retirement on the Oct. 9, 2020 Seekers of Meaning TV Show and Podcast. [Read more…]
Slider
Reimagining Ritual in the Time of Covid-19
Rabbi David Levin discusses the importance of kavod v’nichum, the Jewish mitzvah of comforting the mourners, during the coronavirus pandemic. [Read more…]
JSA in the News
Rituals Essential to Late-Life Transitions – London Free Press
The Rev. Sheila Macgregor, lead minister of Siloam United Church, wrote this commentary in the London Free Press, London, Ontario, which mentions Jewish Sacred Aging. Rabbi Address will be a keynote speaker at Canadian Boomerfest: A [Read more…]
Resource Articles
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 through a [Read more…]
Talmud Torah
Phoenix Rabbi’s Commentary Notes Rabbi Address’ Remarks at Health Conference
In a commentary published in the Phoenix Jewish News, “Dying raises new issues today,” Rabbi Bonnie Koppell, a spiritual leader at Temple Chai in Phoenix, discusses the conference, “Health, Mortality and Morality: Jewish Perspectives,” held [Read more…]
Talmud Torah
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 [Read more…]
D'vrei Torah
Rabbi Jonathan Kendall: Empty Chairs
A Pesach anecdote: when I became the Senior Rabbi at a large Miami congregation, among my many meetings with the Founding Rabbi Emeritus, the issue of the community Seder (though months away) became the focus [Read more…]
D'vrei Torah
Rituals of Transition
The High Holidays are over and the year has begun–in earnest. The pace of life has returned and “routine” has ben re-established. Yet, for most of us the routine is that there is no routine.
Thought Pieces
Coping with Loss….A Yom Kippur Thought Piece
Adam, the first human, was created on the 6th day. The sun shone for him throughout the entire first day, Shabbat, but he became frightened when he saw darkness encroaching at the conclusion of this [Read more…]