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...]
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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 [Read more...]
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...]
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, [Read more...]
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...]
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 [Read more...]
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 [Read more...]
Coping with Loss….A Yom Kippur Thought Piece
Rabbi Geri Newburge, Associate Rabbi, Temple Emanuel, Cherry Hill, NJ Adam, the first human, was created on the 6th day. The sun shone for him throughout the entire first [Read more...]
Reflections on Aging
I am part of the generation born during WW II, who now look in the mirror and are startled by the realization that even we are aging. The youngest of us has already reached [Read more...]
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