the conversation

April 14, 2016 1

Life Data Forms for “the Conversation” about End of Life Decisions

These Life Data forms have been prepared to serve as a basis for starting the “Conversation” among families. Download the PDF file and use it as a guide in your [Read more...]

April 7, 2015 1

Passover and Parents

What is the proper role for children faced with caregiving for parents? Psychologist Elana Grumbacher explores the issues and the challenges of having "The Conversation" with aging parents. [Read more...]

January 21, 2014 1

Dr. Donald Friedman: Dying Well – Observations from bioethicist Arthur L. Caplan

Arthur Caplan I heard a talk last year by Arthur Leonard Caplan, PhD, a well known and well respected bioethicist, who presently is the Director of the Division of Bioethics [Read more...]

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon meets new immigrant soldiers during the traditional reception on Sukkot holiday at the prime minister's residence in Jerusalem. GPO photo by Ohayon Avi.

January 20, 2014 0

A lesson from Ariel Sharon’s passing

This is not a political piece. Not by any stretch. Then again, I guess everything can be considered political in some sense. I recently began a class in my congregation on [Read more...]

April 8, 2013 1

Bad News: Dancing with our Contract With God….

I just received news that an old friend passed away. For ten years I served as the Rabbi of Congregation B’nai B’rith in Santa Barbara. For ten years my friend, in [Read more...]