She was a geriatric chaplain for years and now trains rabbis to work with the elderly. Each and every action or project which advances the dissemination of torah and mitzvoth strengthens and stimulates jewish life far beyond the local precincts. Judaism s response was to institutionalize the use of alcohol at moderate levels and in controlled circumstances, such as kiddush the prayer sanctifying the day on shabbat and festivals. With people generally living longer lives today than in the past, many have sought to articulate a unique spirituality for those facing the questions, challenges, and joys that come with old age. This november, a contingent of more than 30 members of bet haverims chorus and band will be featured at the reconstructing judaism 2018 convention in philadelphia. Sep 27, 2011 the book of life is one of the most powerful images of the high holy days, but is also a theological catastrophe. Who we are kehillat israel is a warm, inclusive, jewish. A scroll containing the torah, the five books supposedly written by moses. Religion, spirituality and aging award, american society on aging. Jewish sacred aging is a forum for the jewish community with resources and texts. We combine the socially progressive values of egalitarianism, the joy of hasidism, the informed doityourself spirit of the havurah movement, and the accumulated wisdom of centuries of tradition.
Please go to our new virtual psjc, a site for all of psjc to connect during this time of physical distancing. The second edition of the classic jewish views of the afterlife features new material on the practical implications of jewish afterlife beliefs, including funeral, burial, shiva, and more. The center for aging and judaism at the reconstructionist rabbinical college, where she is reframing the conversation. The center report center for aging duke university. The life and death imagery of rosh hashanah is meant to spur people to improve their behavior. What does jewish tradition say about health, wellness, and aging. Rose grew up attending a jewish day school program and summer camp, both of which helped shape her passion for learning about judaism. The classic guide to the ageless heritage of judaism embraced over many decades by hundreds of thousands of readers, to be a jew offers a clear and comprehensive introduction to traditional jewish laws and customs as they apply to daily life in the contemporary world. It is sufficient if we strive to achieve our potential.
She lectures on rosh hodesh, jewish midlife issues and valuesbased parenting. In orthodox judaism cant speak for the other sects, as im unsure exactly what they. A program and resource guide for congregations on sacred aging. Experiencing the holy spirit as a constant companion. The center for aging and judaism at the reconstructionist rabbinical college. The center for aging and judaism of the reconstructionist rabbinical college, which works to foster engaged, spiritually vibrant aging through professional. The center for aging and judaism at the reconstructionist rabbinical college, which provided education, spiritual resources, and scholarship for elders and their caregivers. Created in 2003, and closed in 2011, 32 hiddur s efforts focused on developing spiritual resources and scholarship around aging jews. She was ordained by the hebrew union collegejewish institute of religion in 1985. Click here to read the latest center report in the summer 2019 center report you can. Finding your grit and grace beyond midlife by rabbi dayle friedman 2015 jewish lights publishing the challenge of aging isnt to stay young.
Here, you will find resources to help as you manage your own situation during this trying time, information about services, classes and other events, and information about how to volunteer to help one another, even amidst the limitations placed upon us. The center for aging and judaism, i have decided it is time for me to move on. Paths to jewish caregiving addresses the needs of caregivers for older adults by integrating jewish traditions and practices with a secular selfcare education program. We cannot be sure as to how it was understood originally, as we only hear about it.
The first public interactions jewish children have with a torah, whether dressing it during prayer services or reading from it aloud at a bar or bat mitzvah, are traditionally causes for great celebration. Consider the matriarchs and other biblical women, but dont limit yourselves to the women found in the bible. Dear friends, after eight years of rewarding work founding and directing hiddur. Judaism and the pursuit of healthy aging urj press, 2011. Shabbat candlelighting timeslook up shabbat and holiday candle lighting times for anywhere in the world. It is the only seminary affiliated with reconstructionist judaism. Book by rabbi helps illustrate, explain worries of aging j. Ruth andrew ellenson received the national jewish book. Rabbi friedman is a pioneer in the development of a jewish spiritual vision for the second half of life.
Caresharing a reciprocal approach to caregiving and care receiving in the complexities of aging, illness or disability. First, based on the reconstructionist concept of an evolving religious. We coproduced the report gearing up for the age wave. A reciprocal approach to caregiving and care receiving in the complexities of aging, illness or disability by marty richards. The center for aging and judaism of the reconstructionist rabbinical college and was the founding director of chaplaincy services at the philadelphia geriatric center. Jewish sacred aging is a forum for the jewish community with resources and texts that feature discussions on the implications of the revolution in longevity for baby boomers and their families. She is an ordained rabbi and a board certified jewish chaplain. Reconstructionist rabbinical college wikipedia republished. Friedman, a former nursing home chaplain, is the founding director of hiddur. He is the author and editor of many books and articles on humanistic gerontology. A guide for synagogues, an instrument for congregations seeking to address and engage aging jews. This workshop addresses the hard decisions that we may have to make as. Professor sarna is the author or editor of more than 30 books, including his awardwinning american judaism.
Rebalancing the roles in caregiving so all involved are supported when you care for someone who is dealing with the complexities of aging. A professional guide for fostering wholeness the perfect handbook for anyone called to give or receive care. Connie goldman the connie goldman quote at the beginning of the book sets the tone for the. This book would be a valuable edition to the shelves of rabbis, cantors, as well as. Rabbi friedman was ordained by hebrew union college jewish institute of religion, where she also earned ma degrees in jewish communal service and hebrew literature. The reconstructionist rabbinical college rrc is a jewish seminary in wyncote. Torahtrue judaism is the judaism which insists in theory on the necessity of religion to embrace synagogue, home and life, and which provides in practice guidance for every action, addressing the bride at home, the employer at his office, the youngster in school, the judge, the priest. Jewish people do not, as a whole, believe in anything that did not come to us from tradition. In 1948 the same year as the founding of the state of israel the local jewish community incorporated and established the first organized. Sacred aging what judaism can teach about the spiritual. In the following piece, the author discusses how we might think of a jewish spirituality of aging. Our sacred seasons celebration kits are innovative tools for elders and caregivers to celebrate jewish holidays in various eldercare settings. The center for aging and judaism at the reconstructionist rabbinical college wyncote, pa and editor of the groundbreaking book, jewish pastoral care. Heather whitson, the center for aging s new director.
The center for aging and judaism of the reconstructionist rabbinical college in philadelphia. Kazen, pioneer of torah, judaism and jewish information on the web. This scroll contains the first five books of what is known. Growing old the jewish view on aging and retirement. The multidisciplinary center on aging at the anschutz medical campus was established in 1993 through an agreement between the vice chancellor for health affairs, the deans of the schools on the anschutz medical campus and the leadership of the university of colorado hospital. The reconstructionist rabbinical college rrc, is located in wyncote, pennsylvania, about 10 miles 16 km north of central philadelphia. Making the jewish journey from midlife through the elder years.
Sacred aging what judaism can teach about the spiritual road ahead. Resources and texts for the jewish community featuring discussions on the implications of the revolution in longevity. Rabbi dayle friedman, msw, majcs, bcc, founder, hiddur. What is jewish disability awareness, acceptance, and inclusion month.
Book club genres all book club genres sorting by best selling this month book lists. Among my earliest memories of shulgoing, i loved to look at the glittering kiddush cups and havdallah sets,magen david jewelry, ironic aprons and sportsthemed kippot sitting in the windows. For us it is a civilization encompassing history, literature, art and music, land and language. The synagogue where i grew up, ahavath achim in atlanta, georgia, had a gift shop with floortoceiling windows displaying a varied assortment of items. In contrast to these western attitudes, judaism views aging, dying, and death as part of the cycle of life, says rabbi devorah jacobson, director of spiritual life at jgs lifecare in longmeadow, massachusetts.
Rrc is the only seminary affiliated with reconstructionist judaism. He is senior rabbi of the sydenham shul since 1986, president of the south african rabbinical association, and a frequent contributor to. Reconstructionists define judaism as more than a religion. Waxman is believed to be the first woman rabbi and first lesbian to lead a jewish. Rabbi dayle friedman is founder and director of hiddur. This book may appear to be addressed only to a jewish audience. We encourage you to participate in the conversation. Friedman is a pioneer in the development of a jewish spiritual vision for aging, spiritual care and healing. Our religious tradition is the reflection of our ancestors search for meaning, purpose and value. A reciprocal approach to caregiving and care receiving in the complexities of aging, illness or disability marty richards on. As part of a closeknit and deeply engaged community, youll become steeped in jewish texts, history, ritual, and. Brims with wise counsel, inspiring stories and practical resources.
A professional guide to fostering wholeness and editor of jewish pastoral care. Conference explores spiritual journeys ujafederation of. For his postdoctorate research, yani plans to study human development among indigenous cultures in the mountains of peru. It has been said that the pulse of a people is its music. The book explores six torah texts through a baby boomer. From rabbi anna boswelllevy god to speak at tvs lunch and learn. Among the bestknown are the wailing wall and temple mount, the tomb of rachel, and the tomb of david. But it in fact, it presents a set of views taken from a jewish perspective but applicable to anyone seeking to understand and deal with the issues presented.
The torah considers old age a virtue and a blessing. We are missing both opportunities and needs an expert on judaism and aging discusses what the jewish community gets right and wrong about late life, the importance of intergenerational relationships, and how to approach aging as a spiritual practice. Womens league for conservative judaism 4 creative judaic arts projects we can invite our own guests, ushpizot feminine, into our sukkot. Throughout the torah, old zakein is synonymous with wise. Rabbi friedman has pioneered the development of jewish spiritual resources for aging, healing and spiritual care. He teaches american jewish history at brandeis university and is director of its schusterman center for israel studies.
Waxman was inaugurated as the president of both on october 26, 2014. Rrc has an enrollment of approximately 80 students in rabbinic and other graduate programs. I first entered the land of the very old while i was at college. A guide to jewish observance in contemporary life thriftbooks. The mattoon jewish community center mjcc is a reform jewish congregation in mattoon, a city in coles county, illinois. A practical handbook from traditional and contemporary sources. The jewish community has had a strong presence in mattoon for more than 150 years. Reconstructionist rabbinical college wikimili, the free. One would be hard pressed to find a more appropriate logo for jewish music, for it is within this music that one can truly find the spirit of this ancient modern people. She has taught and mentored chaplains and clergy from all movements in judaism across north america and in israel. Torah, instruction or revelation, is the way of imitating god and becoming holy like him.
If youre looking for jewish assisted living in san diego, youre in luck. Hiddur has generated innovative spiritual resources and scholarship on aging and judaism. Rrc has an enrollment of approximately 80 students in rabbinic and other. The center for aging and judaism at the reconstructionist rabbinical college in wyncote, pa. Reb schachtershalomi, who is the founder of the spiritual eldering and jewish renewal movements, and author of ageing to sageing, addressed the audience by videoconference and was one of three plenary speakers. Hillel the elder was born around the year 110 bce1 in babylon2. In addition, every synagogue is consider holy as is the jewish home. One grand lesson of rosh hashanah is not that we have to be perfect, but that we are, and can continue to be, very good. Check out the religious action center of reform judaism s website to find a social issue that matters to you then dive deep. All religions have places and building they consider holy, but only judaism s holy buildings date back more than 4,000 years.
Definitions of reconstructionist rabbinical college, synonyms, antonyms, derivatives of reconstructionist rabbinical college, analogical dictionary of reconstructionist rabbinical college english. The center for jewish spirituality at congregation kol shofar seeks to deepen jewish spiritual growth and learning. Now, in his most personal work to date, he explores how the notion of a caring community can be transformative for individuals, particularly baby boomers struggling with issues of aging and mortality. At the age of forty, his intense desire to study more torah led him to jerusalem to study under shemaya and avtalyon, who were then leaders of the jewish world. In the jewish religion, there is the equivalent of the old testament the tanakh. Book by rabbi helps illustrate, explain worries of aging. Berrin serves on the academic advisory boards of hadassahbrandeis institute and hiddur. The torah using the article is the holy book of judaism and is comprised of first five books of the old testament genesis, exodus, leviticus, numbers and deuteronomy. Ujafederation of new york s caring commission and hiddur.
It is a place of experimentation and creativity with the common thread of shared practice. The public resources previously available here have been moved to rrc. She served as the assistant director of onsite programs for the jewish experience center at kehillat israel before becoming the director of the early childhood center. Founded in 1968 to serve the jewish people and the wider world, rrc is dedicated to teaching judaism as an evolving religious civilization and to engaging. Resurrection became the dogma of judaism, fixed in the mishnah sanh.
A professional guide for fostering wholeness rabbi dayle a. She is an oncology social worker affiliated with the keck medical center of the university of southern california. The center for aging and jewish life reconstructionist rabbinical college sunday, march 14, 2010 george school meeting house. Quizlet flashcards, activities and games help you improve your grades. Jewish renewal is a transdenominational approach to revitalizing judaism. The center for aging and judaism of the reconstructionist rabbinical college, which works to foster engaged, spiritually vibrant aging through professional education, scholarship and spiritual. It is accredited by the commission on higher education of the middle states association of colleges and schools. A practical handbook from traditional and contemporary sources, and author of jewish visions for aging. The reconstructionist rabbinical college rrc is a jewish seminary in wyncote, pennsylvania. According to friedman, the founding director of hiddur. She has mentored rabbis and chaplains, and trained professionals on spiritual dimensions of later life in the u. She is also the editor of two landmark jewish anthologies, celebrating the new moon.
The musical services at congregation bet haverim are a phenomenon. Whats after life evidence from the new york times bestselling book imagine heaven. Center for jewish spirituality congregation kol shofar. There are several projects that can be done with this theme to enhance home or communal sukkot. The ceremony took place at the national museum of american jewish history in philadelphia. This is particularly true in the present day and age, when jewish life has become more compact than ever. Life messages from the weekly torah reading was recently published by ktav, and is available at jewish. Hari mohan prasad is the author of objective english for competitive examinations 3. The word caregiver typically suggests someone doing all the giving for a frail, physically or mentally challenged, or aging person who is doing all the receiving.
The center for aging and judaism of the reconstructionist rabbinical college presented the conference. The center for aging and judaism of the reconstructionist rabbinical college. Rabbi dayle friedman, founder of the website, and interim. Three academic centers were established, the center for jewish ethics 1994. The result seems to have been, until recently at least, a relatively low incidence of alcoholism within the jewish. Center for aging is powered by wordpress at duke wordpress sites. The torah is often written in traditional hebrew on a large scroll of parchment. The center for aging and judaism, reconstructionist rabbinical college.
In the jewish religion, there is the equivalent of the old testamentthe tanakh. A professional guide for fostering wholeness as it is in life, it is in print too. He plans to move to peru to integrate with his study subjects, make social connections with them, and observe their daily life up close. She is a steering committee member and former director of the kalsman institute on judaism and health of hebrew union college. San diego is home to a vast array of free and lowcost services provided by the citys jewish community, and the metro area also has jewish independent living, assisted living, and skilled nursing facilities that are open to everyone. Does the jewish religion believe in life after death. Enter through the gift shop american jewish university. I am thrilled to be serving as high holy day cantor and interim rabbi of congregation leyv hairheart of the city in philadelphia for 201920. Opening of the new lubavitch synagogue and youth centre.
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