The Jewish Family: Signs of Early-Stage Dementia in a Parent
Through Torah and Jewish values, we can learn more about supporting the family when a parent is diagnosed with early stage dementia.
Wally Klatch
Through Torah and Jewish values, we can learn more about supporting the family when a parent is diagnosed with early stage dementia.
In her senior rabbinical school sermon for JTS, Sarah Rockford explores Parashat Bereishit and how creatures emulate God.
Why would we ever imagine that God would break a promise? Further, what is this guarding? Are we sheep, potatoes, or loose coins that must be watched and safeguarded?
How can chess overlap with teshuvah? We can focus a lot on the “best moves” to make for every situation we find ourselves in.
How far should one go to make peace? We can learn the answer to this from looking at stories of how Aaron makes peace.
Tu B’av reminds that Jewish people join together in tragedy and in love and joy, helping explain why this is the year to celebrate it.
What is Tu B’Av and why is it a time to find love and joy during the mournful summer? It comes between Tisha B’Av and Rosh Hashanah.
Jews see marriage as mitzvah based on biblical and rabbinic texts. Marriage is seen as important for spirituality and closeness with God.
This an exploration of my “temple envy” through the emotions of grief, wonder, and desire for Jewish unity during a recent vacation to Nikko.
Ilana Sandberg (JTS RS ’24) explores parashat Ki Tisa and speaks on relationships with God and other human beings.
Talia Kaplan (JTS RS ’24) explores parashat Mishpatim and the Torah of disorienting moments, reflecting on her rabbinical school experience.
When the time of Yom Kippur is upon us, we talk a lot about forgiveness. Saying “sorry” is easy—how do we forgive?
If we try to look past the tangible, if we focus on the other, in relationship, we can come to see the Divine, even if only for a second.
Asking for forgiveness not only cultivates empathy and humility, but it provides an opportunity for renewal.