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  On this edition of the  Jewish Sacred Aging Podcast, Rabbi Address chats with Rabbi Sam Joseph, the Eleanor Sinsheimer Distinguished Service Professor of Jewish Education and Leadership Development at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati. The conversation was recorded March 25, 2017 when Rabbi Joseph was appearing as the Scholar-in-Residence at Temple Emanuel in Cherry...

On this episode of the Lubetkin on Communications podcast, we present this year's "Meet the Media" panel, sponsored by the New Jersey Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. The panel was held March 30, 2017 at Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ. The panelists were: Karin Price Mueller, writes the Bamboozled consumer affairs column and a money column for The Star-Ledger/ NJ.com...

This episode of the Jewish Sacred Aging Podcast features a conversation with Rachael Falk, a Psy. D. candidate in clinical psychology, about her doctoral research into spirituality as it relates to end of life and mourning rituals. About the Guest Rachael Falk, who is pursuing her Psy. D. in Clinical Pscyhology at William James College, was selected by the Council of Professional Geropsychology Tr...

On this edition of the Jewish Sacred Aging Podcast, Rabbi Peter Kasdan, retired rabbi of Temple Emanu-El in Livingston, NJ, discusses his work with the Jewish Genetic Disease Consortium and his efforts to encourage Jewish couples to take part in pre-marital genetic screening and counseling regarding these diseases.   About Rabbi Kasdan Rabbi Peter Kasdan currently serves on the Bioethics Committee...

David Zinner, executive director of Kavod v'Nichum, a Maryland-based organization training Jewish communities and organizations in traditional Jewish funeral practices, is the guest on the March 17 Jewish Sacred Aging Podcast. Zinner describes the educational seminars and conferences held by the group's training affiliate, the Gamliel Institute. Kavod v'Nichum (Honor and Comfort) encourages and as...

On the Feb. 24 Jewish Sacred Aging podcast, Rabbi Robyn Frisch, director of the Philadelphia chapter of InterfaithFamily.com, discusses how she works with interfaith families to help them maintain connections to Judaism.

Harry J. Whittinghill survived the hellish Bataan Death March in 1942 and wrote a memoir about it that his children brought to Brookdale Community College History Professor Paul E. Zigo. Zigo, a retired Army officer and founder of Brookdale's Center for World War II Studies, worked with Drew University History Prof. John McLaughlin and Marie D. Somers, director of communications of the New Jersey...

On this edition of the Jewish Sacred Aging podcast, Rabbi Address speaks with Rabbi Connie Golden, recently installed as president of the National Association of Retired Reform Rabbis .

On this edition of the Jewish Sacred Aging podcast, Shelly Christensen discusses Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month (JDAIM). Shelly Christensen Shelly Christensen, MA, literally wrote the book on inclusion of people with disabilities, the Jewish Community Guide to Inclusion of People with Disabilities and is writing her new book, From Longing to Belonging: Empowering Faith Communities...

On this episode of the Middle Chamber Books and Music Podcast, our guest is Jessica Rhodes, CEO of InterviewConnections.com, a booking agency for people seeking to be guests on podcasts. Jessica is the author of the just-published Rock the Podcast!, a book that describes how to make podcast guest appearances part of your overall marketing strategy for your business, your consulting practice, or yo...

On this episode of Boomer Generation Radio, the guests are Rabbis Tsurah and Yosef August discussing chaplaincy and compassionate care. Rabbi Tsurah August is a chaplain for Jewish Family & Children's Service of Philadelphia. Rabbi Yosaif August is a life coach, healthcare innovator and caregiver advocate, and author.

On the January 24, 2017, the guests are William Benson, a principal in the Silver Springs, MD-based health benefits consulting firm, Health Benefits ABCs LLC, and Dorian (Dori) Mintzer, Ph. D., a licensed psychologist and life coach, who is author of The Couple's Retirement Puzzle: 10 Must-Have Conversations for Transitioning to the Second Half of Life.

In this edition of the Jewish Sacred Aging podcast, the guest is Emily Pinzur, an end of life doula, who provides informational, emotional, spiritual and practical support to clients as they engage consciously and fully with their own end of life transition or that of a loved one. More information about Emily's doula practice is at silverwheelhealing.com .

In the January 17, 2017 Boomer Generation Radio, Marilyn Haskel of the Kendal community Collington discusses music for older adults, and Mark Dann, federal affairs director for Compassion and Choices, the nation's oldest, largest and most active nonprofit organization committed to improving care and expanding choice at the end of life.

On the January 10, 2017 Boomer Generation Radio show, Barbara Shaiman of Embrace Your Legacy discusses strategies and activities to help people "live their legacies," become more philanthropic and create projects for social change. In the second half of the show, Peter Hecht discusses financial planning in the New Year.

Rabbi Marc Katz, Associate Rabbi at Congregation Beth Elohim in Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY, discusses his book, The Heart of Loneliness: How Jewish Wisdom Can Help You Cope and Find Comfort on this episode of the Jewish Sacred Aging Podcast. [spp-player] About the Guest Originally from Barrington RI, Marc received a B.A. from Tufts University in 2006.  At Tufts, he studied Comparative Religion while...

In this edition of the Middle Chamber Books and Music Podcast, we have a return visit from author Shel Israel, whose latest book with Robert Scoble, The Fourth Transformation: How Augmented Reality & Artificial Intelligence Will Change Everything , discusses how technology to create virtual and augmented realities will transform the way we interact with companies, each other, and the world of real...

In the December 16, 2016 Jewish Sacred Aging Podcast, Rabbi Ben David, senior rabbi at Congregation Adath Emanu-El, Mt. Laurel, NJ , discusses his experience battling non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and how it is shaping a new perspective for his rabbinate, his life as a parent, and as a human being.  Rabbi David made his illness, treatment, and recovery the focus of his Yom Kippur sermon this year, which...

On the December 13, 2016 Boomer Generation Radio show, Jon Roesser, general manager of Weavers Way Cooperative Association, explains the coop movement and the organization's mission of operating a grocery-based consumer organization that is owned and governed by its members. The second-half guest is Jerome Kerner of Saging International, dedicated to helping elders reclaim their role as leaders, s...

On the December 6 Boomer Generation Radio program, Stephen Maag, director of residential communities at LeadingAge, formerly known as the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, is the first guest. He discusses the organization's role in advocating for residential communities for the aging. In the second half of the program, Susan Collins, executive director of the Transition Net...

In the December 2, 2016 edition of the Jewish Sacred Aging Podcast, the guest is Rabbi Simcha Raphael, founder of the Da'at Institute and author of May the Angels Carry You: Jewish Prayers and Meditations for the Deathbed. The podcast also includes several selections from the book's companion CD of music composed and performed by Rabbi Raphael's wife, Rabbi Geela Rayzel Raphael.

On the November 29, 2016 Boomer Generation Radio, the guest is Cornelia Biddle, author and descendant of Francis Martin Drexel, grandfather of Saint Katharine Drexel. She is currently writing about her ancestor Nicholas Biddle, president of the Second Bank of the United States.

Anndee Hochman, writer, teacher, and educator, is the first guest on the November 22, 2016 edition of Boomer Generation Radio. Pat Tadel, MSN, RN, a clinical ethicist from Gundersen Health in LaCrosse, WI, visits during the second half of the program to discuss end of life planning.

Rabbi Mark Howard Levin, founding rabbi of Congregation Beth Torah in Overland Park, KS, is the guest on the November 18 Jewish Sacred Aging Podcast. Rabbi Levin is the author of Praying the Bible: Finding Personal Meaning in the Siddur, Ending Boredom & Making Each Prayer Experience Unique . About the Guest Rabbi Mark H. Levin is a native of Baltimore, Maryland. Graduated in 1971 from Boston Univ...