Rabbi Douglas Kohn

Rabbi Douglas Kohn

Rabbi Douglas Kohn serves Temple Beth Jacob in Newburgh, New York, having previously served congregations in Buffalo, Baltimore, Chicago, and Southern California. He is happily busy in all aspects of congregational and community endeavors. In addition to co-editing "Striving to Be Human" with Rabbi Leah Cohen Tenenbaum, he is the editor of two other volumes: "Life, Faith, and Cancer: Jewish Journeys Through Diagnosis, Treatment, and Recovery" and "Broken Fragments: Jewish Experiences of Alzheimer’s Disease Through Diagnosis, Adaptation, and Moving On." Rabbi Kohn has written and spoken widely on the themes of illness, medical ethics, and being human.

Alzheimer’s Disease: A New Frontier in Health and Wellness

Rabbi Douglas Kohn

My grandfather was looking at me through empty eyes. His scruffy mustache was unmoving; he was just staring. My dad was making simple, small talk, but grandpa was just staring. I couldn’t recall then – and I can’t recall now, 20 years later – when was the last

Rethinking Memorial Day

Rabbi Douglas Kohn

Barbecues, sales at big-box retailers, baseball games and glossy advertisements in the Sunday paper with patriotic images. Yep, Monday we will mark Memorial Day – at least in the United States.

It seems incongruous to me: We honor the memories of soldiers who

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