Rabbi Michele Brand Medwin, D.Min, LMHC

Rabbi Michele Brand Medwin is rabbi emeritus of Temple Sholom in Monticello, NY. She is the author of Alzheimer's Families: Emotional and Spiritual Tools for Coping, A Spiritual Travel Guide to the World of God-Part I: Packing for the Journey and Part II-God Questions on the Journey. She has a part-time psychotherapy practice.
Death and Mourning

Glimpses into the Afterlife

Rabbi Michele Brand Medwin, D.Min, LMHC
Death is part of life, yet it brings feelings of loss. When we reflect on the passing of loved ones, or on our own mortality, we can't help but ask, "What happens to us immediately upon our death?" Jewish tradition, talks of the soul, which is eternal, and after the...
Torrah and Kippah
Sh'mini Atzeret - Simchat Torah

Moses’s Death, God’s Breath

D'Var Torah By: Oren J. Hayon

 August 27, 2013
Death closes all: but something ere the end, Some work of noble note, may yet be done, Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods. (Alfred, Lord Tennyson, "Ulysses," Poems, vol. 2, 1842) * * * Before the birth of virtually every significant male character in the Bible, extraordinary tales are...
Aging

Re-Envisioning Alzheimer’s

Rabbi Michele Brand Medwin, D.Min, LMHC
 October 26, 2012
While praying to God for help and solace, it struck me that there may be a different way to think about Alzheimer's. When Miriam's mind seems distant, the "person" I used to know is not really gone, but just gone from me, at those moments.
Torrah and Kippah
Sh'mini Atzeret - Simchat Torah

Moses’s Death, God’s Breath

D'Var Torah By: Oren J. Hayon

 October 18, 2012
Death closes all: but something ere the end,Some work of noble note, may yet be done,Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods.(Alfred, Lord Tennyson, "Ulysses," Poems, vol. 2, 1842)Before the birth of virtually every significant male character in the Bible, extraordinary tales are told about how he was brought into...