Rabbi Michele Brand Medwin, D.Min, LMHC
Glimpses into the Afterlife
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
Moses’s Death, God’s Breath
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
Re-Envisioning Alzheimer’s
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.
Moses’s Death, God’s Breath
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
