Aging

One woman's story of embracing vulnerability and finding love after loss.

Read about one man's journey to embrace life after he was diagnosed with early-stage dementia and how he found new meaning through studying Torah.

"The light of day / Crept beneath my eyelids / And pushed sleep away..."

Even as structure and routine begin to crumble, ritual observances don’t stop for the virus. As did many generations of Jews before us, we must adapt ritual to this unprecedented way of life, and Shabbat services, a mainstay for nursing home residents, necessitated creative adaptation.

The following poem, from Al Vorspan's posthumously published "Scrapbook Memoir," offers insight into aging with humor and grace – plus an important, biblical life lesson at the every end.