Each year, Jewish tradition calls us to celebrate the turning of the calendar with both joy and solemnity. We bring in the New Year with apples and honey, followed by “Ten Days of Repentance” and solemn introspection, concluding with Yom Kippur, our Day of Atonement. On Yom Kippur itself, Jewish adults who are physically able …
The Bay Area Jewish Healing Center often shared Jewish holiday packets and additional spiritual reflections with hospitals. They didn’t always know what happens once they made the materials available. In one hospital, in the room of a 92-year-old man, listed at Jewish in the census, they found out. This update comes from a local hospital …
