Dying

When a rabbinical student says Kaddish for his non-Jewish parents…

Posted on September 11, 2015September 11, 2015 by David Joslin

Having grown up in the Catholic faith, death, dying, and mourning were always such surreal experiences. Although one begs to ask, what isn’t surreal about the entire process for anyone? It always fe... Read More

How Great the Darkness: A Prayer for Newtown

Posted on December 14, 2012December 16, 2012 by Caitlin Michelle Desjardins

Oh God, how can we ever understand? This is evil wildly beyond comprehension. Are you the one allowing this? Could you have stopped it? Could we have? God, who I believe to be Merciful, who I hope to ... Read More

On Being with Dying: A Story of Squirrels and Little Girls

Posted on October 30, 2012November 1, 2012 by Caitlin Michelle Desjardins

At an evening party some friends of mine threw last spring, two friends came up to me and asked for my help with an infant squirrel they’d found in their yard that seemed nearly dead. I quickly foll... Read More