I have long maintained that we have, in this country and in this day and age, created a new life stage; that of care-giver.
Yes, people have been caring for people as long as we have been in existence. However, as many of us know, given the revolution in longevity and the advances in medical technology, care-giving can be a very long term challenge and one that involved multiple generations.
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Rabbi Jonathan P. Kendall, D.D.
Over almost forty years in the pulpit have given me ample ammunition for almost every imaginable inquiry. Sifting through all of those interrogations – some of them very formal and others closer to drive-by-shootings at ongei Shabbat or at the supermarket – I think the most oft repeated (by children and adults) is “What happens when we die?” The translation of that has nothing to do with the physical aspects of death and everything to do with “is this all there is?”
Editor’s Note: This article by Rabbi Address was originally published on NAMI.org, the website of the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
the past decade, increasing numbers of congregations and agencies with the Jewish community have begun to focus on the challenges of reducing the stigma of mental illness on a public level as well as creating opportunities to educate members of the community regarding the place of mental health within Jewish tradition. Read more