| Chevra Kadisha and Jewish Cemetery Conference - Tentative Program | |||||||
| Time | Session | Full Conference | Chevra Kadisha Track | Tahara Track | Nechama Track | Cemetery Track | |
| Sunday | 10 am - 8 pm | Registration | |||||
| 10 - 12 | Brunch | ||||||
| 12 - 5 | Gamliel Institute Training | ||||||
| 4 - 5 |
JCANA Board |
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| 5 - 5:45 | JCANA Membership Meeting | ||||||
| 5:45 - 6 | Mincha | ||||||
| 6 - 9 | Conference Opening | Conference Begins - Welcome, Dinner, Opening Plenary, Networking, Exhibits | |||||
| 7:30 - 8:30 | God’s Untold Tale - Reb Mimi Feigelson | ||||||
| 9 - 9:15 | Ma'ariv | ||||||
| Monday | 6:45 - 7:45 | Shacharit | |||||
| 7:30 | Breakfast | ||||||
| 8:30 - 12 | Plenary 1 - Full Conference | Ground Burial and Cremation - Text Study - Historical trends - Responsa - Impact on Cemeteries - Impact on the Chevra Kadisha - Perspective of Rabbis - Strategies - Action Plan - Organizing Implementation - Rabbi Josh Strulewitz, Rabbi Steven Pearce, Rabbi Chai Levy | |||||
| 12 | Lunch | ||||||
| 1 - 2 | Plenary 2 |
Jewish Cemetery Association of North America (JCANA) - An
Introduction Ralph Zuckman, President |
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| 2:10 - 3 | Workshop 1 |
Tahara Demo - Rechitza (Washing), Tachrichim (Burial
Garments) and Tefilah (Prayers) Coordinated by Rick Light |
The Art of Comfort - Rabbi Anne Brener & Nancy Katz |
Small Cemeteries in a Large Cemetery Setting Sheldon Barr Carol Hochstadt Barry Pitegoff |
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| 3:10 - 4 | Workshop 2 |
Genealogy -
Internet Access to Cemetery Information Gary Mokotoff Quinton Atkinson |
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| 4:10 - 5 | Workshop 3 |
Torah of Six Feet Under Jhos Singer |
Complicated Tahara Physical and Emotional Issues Carol Cunradi |
Grief and Growing Camp Vicky Kelman |
Cemetery Imaging Elizabeth Wilson-Agin
Green Cemeteries |
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| 5:15 - 5:30 | Mincha | ||||||
| 6 - 7 | Dinner | ||||||
| 7 - 8 | Plenary 3 |
The Gamliel Institute - Educating Our Future Leaders - A
Progress Report Rabbi Stuart Kelman, Dean |
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| 8 - 9 | Evening Program 2 |
Katrina and New Orleans and Disaster Preparedness The Role of the Chevra Kadisha Ellen Cleary and Sandy Lassen |
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| 9 - 9:15 | Ma'ariv | ||||||
| 9:15 - 10:30 | Evening Program 3 |
Reb Levi Yitzchak Of Berditchev - Life and Legend - Reb Mimi Feigelson
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| Chevra Kadisha and Jewish Cemetery Conference - Tentative Program | |||||||
| Day | Time | Session | Full Conference | Chevra Kadisha Track | Tahara Track | Nechama Track | Cemetery Track |
| Tuesday | 7 - 7:30 | Shacharit | |||||
| 7:30 - 8:30 | Breakfast | ||||||
| 8:30 - 9:30 | Plenary 4 |
Intermarriage Breakout Sessions - Introduced by Rabbi
Stuart Kelman A. The Impact on Burial with Rose Levenson B. The Impact on Tahara with Glenn Massarano C. The Impact on Mourning with Rabbi Mimi Weisel |
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| 9:45 -10:35 | Workshop 4 |
Self Revelation as Religious Obligation
Reb Mimi Feigelson |
Re-Visioning - How Volunteers can Revitalize a Cemetery Bill Pechet |
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| 10:45-11:35 | Workshop 5 |
Cemetery Continuity - Hayden Burrus Steve Venick Stan Kaplan Dave Hoguet |
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| 12 - 1 | Lunch | ||||||
| 1 - 2 | Plenary 5 |
State of the Chevra Kadisha Movement David Zinner, Executive Director of Kavod v'Nichum |
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| 2:15 - 3:05 | Workshop 6 |
The Springfield Funeral Story Hannah Dresner |
Attending the Dead - Comparing Jewish & Christian
Perspectives Rabbi Menachem Creditor |
Networking yoga - self directed walking |
Computer Software Angela Knowles
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| 3:15 - 4:05 | Workshop 7 |
Networking yoga - self directed walking |
Organ & Tissue Donations - State of the Body Mina Gates |
Midrashim
Chayyim: Listening, Life Review and Legacy Linda Blachman |
Preservation of Older Cemeteries Gail Sussman |
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| 4:15 - 5:05 | Workshop 8 |
Chevra Kadisha Making It Work Well Jeff Davidson |
Last Words, Lasting Words: Re-viewing the Deathbed Confessional- Alison Jordan | Gold Rush Cemeteries Susan Morris | |||
| 5:15 - 6:00 | Closing Plenary | Closing - Music - Mimi, Anne, Menachem, Stuart | |||||
| 6 - 7 | Dinner | ||||||
| 7 - 8 | Mincha-Ma'ariv | ||||||
| 8 - 10 | Kavod v'Nichum Board Gathering | ||||||
| Wednesday | 7:00 - 7:30 | Shacharit | |||||
| 7:30 - 8:30 | Breakfast | ||||||
| 9-10:45 |
Day of Study I |
On The Cusp of Life The Art of Saying Goodbye Reb Mimi Feigelson |
“I’m sorry, the Number You Have Reached is Temporarily Disconnected” | ||||
| 11-1 | Study II | “Excuse Me, Are You Talking To ME?” | |||||
| 1-2 | Lunch | ||||||
| 2:30-4 | Study III | L’chayim! L’chayim! L’chayim! – A Celebration of Life | |||||