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Conference Program - Almost Final
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Day |
Time |
Theme |
Topic |
Who |
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Sunday |
9:00-1:00 |
Registration and Brunch |
Registration (9:00am onward) Brunch (10:00am-1:00pm) |
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Sunday |
9:00-10:00 |
Davening |
Shachrit Service |
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Sunday |
9:30-11:30 |
Local Attractions |
Walking Trails |
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Sunday |
9:30-11:30 |
Brezniak funeral home tour |
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Sunday |
9:30-11:30 |
Casket Company |
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Sunday |
noon-1:00 |
Opening Plenary |
The Chevrah Kadisha Movement |
David Zinner |
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Sunday |
1:00-3:00 |
Taharah |
Taharah Demonstration |
Rick Light |
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Sunday |
1:00-3:00 |
Home Taharah |
Jean Berman & Sally Shannon |
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Sunday |
1:00-2:00 |
Chevrah Communication |
Rena Boroditsky and Bella Rosner |
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Sunday |
2:00-3:00 |
Summoning the Angels: Songs and a Blessing for the Transition |
Rabbi Me'irah Iliinsky |
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Sunday |
3:00-3:50 |
Taharah Minhagim - Learning from Each Other |
Rena Boroditsky |
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Sunday |
3:50-4:00 |
Transition |
Blessing of the Hands - Taharah Closing Ritual |
Rabbi Me'irah Iliinsky |
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Sunday |
4:00-4:45 |
Integration Time |
See session description |
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Sunday |
4:45-6:00 |
Community Education and Involvement I |
Community Funeral Home - Starting, Managing, and Challenges |
Colin Joseph and David Zinner |
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Sunday |
4:45-6:00 |
Nichum Aveilim - A Guide for the Comforter |
Dan Fendel & Stuart Kelman |
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Sunday |
4:45-6:00 |
Come Sit with Us: New Approaches to Sitting Shmirah |
Julia Epstein, Shoshana Halle, Jane Hoberman, Cathy Steirn |
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Sunday |
4:45-6:00 |
So Your Values Live On: Ethical Wills |
Bob Russman-Halperin |
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Sunday |
6:00-7:30 |
Meal |
Dinner |
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Sunday |
7:30-8:00 |
Davening |
Mincha Maariv Service |
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Sunday |
8:15-9:00 |
Plenary |
A Conversation on the Movement to Comfort the Dying, Bury the Dead, and Mourn as a Jew |
Anita Diamant |
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Sunday |
9:00-9:45 |
Integration Time |
Dessert Reception and ELI Talk |
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Monday |
7:00-7:45 |
Davening |
Shachrit Service |
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Monday |
7:00-8:30 |
Meals |
Breakfast |
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Monday |
8:00-9:00 |
Plenary |
"The Holy Ark was Hidden" - Nurturing the Soul As We Face Death |
Rabbi Sara Paasche-Orlow |
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Monday |
9:00-11:00 |
Text Study |
Jewish Rites of Death: Feelings Through Stories |
Rick Light |
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Monday |
9:00-11:00 |
Maavar Yabbok - Adding Hakafot with Kavanot to the Taharah Ritual |
Rabbi T'mimah Ickovits |
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Monday |
9:00-10:00 |
Death, Burial and Mourning in Torah |
Reb Simcha Raphael |
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Monday |
10:00-noon |
Exploring the Meaning of Taharah |
Rabbi Stuart Kelman |
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Monday |
noon-1:00 |
Meal |
Lunch |
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Monday |
1:00-2:00 |
Plenary |
Honoring the Embodied Image of God |
Rabbi Nehemia Polen |
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Monday |
2:00-3:00 |
Community Education and Involvement II |
Preparing For Death: A Course Based Upon Maavar Yabok, A Chaplain's Guide for Jewish Practices for End of Life Care |
Rabbi Rick Kline |
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Monday |
2:00-3:00 |
Illustrating Jewish Values in Death and Mourning |
Rabbi Me'irah Iliinsky |
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Monday |
2:00-3:00 |
Death Cafe and Chevrah Kadisha |
Rena Boroditsky |
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Monday |
2:00-3:00 |
Gender Identity in the Chevrah Kadisha Context |
Rabbi Victor Reinstein and Melinda Strauss |
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Monday |
3:00-4:00 |
Community Education Models - Sharing the Wealth |
David Zinner |
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Monday |
4:00-5:00 |
Integration Time |
See session description |
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Monday |
5:00-6:00 |
Gamliel |
Gamliel Institute Study Mission and Text Study |
Gamliel Institute Graduates |
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Monday |
6:00-7:00 |
Meal |
Dinner and Chevruta Study |
Rabbi Stuart Kelman |
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Monday |
7:00-7:30 |
Gamliel |
Gamliel Institute Text Study |
Rabbi Stuart Kelman |
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Monday |
7:30-8:00 |
Davening |
Mincha Maariv Service |
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Monday |
8:00-9:00 |
Plenary |
Gamliel Institute Siyyum ( Graduation) |
Rabbi Stuart Kelman and David Zinner |
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Monday |
9:00-10:00 |
Integration Time |
See session description |
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Monday |
9:00-9:20 |
Movies |
Taharah Documentary |
Annalee Weinberger |
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Monday |
9:20-10:00 |
My Jewish Death |
Saul Henteleff |
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Tuesday |
6:45-7:30 |
Davening |
Shachrit Service (Rosh Chodesh Sivan) |
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Tuesday |
7:00-8:30 |
Meal |
Breakfast |
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Tuesday |
8:30-9:30 |
Plenary |
Exploring the Conference Experience |
David Zinner |
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Tuesday |
9:30-11:30 |
Diverse Aspects of Taharah |
Taharah Injury Prevention |
Rachel Braun and David Zinner |
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Tuesday |
9:30-11:30 |
Understanding Moed Katan |
Dan Fendel |
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Tuesday |
11:30-noon |
Integration Time |
Goodbyes |
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Tuesday |
noon |
Meal |
Lunch |