| in Rockville, Maryland (just outside of Washington, DC) |  |
| at the B'nai Israel Synagogue - 6301 Montrose Road | |
| Sponsored by Kavod v'Nichum - Honor and Comfort | |
| with Funding from the STAR Foundation - Synagogues: Transformation and Renewal |
North American Chevra Kadisha Conference
Exploring Jewish Traditions Surrounding Dying and Death
June 22-24, 2003
| in Rockville, Maryland (just outside of Washington, DC) | |
| at the B'nai Israel Synagogue - 6301 Montrose Road | |
| Sponsored by Kavod v'Nichum - Honor and Comfort | |
| with Funding from the STAR Foundation - Synagogues: Transformation and Renewal |
Kavod v'Nichum (Honor and Comfort) is pleased to announce the first North American Chevra Kadisha (Holy Society) Conference to provide training, identify resources and encourage networking among interested individuals, Chevra Kadisha groups and bereavement committees in U.S. and Canadian synagogues and communities. Kavod v'Nichum provides information and identifies resources for synagogues and communities working with Jewish traditions around dying and death.
The Chevra Kadisha Conference is designed for lay people and professionals who are interested in or work in any area that touches on Jewish traditions around death. Plenary sessions focus on the work of the Chevra Kadisha. Workshops will cover Bikkur Cholim (visiting the sick), Taharah (ritual washing), Cemeteries, Funerals, and Mourning. The two-day Conference will have great speakers and plenty of time for demonstrations and additional activities. A pre-conference 1/2 day session at the Holocaust Museum will include a photo archive presentation on funeral and burial practices pre-war, during the war and post-war. A post conference will include Bikkur Cholim training.
The conference will be in Rockville, Maryland, just outside of Washington, DC at B'nai Israel Congregation's Synagogue on an urban Jewish campus with amazing facilities and resources. You will find excellent Jewish resources, museums, shopping and more. The DC area is served by many airlines and has a number of transportation options from the airport. We also have good highway and rapid transit access. We have negotiated great rates at a nearby hotel.
You may want to raise funds locally to help support your conference attendance. We've designed a funding proposal that you can adapt.
The conference is co-sponsored by the Jewish Funeral Practices Committee of Greater Washington, the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (UAHC) - Department of Jewish Family Concerns, the Bay Area Jewish Healing Center, the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Kalsman Institute on Judaism and Health, the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation, the National Center for Jewish Healing of the JBFCS and the Rabbinical Assembly of the Conservative Movement. If your synagogue, Chevra Kadisha or other organization would like to be a co-sponsor, please let us know.
Registration is open now. If you are from the Washington area, use this form to register. You can register on-line or by mail.
Please come back and visit this page (www.Jewish-funerals.org/conference.htm) for periodic updates. We've repeated the links below.