Conference Materials for the 2019 17th Annual Conference

The 17th Kavod v’Nichum Chevrah Kadisha and Jewish Cemetery Conference was held June 3-5, 2019, in Fort Collins, Colorado on the CSU campus.  Below are links to session handouts and other materials related to the sessions at this conference. Items are listed alphabetically by speaker last name.

Conference Program

• Conference at a Glance chart showing the schedule of sessions
• Informative article about the conference in the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle.

Session Handouts and Slides

• Rabbi Elisar Admon
  • ZAKA JRU brochure

• Jean Berman
  • Someday – a poem

• Pat Cluss, Malke Frank, Jonathan Schachter
  • Community Based handout
  • Synagogue Based handout

• Yakir Englander
  • Meaning of Kiddush Hashem during the Holocaust
  • Buddhist and Jewish Perspectives on Life and Death
  • Blog article – a letter to Rona Ramon

• Rabbi Avivah Erlick
  • Words to the songs, I Open My Heart and Olam Chesed Y’baneh

• Dr. Dan Fendel
  • Melaveh – a new approach to dying
  • Melaveh – training outline
  • Melaveh brochure

• Dr. Dan Fendel, Rabbi Stuart Kelman
  • Taharah Liturgy kavanot
  • Taharah Liturgy session outline

• Rabbi Daniel Greyber
  • Nichum Aveilim on Festivals
  • His book Faith Unravels

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• Heidi Katz, Matt Harle
  • Biblical ideas of purity and the Red Heifer
  • The Red Heifer Kit

• Rabbi Ebn Leader
  • Life after death source sheet

• Rick Light
  • Taharah Training handout
  • Taharah Training PowerPoint slides (download)

• Rabbi Janet Madden
  • Mourning for That Which We Cannot Name

• Elizabeth Menkin
  • Go Wish Card guidelines
  • Go Wish Cards in personal experience
  • Go Wish Card Order Form
  • Go Wish Card session PowerPoint slides (download)

• Elizabeth Menkin, Edna Stewart
  • Jewish Advance Directive PowerPoint slides (download)

• Hal Miller-Jacobs
  • Cremation handout

• Ellen Mossman-Glazer
  • Thoughts on Handling Taharah Emotions

• Nina Rubin, Holly Blue Hawkins
  • Chevrah Kadisha in the 21st Century Plenary PowerPoint slides (download)

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Other Materials

• Kohenet Keshira haLev Fife
  • More info about Kohenet (and to sign up for the newsletter): www.kohenet.com
  • To order a siddur or inquire about the program: contactkohenet@gmail.com
  • Bandcamp playlist of Kohenet music: hebrewpriestess.bandcamp.com/releases
  • More info about Keshira haLev Fife: www.keshirahalev.com
  • To contact Keshira about a visit to your community (including service leadership, education, workshops or rituals): keshira@keshirahalev.com

• Alice Lachman
  • Thoughts on Security in the Jewish Community at this Challenging Time

• David Zinner
  • Videos and photographs of the conference

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