Almost Final Conference Program
Sunday |
Text Study |
Taharah |
Spiritual Care |
Community Funeral Home |
Cemetery |
8:30 |
Registration Opens |
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8:30 – 12:00 |
Informal Networking, Sharing, and Gan Yarok Cemetery Tour; Book Sales Continuously Throughout The Conference |
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10:00 – 1:30 |
Informal Brunch (Social Hall and Courtyard) |
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12:00 – 1:15 |
Networking, Welcome, and Introductions David Zinner, Kerry Swartz, Rabbi Stuart Kelman, Rodef Sholom Clergy (Sanctuary) |
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1:15 – 2:30 |
Opening Plenary: The State of the Chevrah Kadisha Movement (Sanctuary) |
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2:30 – 2:45 |
Break |
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2:45 – 3:45 |
Beyond Gender Separation in Taharah: Expanding the Limits of Taharah Rabbi Avivah Erlick, Lynn Greenhough (Sanctuary) |
Starting and Managing A Community Funeral Home Tour and Program Sam Salkin (Offsite) |
Helping Cemeteries Handle Data TBD (Gallery) |
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3:45 – 4:00 |
Break |
Break |
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4:00 – 5:00 |
Conservative Teshuva On Transgender Rabbi Stuart Kelman (Sanctuary) |
Taharah: The Emotions We Experience David Zinner (Library) |
Mapping the Journey of the Soul Rabbi Me’irah Iliinsky (Lounge) |
Expansion of a Small Community Cemetery Steve Matles (Gallery) |
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5:00 – 5:30 |
Networking and Processing |
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5:30 – 6:30 |
Dinner (Social Hall and Courtyard) |
Mincha-Ma’ariv 6:00-6:30 (Sanctuary) |
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6:30 – 8:30 |
Evening Program: The Gamliel Institute Honors Rabbi Stuart Kelman Text Study, Appreciation, and Music (Sanctuary) |
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8:30 – 10:00 |
Dessert and Social Hour / Networking (Social Hall and Courtyard) |
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Monday |
Text Study |
Taharah |
Spiritual Care |
Cemetery |
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7:00 – 8:30 |
Breakfast (Social Hall and Courtyard) |
Shacharit 7:00-7:45 (Sanctuary) |
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8:30 – 9:30 |
Plenary: Threading the Needle and the End of Life Option Act Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan (Sanctuary) |
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9:30 – 9:45 |
Break |
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9:45 – 11:15 |
Jack Riemer Drashot Rabbi Joe Blair (Courtyard) |
Infection Control in Taharah Dan Doernberg, Dr. Michael Slater (Sanctuary) |
Basic Taharah Demo Susan Barnes with Local CK (Social Hall) |
Rehearsing Your Own Death Nancy Dotti, Rabbi Eva Sax-Bolder (Library) |
UK Perspective On Restoring Cemetery Sites and Green Burial Colin Joseph (Lounge) |
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11:15 – 11:30 |
Break |
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11:30 – 12:30 |
Vidui al HaMitah Rabbi Stacy Friedman (Library) |
Expanding Taharah Rabbi Avivah Erlick, Holly Blue Hawkins (Lounge) |
Taharah Q & A Susan Barnes, Rena Boroditsky, Rick Light (Social Hall) |
Community Building After Loss Dr. Patrick Arbore, Samantha Feld, Dara Kosberg (Sanctuary) |
Creating Returns On Perpetual Care Investments Charlie Meyers (Courtyard) |
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12:30 – 1:30 |
Lunch (Social Hall and Courtyard) |
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1:30 – 2:30 |
Plenary: Conversation Project – Discussing End of Life Wishes in Your Congregation Rev Rosemary Lloyd (Sanctuary) |
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2:30 – 2:45 |
Break |
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2:45 – 4:15 |
Renewing Sacred Circuits: Cultivating the Divine Feminine Rabbi T’mimah Ickovits (Social Hall) |
Death, Stories, and Transformation Rick Light (Lounge) |
Implementing the Conversation Project Rev Rosemary Lloyd, David Zinner (Sanctuary) |
Site Utilization and Cemetery Restoration Shirley Barnett, Bill Pechet (Gallery) |
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4:15 – 4:30 |
Break |
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4:30 – 5:30 |
Taharah Liturgy Text Study Dan Fendel, Rabbi Stuart Kelman (Sanctuary) |
Navigating the Liminal Place – a play Rabbi Me’irah Iliinsky (Lounge) |
Jewish Reincarnation: Fact or Fiction Rabbi Menachem Landa (Library) |
Cemetery Vandalism, Insurance, and Continuity Harley Felstein (Gallery) |
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5:30 – 6:00 |
Networking and Processing |
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6:00 – 7:00 |
Dinner (Social Hall and Courtyard) |
Mincha-Ma’ariv 6:00-6:30 (Sanctuary) |
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7:00 – 8:30 |
Evening Program: A New Kind of Heroism Dr. Jessica Zitter (Sanctuary) |
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8:30 – 8:45 |
Break |
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8:45 – 9:45 |
Musical Program Cantors from Rodef Sholom: David Margules, Rabbi Elana Rosen-Brown (Sanctuary) |
Follow-on Discussion and Book Signing Dr. Jessica Zitter (Social Hall) |
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9:45 – 10:30 |
Social Hour and Networking |
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Tuesday |
Text Study |
Taharah |
Spiritual Care |
Cemetery |
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7:00 – 8:30 |
Breakfast (Social Hall and Courtyard) |
Shacharit 7:00-7:45 (Sanctuary) |
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8:30 – 9:30 |
Plenary Panel: Navigating Cremation’s Impact – Practical and Theoretical – Trends, Environment, Cemetery, Taharah, Halachic (Sanctuary) |
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9:30 – 9:45 |
Break |
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9:45 – 10:45 |
Meit or Niftar Rabbi Stuart Kelman (Social Hall) |
Reactions to Animation Jeremy Shuback (Lounge) |
Experience of Shmirah Ruth Minka, Cathy Steirn (Library) |
Stories, Grief, and Healing Jean Berman, Dr. Dawn Gross (Sanctuary) |
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10:45 – 11:00 |
Break |
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11:00 – 12:00 |
Power of Kaddish Rabbi SaraLeya Schley (Library) |
Our Tables as Tickets to Olam HaBa Beth Huppin (Lounge) |
Education: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Edna Stewart (Social Hall) |
Understanding the 23rd Psalm Rabbi Dr. Raphael Goldstein (Sanctuary) |
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12:00 – 12:30 |
Box Lunch and Goodbyes (Social Hall and Courtyard) |
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1:00 – 4:15 |
Gan Shalom Cemetery Tour Advance Registration Required, Transportation Provided To Cemetery and at Conclusion to BART Station |
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