Catalog of Conference Presentations
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This catalog lists plenary and workshop sessions from the annual Kavod v’Nichum North American Chevrah Kadisha and Jewish Cemetery conferences from 2003 through 2022.
| Track Name | Title | Speaker | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plenary | How We Gather | Dov Ben Shimon, Sarah Hurwitz | June 12, 2022 | Online |
| Education | Jewish Death Practices: A Dance of Respect | Rabbi Jonathan Bernhard | June 12, 2022 | Online |
| Chevrah Kadisha | The Cultural Development of Chevrah Kadisha Societies |
Isaac Pollak | June 12, 2022 | Online |
| Dying / Grief | How Hospice Can Inform the Work of Chevrah Kadisha | Alex Beth Shapiro | June 12, 2022 | Online |
| Text Study | A Kiss of Death: The Deaths of Moses, Aaron and Miriam |
Beth Huppin | June 12, 2022 | Online |
| Cemetery | In the Name of Rabban Gamliel Reasonable Prices | David Zinner | June 12, 2022 | Online |
| Education | Living Deeply, Dying Well: Teaching Jewish End of Life Adult Education |
Laurel Riedel | June 12, 2022 | Online |
| Chevrah Kadisha | Advocating for Mourners at the Time of Death | Nina Rubin | June 12, 2022 | Online |
| Dying / Grief | Soothing Our Hearts with Artistic Expression | Rabbi Meirah Iliinsky, Rabbi Chaya Gusfield, Rabbi Ilan Glazer |
June 12, 2022 | Online |
| Text Study | Excessive Mourning: A Talmudic Tale | Rabbi Rachel Scheinerman | June 12, 2022 | Online |
| Cemetery | Drones, Phones, and Stones: Comprehensive Cemetery, Funeral, Burial Indexing by Volunteers |
Don Engel | June 12, 2022 | Online |
| Education | Chevrah as a Platform for Community Education | Denise McLaughlan, Rabbi Abby Michaleski, Alice Lachman |
June 13, 2022 | Online |
| Plenary | Nechamah: Care at the Center | Rabbi David Balto, Kimberly Novod | June 13, 2022 | Online |
| Chevrah Kadisha | Taharah: What Don’t You Know? | Rick Light | June 13, 2022 | Online |
| Ritual | Making Meaning: How We Create Rituals for Grief | Rabbi Janet Madden, Rebecca Missel | June 13, 2022 | Online |
| Text Study | Understanding Traditional Taharah Liturgy Part I | Rabbi Stuart Kelman, Dan Fendel | June 13, 2022 | Online |
| Text Study | Understanding Traditional Taharah Liturgy Part II | Rabbi Stuart Kelman, Dan Fendel | June 13, 2022 | Online |
| Education | Ritual Arc in the Year of Loss: Traditional, Renewed and New Approaches |
Naomi Less | June 13, 2022 | Online |
| Chevrah Kadisha | Shmirah: Exploring the Ritual, Spiritual, and Practical Essence of the Mitzvah |
Susan Barnes, Rabbi Melanie Levav | June 13, 2022 | Online |
| Ritual | Immersion in Water as a Gift | Sarah Pollack | June 13, 2022 | Online |
| Cemetery | The Art and Science of Cemetery, Funeral, Burial Preservation |
Robert Mosko | June 13, 2022 | Online |
| Plenary | Ritual As a Way to Transform Grief into Meaning | Day Schildkret | June 14, 2022 | Online |
| Education | Mourning in Multi-Faith Families | Rabbi Adina Lewittes, Reverend Eleanor Harrison | June 14, 2022 | Online |
| Chevrah Kadisha | The Stress is Real: Pause to Reflect, Reimagine,and Move Forward, while Remembering to Turn Chesed Inward |
Elaine Rotenberg, Rabbi Keilah Lebell, David Zinner | June 14, 2022 | Online |
| Dying / Grief | From Yeush to Tikvah: Moving from Grief, Despair, and Hopelessness to Hope, Harmony and Healing |
Rabbi Janet Madden | June 14, 2022 | Online |
| Text Study | Matzevah: Theological and Environmental Implications of an Eternal Resting Place |
Ebn Leader | June 14, 2022 | Online |
| Cemetery | Plot Sales and Soil Health and Records, Oh My! | Rabbi Benjamin Arnold, Tanya Marsh, Deborah Brown, Mary Ann Perry, HollyBlue Hawkins, Moderator |
June 14, 2022 | Online |
| Education | Home Death and Home Funeral Education | Isabel Knight | June 14, 2022 | Online |
| Chevrah Kadisha | Chevrah Kadisha Member Education | Bob Evans, Steve Poretzky | June 14, 2022 | Online |
| Dying / Grief | Living with Companion Animal Grief and Loss | Karen Stern | June 14, 2022 | Online |
| Text Study | Psalms of Grief and Comfort | Rabbi Lisa Goldstein | June 14, 2022 | Online |
| Cemetery | Modern Memorialization Options | David Zinner, Ben Weinberg | June 14, 2022 | Online |
| Plenary | Where We Are and Where We Are Going | Sarit Wishnevski, Rabbi Rebecca Schatz | June 14, 2022 | Online |
| General | Death: What Jews Do | Rabbi Meirah Iliinsky | June 13, 2021 | Online |
| Chevrah Kadisha | History of Chevrah Kadisha | Rabbi Adam Mintz | June 13, 2021 | Online |
| Taharah | Medical Answers about Returning to In-Person Taharah | Rebecca Jacobson, Mary Breiner, Moderated by David Zinner |
June 13, 2021 | Online |
| Funeral Homes | Organizing a Community-Owned Jewish Funeral Home | Sam Salkin | June 13, 2021 | Online |
| Nechamah | Community Memorials for COVID Victims | David Balto, Rabbi Suzanne Offit | June 13, 2021 | Online |
| Cemetery | Why Jews Make Cemeteries, and How We Make Them Jewish |
Deborah Brown | June 13, 2021 | Online |
| General | Sephardic Customs for Burial, Mourning, Remembering | Rabbi Simon Benzaquen | June 13, 2021 | Online |
| Chevrah Kadisha | 21st Century Chevrah Kadisha in Context | Holly Blue Hawkins | June 13, 2021 | Online |
| Taharah | Taharah: Introduction and Overview | Rick Light | June 13, 2021 | Online |
| Taharah Liturgy | Text Study: Maavar Yabbok Taharah and the Divine Body | Rabbi Tmimah Ickovits | June 13, 2021 | Online |
| Nechamah | Community Indigent Burial Programs | Rabbi Judith Beiner, Rabbi Ralph Dalin | June 13, 2021 | Online |
| Cemetery | Brief History of Jewish Cemeteries | Vivien Abrams | June 13, 2021 | Online |
| General | Death and Values: Why We Do What We Do | Josh Elkin | June 14, 2021 | Online |
| Chevrah Kadisha | Text Study: Caskets from Kitchen Tables | Beth Huppin | June 14, 2021 | Online |
| Taharah | The Pittsburgh Story: The Evolution of Taharah Liturgy |
Malke Frank | June 14, 2021 | Online |
| Funeral Homes | How Much Does and Should a Funeral Cost? | Josh Slocum | June 14, 2021 | Online |
| Nechamah | The Woman of En-Dor as a Model for End-of-Life Care | Rabbi Janet Madden | June 14, 2021 | Online |
| Cemetery | Cemetery, Funeral, Burial as Integral Part of Community |
Bette Webne | June 14, 2021 | Online |
| General | Eliciting Remarkable Stories, A Hands-on Training | Nina Rubin | June 14, 2021 | Online |
| Chevrah Kadisha | Starting a New Chevrah, Enhancing an Existing Chevrah |
Susan Barnes, Edna Stewart | June 14, 2021 | Online |
| Taharah | Chanting During Taharah | Deborah Zafman | June 14, 2021 | Online |
| Taharah Liturgy | Womens Prayer, Can We be Faithful? | Rabbi T’mimah Ickovits | June 14, 2021 | Online |
| Nechamah | Enhancing Spiritual Involvement in Ritual through Kavanah |
Rabbi Steve Moss | June 14, 2021 | Online |
| Cemetery | Cemetery, Funeral, Burial Interfaces with the Chevrah Kadisha, Funeral Home, and Community |
Kent Schlussel | June 14, 2021 | Online |
| General | History and Mystery of Yizkor: Wisdom from Our Ancestors |
Reb Simcha Raphael | June 15, 2021 | Online |
| Chevrah Kadisha | The Chevrah Kadisha Unique Ability to Build Community |
Nina Rubin | June 15, 2021 | Online |
| Taharah | Da Lifnay Maitem: Know Before Whom You Stand | Rabbi Zoe van Raan | June 15, 2021 | Online |
| Funeral Homes | History, Evolution of Funeral Homes in Relation to Chevrah Kadisha |
David Zinner | June 15, 2021 | Online |
| Nechamah | Text Study: From Darkness to Light: The Journey of Fear and Courage |
Rabbi Ilyse Kramer | June 15, 2021 | Online |
| Cemetery | Halakhic Mythbusters: Expanding the Jewish Conversation Around Alternative Burial Practices |
Rabbi Adina Lewittes | June 15, 2021 | Online |
| General | Exploring Personal Wishes about Death | Dawn Gross, Rabbi Micah Buck-Yael | June 15, 2021 | Online |
| Chevrah Kadisha | Death Contemplation in Jewish Tradition | Rabbi Melanie Levav | June 15, 2021 | Online |
| Taharah | Advanced Taharah Topics and Q&A | Rena Boroditsky, Jacob Stromer | June 15, 2021 | Online |
| Taharah Liturgy | Chesed Shel Emet Taharah Liturgy Part I | Rabbi Stuart Kelman, Dan Fendel | June 15, 2021 | Online |
| Nechamah | Traumatic Grief Care in Pandemic Times | Reb Simcha Raphael | June 15, 2021 | Online |
| Cemetery | Jewish Views on New Disposition Methods | Rabbi Seth Goldstein, Rabbi Charna Rosenholtz | June 15, 2021 | Online |
| General | Living with Loss, One Day at a Time | Rachel Kodanaz | June 16, 2021 | Online |
| Chevrah Kadisha | Text Study: A Perfect Death ‚ A Perfect Life | Rabbi Mimi Feigelson | June 16, 2021 | Online |
| Taharah | Death Duties: Lessons from a Jewish Burial Society | Sally Berkovic | June 16, 2021 | Online |
| Funeral Homes | Becoming a Funeral Director, Doing Home Funerals | Amy Cunningham | June 16, 2021 | Online |
| Nechamah | Self-Care: Why Does it Matter? | Bonnie Pollak | June 16, 2021 | Online |
| Cemetery | Greener Options for Cemeteries | Holly Blue Hawkins | June 16, 2021 | Online |
| General | Text Study: Uncovering Afterlife Teachings in Psalms 80 and 23 |
Rabbi Elie Spitz | June 16, 2021 | Online |
| Chevrah Kadisha | The Little Chevrah That Could | Rena Boroditsky | June 16, 2021 | Online |
| Taharah | Illuminating Chevrah Kadisha Work | Karen Friedman | June 16, 2021 | Online |
| Taharah Liturgy | Chesed Shel Emet Taharah Liturgy Part II | Rabbi Stuart Kelman, Dan Fendel | June 16, 2021 | Online |
| Nechamah | In the Absence of Proper Mourning | Tal Beery | June 16, 2021 | Online |
| Cemetery | A Conversation: Jewish Liturgy for Natural Organic Reduction |
Hilarie Hauptman, Rabbi Me’irah Iliinsky, Rabbi Seth Goldstein |
June 16, 2021 | Online |
| Plenary | The Chevrah Kadisha Movement‚ Sow in Tears‚ Reap in Joy | David Zinner | June 13, 2021 | Online |
| Plenary | How the Chevrah Kadisha Can Reach the Outside World | Rabbi Jack Riemer | June 13, 2021 | Online |
| Plenary | Smashing the Tablets: Disassembling and Reassembling Torah for a New Generation |
Rabbi Adina Lewittes | June 14, 2021 | Online |
| Plenary | Our Remarkable Stories and Why They Matter | Nina Rubin | June 14, 2021 | Online |
| Plenary | Carrying Joseph’s Bones: The New Normal (in Funeral, Mourning, Burial, Ascension Practices) |
Rabbi Eva Sax-Bolder, Rabbi Richard Address, Rabbi Janet Madden |
June 15, 2021 | Online |
| Plenary | Plenary Panel Picks a Peck of Policies in Partnership | Joey Glick, Pat Cluss, Rabbi Rebecca Schatz | June 15, 2021 | Online |
| Plenary | When My Soul Was in The Lost-and-Found‚ Reclaiming that which Covid-19 has Claimed |
Rabbi Mimi Feigelson | June 16, 2021 | Online |
| Plenary | Chevrah Kadisha: The Future | Rabbi Rebecca Schatz with Rabbi Stuart Kelman and David Zinner |
June 16, 2021 | Online |
| Taharah | Taharah Overview | Susan Barnes | June 7, 2020 | Online |
| Chevrah Kadisha | Ma’avor Yabbok: The Foundational Text of Our Work, Caring for the Dying and the Dead Part I |
Rabbi Steven Moss | June 7, 2020 | Online |
| Legacy | Legacy Giving | Dan Brandeis | June 7, 2020 | Online |
| Community | Care and Feeding of Volunteers | Nina Rubin | June 7, 2020 | Online |
| Evening | Storytelling | Charlie Varon | June 7, 2020 | Online |
| Evening | What We Leave Behind: Our Treasures, Our Stories | Laura Turbow | June 7, 2020 | Online |
| Evening | Stringing Along: Teaching Tying Tachrichim Knots | Rick Light | June 7, 2020 | Online |
| Evening | Death Is Inevitable, Be Prepared: How to Make Your Wishes Known |
Carol S. Goldbaum, PhD, LCSW, Rabbi Suzanne Griffel | June 7, 2020 | Online |
| Plenary | The Lasting Impact of the Coronavirus on the Chevrah Kadisha |
David Zinner | June 7, 2020 | Online |
| Plenary | Nechamah (Comfort) Chevrah Kadisha Roles in the Coronavirus Age |
Nicky Silver | June 7, 2020 | Online |
| Plenary | The Chevrah Unique Role: Understanding the Spiritual Aspects of Life in Coronavirus Age |
Rabbi Richard Address, Rabbi Stuart Kelman | June 8, 2020 | Online |
| Taharah | Traditional Taharah Liturgy Part I | Rabbi Stuart Kelman, Dan Fendel | June 8, 2020 | Online |
| Taharah | Traditional Taharah Liturgy Part II | Rabbi Stuart Kelman, Dan Fendel | June 8, 2020 | Online |
| Chevrah Kadisha | Toward a Gender-Inclusive Chevrah Kadisha ‚ Taharah for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Jews |
James Cohen | June 8, 2020 | Online |
| Mourning & Grief | At the Deathbed: Creating Holiness and Wholeness | Rabbi Judith Beiner | June 8, 2020 | Online |
| Community | Engaging Youth | Rachel Butler, Jordana Rosenfeld | June 8, 2020 | Online |
| Chevrah Kadisha | Why/How Policies and Manuals | Malke Frank, Rick Light, Barbara Neustadt, Michelle Siegel |
June 8, 2020 | Online |
| Mourning & Grief | History and Mystery of Yizkor ‚ Memorializing Ancient Ancestors |
Reb Simcha Raphael | June 8, 2020 | Online |
| Community | The Best Children Books About Death and Dying | Marjorie Ingall | June 8, 2020 | Online |
| Plenary | What Do We Do Now? Honoring and Sanctifying in the Midst of a Pandemic |
Malke Frank, Rabbi Lynn Greenhough, Rick Light, Rabbi Shifrah Tobacman |
June 9, 2020 | Online |
| Taharah | The Holiness of Adaptation: A Question of How | Sharon Fendrich, Rabbi Shifrah Tobacman | June 9, 2020 | Online |
| Chevrah Kadisha | An Intergenerational Conversation in this Moment: The World Is Changing, We are Changing, too |
Kohenet Keshira haLev Fife, Rabbi Eva Sax-Bolder | June 9, 2020 | Online |
| Mourning & Grief | Bioethics During a Pandemic | Carol Roberts Gerson, MD, Rabbi Gary S. Gerson | June 9, 2020 | Online |
| Cemetery | Cemetery, Funeral, Burial Management Curriculum: You Shall Surely Bury |
Holly Blue Hawkins | June 9, 2020 | Online |
| Taharah | Lessons from Taharah Records: Examining the Folk Art of Jewish Memory in Western Pennsylvania |
Eric Lidji | June 9, 2020 | Online |
| Chevrah Kadisha | Ma’avor Yabbok: The Foundational Text of Our Work, Caring for the Dying and the Dead Part II |
Rabbi Steven Moss | June 9, 2020 | Online |
| Mourning & Grief | Unrecognized Loss | Rabbi Janet Madden | June 9, 2020 | Online |
| Cemetery | Human Composting: Final Disposition | Holly Blue Hawkins, David Zinner | June 9, 2020 | Online |
| Plenary | Gamliel Institute: Reflections on the First Decade | Rabbi Stuart Kelman | June 10, 2020 | Online |
| Taharah | Tahor and Tamei and the Journey Between | Nina Rubin | June 10, 2020 | Online |
| Chevrah Kadisha | Chevrah Kadisha Funding Models | Pat Cluss | June 10, 2020 | Online |
| Mourning & Grief | It is the End of the World as We Know It: Hebrew Priestessing for this Moment |
Kohenet Keshira haLev Fife | June 10, 2020 | Online |
| Expanding Scope | Jewish Response to Plagues, Epidemics, and Contagion in History from Biblical Times to 1918 |
Rabbi Jonathan Seidel | June 10, 2020 | Online |
| Taharah | Death at the Intersection: Multicultural Jewish Perspectives on Mourning, Grief and Burial |
Kohenet Keshira haLev Fife, Analucia Lopezrevoredo, Kimberly Novod, Yoshi Silverstein |
June 10, 2020 | Online |
| Chevrah Kadisha | Blankets of Love: Helping People Say Goodbye – Creating Online Celebrations of Life for Hospice Patients |
Cantor Marc Bachrach | June 10, 2020 | Online |
| Mourning & Grief | Living with the Angel of Death | Rabbi Me’irah Iliinsky | June 10, 2020 | Online |
| Expanding Scope | New Rituals for New Life Stages | Rabbi Richard Address | June 10, 2020 | Online |
| Plenary | Creating Community Role of the Chevrah in the 21st Century |
Holly Blue Hawkins, Nina Rubin | June 3, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Taharah | Taharah Basics Demo and Emotions | Rick Light | June 3, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Liturgy | The Things We Leave Behind | Rabbi Sally Finestone | June 3, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Facing Death | Conscious Eldering | Rabbi Victor Gross, Rabbi Nadya Gross, Rabbi Eva Sax-Bolder |
June 3, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Funeral and Burial | Educating Funeral Directors | Howard Jampolsky | June 3, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Taharah | Taharah Basics Continued | Rick Light | June 3, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Liturgy | B’tzelem Elokim: In the Divine Image | Rabbi Tmimah Ickovits | June 3, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Facing Death | Jewish Advance Directives | Elizabeth Menkin, Edna Stewart | June 3, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Funeral and Burial | Forming a Jewish Funeral Home | Arthur R. Hessel, Howard Jampolsky | June 3, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Plenary | Understanding Tahor and Tamei | Nina Rubin | June 3, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Taharah | Complex Taharah Issues | Rena Boroditsky, Isaac Pollak, Kerry Swartz | June 3, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Liturgy | Taharah Liturgy | Dr. Dan Fendel, Rabbi Stuart Kelman | June 3, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Facing Death | Ethics of Medical Aid in Dying | Arielle Friedtanzer | June 3, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Funeral and Burial | Cremation and Ground Burial | Hal Miller-Jacobs | June 3, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Taharah | Islamic/Jewish Burial and Mourning | Tawfik Aboellail, Rabbi Hillel Katzir | June 3, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Liturgy | Taharah Liturgy Continued | Dan Fendel, Rabbi Stuart Kelman | June 3, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Facing Death | Mourning That Which We Cannot Name | Rabbi Janet Madden | June 3, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Funeral and Burial | Who Takes Care of the Cemetery After Everyone is Gone? |
Jonathan Schachter | June 3, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Evening | Creating Tachrichim, Aronim, and Shmirah Boxes | Fort Collins Chevrah Kadisha | June 3, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Evening | End-of-Life Accompaniment | Dan Fendel | June 3, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Evening | Go Wish Cards | Elizabeth Menkin | June 3, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Evening | Seven Sacred Circles | Rabbi T’mimah Ickovits | June 3, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Plenary | The Pittsburgh Shooting: Those Who Were There and Those Who Came to Help |
Rabbi Elisar Admon, Pat Cluss, Alisa Fall, Kohenet Keshira haLev Fife, Malke Frank, Jonathan Schachter, Ron Symons, Marsha Wong, David Zinner, Ronnie Zuhlke; Rick Light moderator |
June 4, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Plenary | Heartbreak and Healing: Finding Resilience in Times of Trauma |
Rabbi Yitzhak and Shonna Husbands-Hankin | June 4, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Plenary | Life Before Tragedy | Eric Lidji | June 4, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Plenary | The Tree of Life is Weeping | Rabbi Me’irah Iliinski | June 4, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Plenary | Hugging the Death: Dealing with Death at the Israeli Defense Forces |
Dr. Yakir Englander | June 4, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Trauma and Mourning | Chevrah Connections during Trauma | Pat Cluss, Malke Frank, Jonathan Schachter | June 4, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Trauma and Mourning | The Meaning of Kiddush Hashem During the Holocaust | Dr. Yakir Englander | June 4, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Trauma and Mourning | Chevrah Kadisha and Perpetuating Memories | Eric Lidji | June 4, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Trauma and Mourning | Priestessing at the End of Life | Kohenet Keshira haLev Fife | June 4, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Trauma and Mourning | Scenes that Involve Blood and Fatalities | Rabbi Elisar Admon, Arthur R. Hessel, David Rose | June 4, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Trauma and Mourning | Forgotten Mourners | Rabbi Daniel Greyber | June 4, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Trauma and Mourning | Dealing with Emotions | Ellen Mossman-Glazer | June 4, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Trauma and Mourning | Building a Healing Place for the Grieving | Vicky Kelman | June 4, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Evening | A Kavannah Kollage | Rabbi Me’irah Iliinsky and Rabbi Eva Sax-Bolder | June 4, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Evening | Music at the End of Life and Beyond | Beth Mosko | June 4, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Evening | Archive Display | Shonna Husbands-Hankin and Eric Lidji | June 4, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Evening | Bikur Cholim From Ma’avar Yabbok | Rabbi T’mimah Ickovits | June 4, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Plenary | Loving Body and Soul | Rabbi Ebn Leader | June 5, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Taharah | Buddhist and Jewish Perspectives | Dr. Yakir Englander | June 5, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Liturgy | Visiting the Dead | Rabbi Ebn Leader | June 5, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Facing Death | Spiritual Wills and Ethical Wills | Holly Blue Hawkins | June 5, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Funeral and Burial | Storefront Funeral Homes | Adele Eastman and Chris Goes | June 5, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Taharah | Red Heifer Ritual | Matt Harle, Heidi Katz, David Zinner | June 5, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Liturgy | Family Side of Medical Aid in Dying | Rabbi Avivah Erlick | June 5, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Facing Death | When Movies Won’t Let Us Die | Abe Friedtanzer | June 5, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Funeral and Burial | Green Burial Today | Stephany Goes | June 5, 2019 | Fort Collins |
| Plenary | Mapping the Journey: The Mourner and The Soul | Rabbi Me’irah Iliinsky | June 3, 2018 | Bethesda |
| Taharah | What’s Going on in Your Chevrah | Rena Boroditsky | June 3, 2018 | Bethesda |
| Chaplaincy and Comfort | Dealing with Emotions after Taharah – Rabbi Mel Glazer Memorial |
Ellen Glazer, Rabbi Ilan Glazer, David Zinner | June 3, 2018 | Bethesda |
| Community Education | Movie: Coco | Rabbi Stuart Kelman | June 3, 2018 | Bethesda |
| Funerals and Burial | Funeral Home Contracting | Arthur Hessel | June 3, 2018 | Bethesda |
| Taharah | Taharah Demo | Rick Light | June 3, 2018 | Bethesda |
| Taharah | Taharah Complications | Rena Boroditsky, David Zinner | June 3, 2018 | Bethesda |
| Chaplaincy and Comfort | From Requiems to Laughter | Cantor Ben Kintisch | June 3, 2018 | Bethesda |
| Funerals and Burial | Weaving Memories | Rabbi Janet Madden | June 3, 2018 | Bethesda |
| Evening | Ancient Midrash: Moshe Denies His Death | Jean Berman, Holly Blue Hawkins, Rabbi Me’irah Iliinsky |
June 3, 2018 | Bethesda |
| Plenary | Influence and Role of Ancient Jewish Women in Lament, Funerals, Burials |
Professor Kathleen Corley Schuhart | June 3, 2018 | Bethesda |
| Evening | Comforting Souls: Music for the End of Life | Cantor Naomi Hirsch, Rabbi Rayzel Raphael | June 3, 2018 | Bethesda |
| Plenary | Greening the End of Life, for the Sake of the Living | Rabbi Fred Dobb | June 4, 2018 | Bethesda |
| Taharah Spirit | Taharah Liturgy Text Study | Dan Fendel, Rabbi Stuart Kelman | June 4, 2018 | Bethesda |
| Taharah Emotions | Smoothing Chevrah Relationships | Jean Berman, Rick Light, Kerry Swartz | June 4, 2018 | Bethesda |
| Taharah Practical | Taharah Injury Prevention | Ellie Barbarash, David Zinner | June 4, 2018 | Bethesda |
| Community Education | Women’s Funeral Rituals | Professor Kathleen Corley Schuhart | June 4, 2018 | Bethesda |
| Funerals and Burial | Greening Cemeteries | Panel | June 4, 2018 | Bethesda |
| Taharah Emotions | Expanding the Role of Chevrah Leadership | Holly Blue Hawkins | June 4, 2018 | Bethesda |
| Taharah Practical | Taharah and Shmirah Scheduling | Michael Legatt, Gail Tosto | June 4, 2018 | Bethesda |
| Chaplaincy and Comfort | Kavod Conversation | Rabbi Sonya Starr and David Zinner | June 4, 2018 | Bethesda |
| Community Education | Building a Healing Place for the Grieving | Vicky Kelman | June 4, 2018 | Bethesda |
| Funerals and Burial | Non-profit Cemeteries | Rabbi Gary Gans | June 4, 2018 | Bethesda |
| Plenary | Creating Sacred Community | Nina Rubin | June 4, 2018 | Bethesda |
| Taharah Spirit | Conflicting End-of-Life Priorities | Rabbi Avivah Erlick, Rabbi Janet Madden | June 4, 2018 | Bethesda |
| Taharah Practical | The Well-Dressed Jewish Corpse | Isaac Pollak | June 4, 2018 | Bethesda |
| Chaplaincy and Comfort | Halacha and Minhag in Community | Gitta Jaroslawicz Neufeld | June 4, 2018 | Bethesda |
| Community Education | Biblical Views of the Afterlife | Reb Simcha Raphael | June 4, 2018 | Bethesda |
| Funerals and Burial | Legal Non-Licensed Funerals and Burials | Rabbi Daniel Wasserman | June 4, 2018 | Bethesda |
| Taharah Spirit | Hakafot: Sacred Circles | Rabbi T’mimah Ickovits | June 4, 2018 | Bethesda |
| Taharah Emotions | Rebbe and His Maid | Ilyse Kramer | June 4, 2018 | Bethesda |
| Taharah Practical | Meit or Niftar | Rabbi Stuart Kelman | June 4, 2018 | Bethesda |
| Chaplaincy and Comfort | Keriah | Rabbi Janet Madden | June 4, 2018 | Bethesda |
| Community Education | The Therapy of Jewish Afterlife Perspectives | Rabbi Gary Fink | June 4, 2018 | Bethesda |
| Funerals and Burial | Cemetery Preservation Strategies | Eileen McGuckian, David Zinner | June 4, 2018 | Bethesda |
| Evening | Movie: Living While Dying | Cathy Zheutlin | June 4, 2018 | Bethesda |
| Plenary | Weaving the Stories of Our Ancestors in Stone | Laurie Gross | June 4, 2018 | Bethesda |
| Evening | Magic Show: Near Death Experience | Neil Tobin | June 4, 2018 | Bethesda |
| Plenary | The Alef-Bet of Death: A Guide for the Dying from Jewish Traditional Sources |
Rabbi Ariel Stone | June 5, 2018 | Bethesda |
| Taharah Spirit | Creating Our Own Taharah Liturgy | Toni Bickart | June 5, 2018 | Bethesda |
| Taharah Emotions | Music: Healing and Hope | Rabbi Janet Madden, Cantor Jan Morrison, Rabbi Eva Sax-Bolder | June 5, 2018 | Bethesda |
| Community Education | Cremation: Jewish & Ecological Perspectives | Hal Miller-Jacobs | June 5, 2018 | Bethesda |
| Funerals and Burial | Jewish Perspectives on Physician Assisted Death | Rabbi Avivah Erlick, Arielle Friedtanzer | June 5, 2018 | Bethesda |
| Taharah | Beyond Gender Separation in Taharah: Expanding the Limits of Taharah |
Rabbi Avivah Erlick, Lynn Greenhough | June 18, 2017 | San Rafael |
| Community Funeral Home | Starting and Managing A Community Funeral Home Tour and Program |
Sam Salkin | June 18, 2017 | San Rafael |
| Cemetery | Helping Cemeteries Handle Data | Lori Salberg | June 18, 2017 | San Rafael |
| Text Study | Conservative Teshuva on Transgender | Rabbi Stuart Kelman | June 18, 2017 | San Rafael |
| Taharah | Taharah: The Emotions We Experience | David Zinner | June 18, 2017 | San Rafael |
| Spiritual Care | Mapping the Journey of the Soul | Rabbi Me’irah Iliinsky | June 18, 2017 | San Rafael |
| Cemetery | Expansion of a Small Community Cemetery | Steve Matles | June 18, 2017 | San Rafael |
| Plenary | Threading the Needle and the End-of-Life Option Act | Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan | June 19, 2017 | San Rafael |
| Text Study | Jack Riemer Drashot | Rabbi Joe Blair | June 19, 2017 | San Rafael |
| Taharah | Infection Control in Taharah | Dan Doernberg, Dr. Michael Slater | June 19, 2017 | San Rafael |
| Taharah | Basic Taharah Demo | Susan Barnes | June 19, 2017 | San Rafael |
| Spiritual Care | Rehearsing Your Own Death | Nancy Dotti, Rabbi Eva Sax-Bolder | June 19, 2017 | San Rafael |
| Cemetery | UK Perspective On Restoring Cemetery Sites and Green Burial |
Colin Joseph | June 19, 2017 | San Rafael |
| Text Study | Vidui al HaMitah | Rabbi Stacy Friedman | June 19, 2017 | San Rafael |
| Taharah | Expanding Taharah | Rabbi Avivah Erlick, Holly Blue Hawkins | June 19, 2017 | San Rafael |
| Taharah | Taharah Q & A | Susan Barnes, Rena Boroditsky, Rick Light | June 19, 2017 | San Rafael |
| Spiritual Care | Community Building After Loss | Dr. Patrick Arbore, Samantha Feld, Dara Kosberg | June 19, 2017 | San Rafael |
| Cemetery | Creating Returns on Perpetual Care Investments | Charlie Meyers | June 19, 2017 | San Rafael |
| Plenary | Conversation Project: Discussing End of Life Wishes in Your Congregation |
Rev Rosemary Lloyd | June 19, 2017 | San Rafael |
| Taharah | Renewing Sacred Circuits: Cultivating the Divine Feminine |
Rabbi T’mimah Ickovits | June 19, 2017 | San Rafael |
| Taharah | Death, Stories, and Transformation | Rick Light | June 19, 2017 | San Rafael |
| Spiritual Care | Implementing the Conversation Project | Rev Rosemary Lloyd, David Zinner | June 19, 2017 | San Rafael |
| Cemetery | Site Utilization and Cemetery Restoration | Shirley Barnett, Bill Pechet | June 19, 2017 | San Rafael |
| Text Study | Taharah Liturgy | Dan Fendel, Rabbi Stuart Kelman | June 19, 2017 | San Rafael |
| Taharah | Navigating the Liminal Place – a play | Rabbi Me’irah Iliinsky | June 19, 2017 | San Rafael |
| Spiritual Care | Jewish Reincarnation: Fact or Fiction | Rabbi Menachem Landa | June 19, 2017 | San Rafael |
| Cemetery | Cemetery Vandalism, Insurance, and Continuity | Harley Felstein | June 19, 2017 | San Rafael |
| Evening | A New Kind of Heroism | Dr. Jessica Zitter | June 19, 2017 | San Rafael |
| Plenary | Navigating Cremation’s Impact – Practical and Theoretical Trends, Environment, Cemetery, Taharah, Halachic |
Panel | June 20, 2017 | San Rafael |
| Text Study | Meit or Niftar | Rabbi Stuart Kelman | June 20, 2017 | San Rafael |
| Taharah | Reactions to Animation | Jeremy Shuback | June 20, 2017 | San Rafael |
| Taharah | Experience of Shmirah | Ruth Minka, Cathy Steirn | June 20, 2017 | San Rafael |
| Spiritual Care | Stories, Grief, and Healing | Jean Berman, Dr. Dawn Gross | June 20, 2017 | San Rafael |
| Text Study | Power of Kaddish | Rabbi SaraLeya Schley | June 20, 2017 | San Rafael |
| Taharah | Our Tables as Tickets to Olam HaBa | Beth Huppin | June 20, 2017 | San Rafael |
| Taharah | Education: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly | Edna Stewart | June 20, 2017 | San Rafael |
| Spiritual Care | Understanding the 23rd Psalm | Rabbi Dr. Raphael Goldstein | June 20, 2017 | San Rafael |
| Plenary | The Chevrah Kadisha Movement | David Zinner | June 5, 2016 | Lexington |
| Taharah | Taharah Demonstration | Rick Light | June 5, 2016 | Lexington |
| Taharah | Home Taharah | Jean Berman, Sally Shannon | June 5, 2016 | Lexington |
| Taharah | Chevrah Communication | Rena Boroditsky, Bella Rosner | June 5, 2016 | Lexington |
| Taharah | Summoning the Angels: Songs and a Blessing for the Transition |
Rabbi Me’irah Iliinsky | June 5, 2016 | Lexington |
| Taharah | Taharah Minhagim – Learning from Each Other | Rena Boroditsky | June 5, 2016 | Lexington |
| Transition | Blessing of the Hands – Taharah Closing Ritual | Rabbi Me’irah Iliinsky | June 5, 2016 | Lexington |
| Community Education and Involvement | Community Funeral Home – Starting, Managing, and Challenges |
Colin Joseph, David Zinner | June 5, 2016 | Lexington |
| Community Education and Involvement | Nichum Aveilim – A Guide for the Comforter | Dan Fendel, Rabbi Stuart Kelman | June 5, 2016 | Lexington |
| Community Education and Involvement | Come Sit with Us: New Approaches to Sitting Shmirah | Julia Epstein, Shoshana Halle, Jane Hoberman, Cathy Steirn |
June 5, 2016 | Lexington |
| Community Education and Involvement | So Your Values Live On: Ethical Wills | Bob Russman-Halperin | June 5, 2016 | Lexington |
| Plenary | A Conversation on the Movement to Comfort the Dying, Bury the Dead, and Mourn as a Jew |
Anita Diamant | June 5, 2016 | Lexington |
| Plenary | The Holy Ark was Hidden – Nurturing the Soul As We Face Death | Rabbi Sara Paasche-Orlow | June 6, 2016 | Lexington |
| Text Study | Jewish Rites of Death: Feelings Through Stories | Rick Light | June 6, 2016 | Lexington |
| Text Study | Maavar Yabbok – Adding Hakafot with Kavanot to the Taharah Ritual | Rabbi T’mimah Ickovits | June 6, 2016 | Lexington |
| Text Study | Death, Burial and Mourning in Torah | Reb Simcha Raphael | June 6, 2016 | Lexington |
| Text Study | Exploring the Meaning of Taharah | Rabbi Stuart Kelman | June 6, 2016 | Lexington |
| Plenary | Honoring the Embodied Image of God | Rabbi Nehemia Polen | June 6, 2016 | Lexington |
| Community Education and Involvement | Preparing For Death: A Course Based Upon Maavar Yabok, A Chaplain’s Guide for Jewish Practices for End of Life Care |
Rabbi Rick Kline | June 6, 2016 | Lexington |
| Community Education and Involvement | Illustrating Jewish Values in Death and Mourning | Rabbi Me’irah Iliinsky | June 6, 2016 | Lexington |
| Community Education and Involvement | Death Cafe and Chevrah Kadisha | Rena Boroditsky | June 6, 2016 | Lexington |
| Community Education and Involvement | Gender Identity in the Chevrah Kadisha Context | Rabbi Victor Reinstein and Melinda Strauss | June 6, 2016 | Lexington |
| Community Education and Involvement | Community Education Models – Sharing the Wealth | David Zinner | June 6, 2016 | Lexington |
| Plenary | Exploring the Conference Experience | David Zinner | June 7, 2016 | Lexington |
| Diverse Aspects of Taharah | Taharah Injury Prevention | Rachel Braun and David Zinner | June 7, 2016 | Lexington |
| Diverse Aspects of Taharah | Understanding Moed Katan | Dan Fendel | June 7, 2016 | Lexington |
| Plenary | Panel Discussion: Leadership Perspectives – Rosh in the tahara room, leading a home tahara, infusing leadership skills into the entire community; cemetery board leadership |
February 22, 2015 | Austin | |
| Tahara | The Essence of Tahara | Rabbi Avivah Erlick and Rick Light | February 22, 2015 | Austin |
| Jewish Burial | Green Burial | February 22, 2015 | Austin | |
| Community Building | Volunteer Recruitment, Care and Support | February 22, 2015 | Austin | |
| Tahara | Transformational Power of Water | Rabbi T’mimah Ickovits | February 22, 2015 | Austin |
| Jewish Burial | Burial Liturgy and Rituals | Dan Fendel and Rabbi Stuart Kelman | February 22, 2015 | Austin |
| Community Building | Austin Shmirah: A Community Based Approach to Honoring the Dead |
Gail Tosto | February 22, 2015 | Austin |
| Plenary | Crypto-Jewish Studies and Hispanic-Jewish Relations | Rabbi Dr. Peter Tarlow | February 22, 2015 | Austin |
| Plenary | Ebola and Infection Control – Lessons Learned | February 23, 2015 | Austin | |
| Traditional Tahara | Tahara Demonstration | Rick Light | February 23, 2015 | Austin |
| Family Centered Tahara | Tahara at Home: Techniques and Technicalities | Rabbi Avivah Erlick and Holly Blue Hawkins | February 23, 2015 | Austin |
| Jewish Burial | History of Burial Societies and Congregations in Texas |
Debra Winegarten | February 23, 2015 | Austin |
| Community Building | Sewing Shrouds as a Community Building Activity | February 23, 2015 | Austin | |
| Traditional Tahara | Tahara Demo Q&A | Rena Boroditsky | February 23, 2015 | Austin |
| Family Centered Tahara | New Clients, New Approaches | Sally Shannon and Jean Berman | February 23, 2015 | Austin |
| Jewish Burial | Cremated Remains – Shall You Surely Bury Them? | February 23, 2015 | Austin | |
| Plenary | End of Life Directives | Fred Helms | February 23, 2015 | Austin |
| Traditional Tahara | Tahara Liturgy | Dan Fendel and Rabbi Stuart Kelman | February 23, 2015 | Austin |
| Family Centered Tahara | Why We Do This – Intro to Family Centered Tahara | Rabbi Avivah Erlick, Jean Berman, Sally Shannon, Holly Blue Hawkins, Stephanie Sahanow |
February 23, 2015 | Austin |
| Jewish Burial | Developing an Association of Jewish Cemeteries | February 23, 2015 | Austin | |
| Community Building | Establishing Leadership and Community Partnerships | February 23, 2015 | Austin | |
| Family Centered Tahara | Tahara at Home: Creative Approaches | Jean Berman and Holly Blue Hawkins | February 23, 2015 | Austin |
| Jewish Burial | Interfaith Sections in Jewish Cemeteries | Mitzi Chafitz and Fred Helms | February 23, 2015 | Austin |
| Community Building | Family Support Through Preparations | February 23, 2015 | Austin | |
| Tahara | K’rovei Yisrael: Honoring Non-Jews | Rick Light | February 23, 2015 | Austin |
| Community Building | Family Support Through Rituals | February 23, 2015 | Austin | |
| Plenary | Panel Discussion: Assessing Emotional Readiness of Family Members, Chevra Members, and Celebrants> |
February 23, 2015 | Austin | |
| Plenary | Nichum Aveilim | Dan Fendel and Rabbi Stuart Kelman | February 24, 2015 | Austin |
| Traditional Tahara | Organ Donation and Autopsy | February 24, 2015 | Austin | |
| Family Centered Tahara | The Family-Centered Rosh/Celebrant | Rabbi Avivah Erlick and Sally Shannon | February 24, 2015 | Austin |
| Training | Training the Trainers | February 24, 2015 | Austin | |
| Tahara | Working with Your Funeral Home | Mitzi Chafitz and Fred Helms | February 24, 2015 | Austin |
| Plenary | Chronicle of Florida’s Jews | Marcia Jo Zerivitz | March 23, 2014 | Miami Beach |
| Tahara | Tahara Issues – Kavanah, Cremation after Tahara, Street Clothes, Identification Viewing |
David Zinner | March 23, 2014 | Miami Beach |
| Cemetery | Florida’s Jewish Cemeteries | Marcia Jo Zerivitz | March 23, 2014 | Miami Beach |
| Cemetery | Using Your Data to Promote Your Cemetery | Jeff Doty | March 23, 2014 | Miami Beach |
| Chevra Kadisha | Injury Prevention and Infection Control for Chevra Kadisha Members |
Laura Rocco | March 23, 2014 | Miami Beach |
| Tahara | Post Tahara – Closings, Emotions, Feelings | Rabbi Mel Glazer | March 23, 2014 | Miami Beach |
| Chevra Kadisha | My Gift of Grace – Learning the Game of Life and Death |
Rabbi Mel Glazer | March 23, 2014 | Miami Beach |
| Cemetery | Yahrzeit Marketing | Sharon Rosen | March 23, 2014 | Miami Beach |
| Evening | Honoring Rabbi Maurice Lamm | March 23, 2014 | Miami Beach | |
| Evening | Jewish Ghost Stories | Reb Simcha Raphael | March 23, 2014 | Miami Beach |
| Plenary | Bruria’s Cry – The Need for a Continuum of Comfort | Reb Simcha Raphael | March 24, 2014 | Miami Beach |
| Chevra Kadisha | Legal Issues | Rabbi Arthur Grae | March 24, 2014 | Miami Beach |
| Tahara | Tahara Demo | Rick Light | March 24, 2014 | Miami Beach |
| Para Chaplaincy | Volunteer Empowerment | Rabbi Fred Klein and David Zinner | March 24, 2014 | Miami Beach |
| Cemetery | Cemetery Endowment Fund Investments | Charlie Meyers | March 24, 2014 | Miami Beach |
| Chevra Kadisha | Teaching your Community how to Pre-plan for Funeral, Burial and much more |
Kerry Swartz | March 24, 2014 | Miami Beach |
| Tahara | Tahara Demo Q and A | David Zinner | March 24, 2014 | Miami Beach |
| Para Chaplaincy | Preparing for Death – Vidui | Rabbi Stuart Kelman | March 24, 2014 | Miami Beach |
| Cemetery | Linking Genealogy and Federation to your Cemetery | Mona Morris | March 24, 2014 | Miami Beach |
| Plenary | Educating the Community about Jewish Burial Practices – Challenges and Strategies |
Rochel Berman | March 24, 2014 | Miami Beach |
| Chevra Kadisha | Educating the Community about Jewish Burial Practices – Brainstorming the Possibilities |
Rochel Berman | March 24, 2014 | Miami Beach |
| Tahara | Safe Patient Handling | David Zinner | March 24, 2014 | Miami Beach |
| Para Chaplaincy | Introduction to Tahara | Rick Light and Vickie Weitzenhofer | March 24, 2014 | Miami Beach |
| Cemetery | Issues in Cemetery Operations | Panel from Raleigh, Richmond, Burlington, London (England), Bethlehem (New Hampshire) and Philadelphia |
March 24, 2014 | Miami Beach |
| Chevra Kadisha | Community Chevra Kadisha | David Zabarsky from Raleigh, Judith Himber from Boston, and Rick Light from Santa Fe |
March 24, 2014 | Miami Beach |
| Tahara | How Belief in the Afterlife Can Transform Jewish Rituals |
Reb Simcha Raphael | March 24, 2014 | Miami Beach |
| Para Chaplaincy | Journey of the Comforters | Rabbi Stuart Kelman and Dan Fendel | March 24, 2014 | Miami Beach |
| Chevra Kadisha | Working with Your Funeral Home | Rabbi Leibel Miller | March 24, 2014 | Miami Beach |
| Tahara | Polishing the Soul: The Jewish Journey | Rabbi Anne Brener | March 24, 2014 | Miami Beach |
| Tahara | Knot Tying | Rena Boroditsky | March 24, 2014 | Miami Beach |
| Para Chaplaincy | Caring for the Care Giver | Judith Lieber | March 24, 2014 | Miami Beach |
| Cemetery | Cemetery Track Wrap-up – Open Discussion | Harley Felstein | March 24, 2014 | Miami Beach |
| Plenary | Reflections on Reflections | Rabbi Jack Riemer | March 24, 2014 | Miami Beach |
| Evening | Death Cafés – What are they and How to do them Jewishly |
Rena Boroditsky and Friends | March 24, 2014 | Miami Beach |
| Plenary | Gamliel Institute – history and future | March 25, 2014 | Miami Beach | |
| Plenary | Rabbi Jack Riemer’s Drashot on End-of-Life Traditions – Reality of Death, Funeral, Burial, Shiva |
Rabbi Joe Blair | March 25, 2014 | Miami Beach |
| Gamliel | Kaddish, El Malei Rachamim and Yizkor as they fit into a Theology of Jewish memory |
Rabbi Larry Hoffman | March 25, 2014 | Miami Beach |
| Gamliel | Gamliel Institute Course 5 and Mission to NYC, Prague and Israel |
March 25, 2014 | Miami Beach | |
| Gamliel | Machpelah, Kohen Gadol and Solomon’s Couch in the Zohar |
Rabbi Danny Matt | March 25, 2014 | Miami Beach |
| Plenary | Values | Rabbi Joshua Elkin | June 9, 2013 | Philadelphia |
| Tahara | Tahara Demo | Rick Light | June 9, 2013 | Philadelphia |
| Chevra Kadisha | Working with Orthodox Communities – Experience from the Field |
Kerry Swartz | June 9, 2013 | Philadelphia |
| Cemetery | Optimal Utilization of Cemetery Grounds | Bill Pechet | June 9, 2013 | Philadelphia |
| Tahara | Tahara Closing Rituals | Robin Black and Rabbi Me’irah Iliinsky | June 9, 2013 | Philadelphia |
| Tahara | Knot Tying Workshop – Go and Shin Some More | Vickie Weitzenhofer and Rena Boroditsky | June 9, 2013 | Philadelphia |
| Cemetery | Future of Cemeteries | David Shipper | June 9, 2013 | Philadelphia |
| Plenary | Non-Jews in the Jewish Community | Rabbi Stuart Kelman | June 10, 2013 | Philadelphia |
| Chevra Kadisha | Organ and Tissue Donation – Experience from the Field |
David Zinner | June 10, 2013 | Philadelphia |
| Tahara | Processing Emotions after Tahara | Rabbi Mel Glazer | June 10, 2013 | Philadelphia |
| Cemetery | Non-Jewish sections in Jewish Cemeteries | Jerry Schwell | June 10, 2013 | Philadelphia |
| Tahara | Burial in the Holy Land at the End of Days | Naomi Koltun-Fromm | June 10, 2013 | Philadelphia |
| Cemetery | Endowment Funds – Investments | Adam Sheer and Charlie Myers | June 10, 2013 | Philadelphia |
| Tahara | Who’s Talking to Whom When We Do a Tahara? | Rabbi Stuart Kelman and Dan Fendel | June 10, 2013 | Philadelphia |
| Cemetery | Cremation and Jewish Cemeteries | Harley Felstein | June 10, 2013 | Philadelphia |
| Cemetery | State Cemetery Regulations | Samuel Domsky and Garry Miller | June 10, 2013 | Philadelphia |
| Cemetery | New Revenue Sources for Cemeteries | Garry Miller | June 10, 2013 | Philadelphia |
| Plenary | State of the Chevra Kadisha Movement | David Zinner | June 11, 2013 | Philadelphia |
| Chevra Kadisha | SCI – Stewart Merger – Implications for the Chevra Kadisha |
June 11, 2013 | Los Angeles |
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| Tahara | Tahara Demo | Rick Light | June 10, 2012 | Los Angeles |
| Chaplaincy | Chaplaining a Community in the Wake of a Disaster | Rabbi Myrna Matsa | June 10, 2012 | Los Angeles |
| Chevra Kadisha | Ethical Wills | Muriel Dance | June 10, 2012 | Los Angeles |
| Tahara | Moving Tahara | Andrea Hodos and Aliza Shapiro | June 10, 2012 | Los Angeles |
| Cemetery | Israeli Cemeteries | Rabbi Joe Wernik | June 10, 2012 | Los Angeles |
| Cemetery | Natural Burial and Green Cemeteries | Rabbi Stuart Kelman, Father Charles Morris, Joe Sehee, Shari Wof, Jeremy Kaplan |
June 10, 2012 | Los Angeles |
| Chevra Kadisha | Outreach to the next Generation | Terry Wunder | June 11, 2012 | Los Angeles |
| Tahara | Processing Emotions After Doing a Tahara | Rabbi Mel Glazer | June 11, 2012 | Los Angeles |
| Plenary | Grief as a Spiritual Path | Rabbi Anne Brener | June 11, 2012 | Los Angeles |
| Tahara | Tahara as an Environmental Practice | Rabbi Janet Madden | June 11, 2012 | Los Angeles |
| Cemetery | Halachic Issues | Rabbi Elliot Dorff | June 11, 2012 | Los Angeles |
| Evening | Chanting During Tahara | Rabbi Shefa Gold | June 11, 2012 | Los Angeles |
| Plenary | State of the Chevra Kadisha Movement | David Zinner | June 12, 2012 | Los Angeles |
| Chevra Kadisha | Organizing a North American Education Effort – Burial vs Cremation |
June 12, 2012 | Los Angeles |
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| Chaplaincy | Creating Funerals for Unaffiliated Families | Rabbi Stan Levy | June 12, 2012 | Los Angeles |
| Chevra Kadisha | Muslim Practices Around Death and Burial | June 12, 2012 | Los Angeles |
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| Cemetery | Your Cemetery – Insurance, Endowment funds – Unanswered Questions Unresolved Issues – Brainstorming and Networking |
June 12, 2012 | Los Angeles |
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| Plenary | What Are We Made For? Jewish Ethics, Organ Donation, and End of Life Care |
Professor Laurie Zoloth | June 12, 2011 | Chicago |
| Chevra Kadisha | History of Chicago’s JSS | Rabbis Schaye Abramowitz and Moshe Wolf | June 12, 2011 | Chicago |
| Tahara | Tahara Demonstration | Rick Light | June 12, 2011 | Chicago |
| Chaplaincy | Why We Need Death Panels | Professor Laurie Zoloth | June 12, 2011 | Chicago |
| Chaplaincy | After the Funeral: Jewish and Clinical Perspectives |
Rabbi Joseph Ozarowski and Elizabeth Siegel Cohen, LCSW |
June 12, 2011 | Chicago |
| Cemetery | Jewish Genealogy and the Value of Cemetery Records | Nolan Altman | June 12, 2011 | Chicago |
| Chevra Kadisha | Growing and Renewing Your Chevra Kadisha | Moderator: Nisan Chavkin Panelists: Deborah Brown, Robb Seltzer,Vickie Weitzenhoffer |
June 12, 2011 | Chicago |
| Chevra Kadisha | Tahara and Autopsy? How to Work with Your Medical Examiner |
Dr. Nancy Jones | June 12, 2011 | Chicago |
| Tahara | Processing Emotions After Doing a Tahara | Rabbi Mel Glazer | June 12, 2011 | Chicago |
| Chaplaincy | A Death in the Community: Masechet Semachot | Rabbi Dena Bodian | June 12, 2011 | Chicago |
| Cemetery | What Jewish Cemeteries Need to Know | Richard Fishman | June 12, 2011 | Chicago |
| Cemetery | Cemeteries and Federations Working Together | D. Sarnat and C. Weiss | June 12, 2011 | Chicago |
| Plenary | A Responsa Study – The Seridei Aish on Tahara in a Case of Cremation |
Rabbi Joseph Ozarowski | June 12, 2011 | Chicago |
| Evening | Humor in Deadpan Alley | David Zinner | June 12, 2011 | Chicago |
| Plenary | Social Networking for Community Engagement | Michael Hoffman | June 13, 2011 | Chicago |
| Chevra Kadisha | Non-Profit Funeral Home Caucus | Rabbi Me’irah Iliinsky | June 13, 2011 | Chicago |
| Chevra Kadisha | Non-Profit Funeral Home Panel | Sam Salkin | June 13, 2011 | Chicago |
| Tahara | Tahara and Tumah | Rabbi Michael Balinsky | June 13, 2011 | Chicago |
| Tahara | Comforting the Deceased: Modern Tahara Ceremony | David Sclar | June 13, 2011 | Chicago |
| Chaplaincy | Toward a Methodology for Using Classic Jewish Texts to Make End of Life Decisions |
Rabbi Benay Lappe | June 13, 2011 | Chicago |
| Cemetery | Social Media: Marketing Your Cemetery | Michael Hoffman and Sandy Rife | June 13, 2011 | Chicago |
| Cemetery | Cemetery Mismanagement | Lolly Bowean, Richard Fishman, Harvey Lapin | June 13, 2011 | Chicago |
| Plenary | Transgender Issues | Lynn Greenough and Noach Dzurma | June 13, 2011 | Chicago |
| Chevra Kadisha | Transgender Issues in the Chevra Kadisha | Lynn Greenough and Noach Dzurma | June 13, 2011 | Chicago |
| Tahara | Advanced Tahara: Infection Control and Other Issues | Dr. Michael Slater | June 13, 2011 | Chicago |
| Chaplaincy | Moments Held Legacy Work: Bob’s Story | Todd Hochberg and Rabbi Ruth Gelfarb | June 13, 2011 | Chicago |
| Cemetery | Halakhic Issues Panel | Rabbis Maralee Gordon, Peter Knobel, and Joseph Ozorowski |
June 13, 2011 | Chicago |
| Chevra Kadisha | Organizing a North American Education Effort – Burial vs Cremation |
Rabbi Me’irah Iliinsky and Barbara Kavadias | June 13, 2011 | Chicago |
| Tahara | Who’s Talking to Whom When We Do a Tahara? | Rabbi Stuart Kelman and Dan Fendel | June 13, 2011 | Chicago |
| Chaplaincy | Doing What Few Do: The Effects of Trauma and Resilience on Caregivers |
Charlotte Mallon and Robin Levine | June 13, 2011 | Chicago |
| Cemetery | Understanding Your Cemetery’s Financial Health | David Hoguet | June 13, 2011 | Chicago |
| Plenary | Burial In Israel – A Contemporary Perspective | Rabbi Seth Farber | June 13, 2011 | Chicago |
| Plenary | State of the Chevra Kadisha Movement | David Zinner | June 14, 2011 | Chicago |
| Chevra Kadisha | Transitions, Leadership, and Succession | David Zinner | June 14, 2011 | Chicago |
| Cemetery | Use of GIS Technology for Cemetery Record and Property Management |
James Petro | June 14, 2011 | Chicago |
| Chevra Kadisha | Muslim Practices Around Death and Burial | Harun Firdausi | June 14, 2011 | Chicago |
| Plenary | Jewish Buddhist and Hindu – Comparative Meditations on Death |
Laurie Patton | June 6, 2010 | Atlanta |
| Tahara | Tahara Demonstration | Rick Light and Atlanta CK team | June 6, 2010 | Atlanta |
| Education | Educating the Jewish community about Jewish traditions |
Rena Boroditsky, Cindy Hirsch, Cantor Donna Faye Marcus, Chava Gal Or |
June 6, 2010 | Atlanta |
| Cemetery | Chesed Shel Emet and the Hebrew Free Burial Associaton |
Amy Koplow | June 6, 2010 | Atlanta |
| Plenary | The Future of Cemeteries | Richard Fishman | June 7, 2010 | Atlanta |
| Tahara | Complicated Tahara | Dr. Michael Slater | June 7, 2010 | Atlanta |
| Cemetery | Cemetery Regulation | Richard Fishman | June 7, 2010 | Atlanta |
| Plenary | Afterlife and Immortality, Resurrection and Reincarnation: A Traveler’s Guide to The World Beyond for Contemporary Hevra Kaddisha |
Reb Simcha Raphael | June 7, 2010 | Atlanta |
| Chaplaincy | A Child’s Guide in Coping with a Loved One’s Death | Rabbi Rachmiel Tobesman | June 7, 2010 | Atlanta |
| Tahara | Organ and Tissue Donation | June 7, 2010 | Atlanta | |
| Chaplaincy | Near-Death Experiences and Afterlife In Zohar: Implications for Hevra Kaddisha |
Reb Simcha Raphael | June 7, 2010 | Atlanta |
| Plenary | Caring for the Caregivers | Rabbi Mel Glazer | June 7, 2010 | Atlanta |
| Plenary | Green Burial and Green Cemeteries | David Zinner | June 8, 2010 | Atlanta |
| Tahara | Infection Control for Chevra Members | Dr. Michael Bell | June 8, 2010 | Atlanta |
| Cemetery | Making Cemetery Rituals More Meaningful – From Consecration to Burial to Parallel lines to Handwashing |
Rabbi Me’irah Iliinisky | June 8, 2010 | Atlanta |
| Chaplaincy | Rituals – Round Table Discussion | Rabbi Me’irah Iliinsky | June 8, 2010 | Atlanta |
| Plenary | God’s Untold Tale | Reb Mimi Feigelson | June 7, 2009 | Berkeley |
| Plenary | 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 |
June 7, 2009 | Berkeley |
| Plenary | Jewish Cemetery Association of North America (JCANA) – An Introduction |
Ralph Zuckman | June 7, 2009 | Berkeley |
| Tahara | Tahara Demo – Rechitza (Washing), Tachrichim (Burial Garments) and Tefilah (Prayers) |
Rick Light | June 7, 2009 | Berkeley |
| Nechama | The Art of Comfort | Rabbi Anne Brener and Nancy Katz | June 7, 2009 | Berkeley |
| Cemetery | Small Cemeteries in a Large Cemetery Setting | Sheldon Barr Carol Hochstadt Barry Pitegoff |
June 7, 2009 | Berkeley |
| Cemetery | Genealogy – Internet Access to Cemetery Information |
Gary Mokotoff and Quinton Atkinson |
June 7, 2009 | Berkeley |
| Tahara | Torah of Six Feet Under | Jhos Singer | June 7, 2009 | Berkeley |
| Tahara | Complicated Tahara Physical and Emotional Issues | Carol Cunradi | June 7, 2009 | Berkeley |
| Nechama | Grief and Growing Camp | Vicky Kelman | June 7, 2009 | Berkeley |
| Cemetery | Cemetery Imaging and Green Cemeteries | Elizabeth Wilson-Agin and Raymond Soudah | June 7, 2009 | Berkeley |
| Evening | Katrina and New Orleans and Disaster Preparedness – The Role of the Chevra Kadisha | Ellen Cleary and Sandy Lassen | June 7, 2009 | Berkeley |
| Evening | Reb Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev – Life and Legend | Reb Mimi Feigelson | June 7, 2009 | Berkeley |
| Plenary | Intermarriage Breakout Sessions – A. The Impact on Burial B. The Impact on Tahara C. The Impact on Mourning |
Rabbi Stuart Kelman, Rose Levenson, Glenn Massarano, Rabbi Mimi Weisel |
June 8, 2009 | Berkeley |
| Plenary | Self-Revelation as Religious Obligation | Reb Mimi Feigelson | June 8, 2009 | Berkeley |
| Cemetery | Re-Visioning – How Volunteers can Revitalize a Cemetery |
Bill Pechet | June 8, 2009 | Berkeley |
| Cemetery | Cemetery Continuity | Hayden Burrus, Steve Venick, Stan Kaplan, Dave Hoguet |
June 8, 2009 | Berkeley |
| Plenary | State of the Chevra Kadisha Movement | David Zinner | June 8, 2009 | Berkeley |
| Chevra Kadisha | The Springfield Funeral Story | Hannah Dresner | June 8, 2009 | Berkeley |
| Tahara | Attending the Dead – Comparing Jewish and Chris= tian Perspectives |
Rabbi Menachem Creditor | June 8, 2009 | Berkeley |
| Tahara | Organ & Tissue Donations – State of the Body | Mina Gates | June 8, 2009 | Berkeley |
| Nechama | Networking Yoga – Self-Directed Walking | June 8, 2009 | Berkeley | |
| Cemetery | Computer Software | Angela Knowles | June 8, 2009 | Berkeley |
| Nechama | Midrashim Chayyim: Listening, Life Review and Legacy | Linda Blachman | June 8, 2009 | Berkeley |
| Nechama | Last Words, Lasting Words: Re-viewing the Deathbed Confessional |
Alison Jordan | June 8, 2009 | Berkeley |
| Cemetery | Preservation of Older Cemeteries | Gail Sussman | June 8, 2009 | Berkeley |
| Cemetery | Gold Rush Cemeteries | Susan Morris | June 8, 2009 | Berkeley |
| Gamliel | On The Cusp of Life – The Art of Saying Goodbye |
Reb Mimi Feigelson | June 9, 2009 | Berkeley |
| Plenary | What Does It Take to Save a Life? Jewish Perspectives on Organ and Tissue Donation |
Lisa Dinhofer | June 1, 2008 | Edison |
| Plenary | Jews and the American Funeral: A Survey of American Responsa | Dr. Ruth Langer | June 1, 2008 | Edison |
| Plenary | Telling the Chevra Kadisha Story – Can Grownups Show Passion and Express Emotion? | David Zinner | June 2, 2008 | Edison |
| Plenary | Reinfusing Ruach, Normalizing Neshama: Envisioning A Spirit-Based Model of Chevra Kadisha Work | Reb Simcha Raphael | June 2, 2008 | Edison |
| Plenary | The Gamliel Institute – Energizing Our Community Leaders to Take Back the Mitzvot – How Tahara, Shmira, and the Entire Continuum from Bikkur Cholim through Mourning can Radically Change our Jewish Community | Rabbi Stuart Kelman | June 2, 2008 | Edison |
| Chaplaincy | Viddui – The Final Confession | Rabbi Stuart Kelman and Alison Jordan | June 1, 2008 | Edison |
| Chaplaincy | Do We Grieve Differently? – Exploring and Understanding the Difference Between Men and Women’s Reactions to Death | Rabbi Shira Stern and Rabbi Ephraim Karp | June 2, 2008 | Edison |
| Chaplaincy | Death and Grief in Specialized Settings | Rabbi Moshe Abramowitz, Chaplain Sheila Segal, and Chaplain Pearl Labovic | June 2, 2008 | Edison |
| Chaplaincy | Exploring Issues in Dying, Death and Mourning: Helping families work through death-related issues – Intermarried and intra-marriage family decisions; long distance logistics | Rabbi Tsurah August, Rabbi Joseph Ozarowski, Rabbi Sandy Berliner, Rabbi David Glicksman; Chaplain Laurie Dinerstein Kurs; Rabbi Stanley Asekoff | June 2, 2008 | Edison |
| Chaplaincy | Exploring Issues in Dying, Death and Mourning: Talking to Families About Meaningful Rituals – funeral, burial, shiva, yahrtzeit | Rabbi Tsurah August, Rabbi Joseph Ozarowski, Rabbi Sandy Berliner, Rabbi David Glicksman; Chaplain Laurie Dinerstein Kurs; Rabbi Stanley Asekoff | June 2, 2008 | Edison |
| Chaplaincy | Bikkur Cholim is More than a Visit – Seizing the opportunity to recognize our blessings | Eva Grayzel | June 3, 2008 | Edison |
| Cemetery | Cemetery Ownership in New Jersey | Rabbi Shammai Engelmayer | June 1, 2008 | Edison |
| Cemetery | Bring Your Jewish Cemetery Back to Life | Dr. Mona Shangold, Bardin Levavy, Sheldon Whitman, and Roni Berkowitz | June 1, 2008 | Edison |
| Cemetery | Cemetery Vandalism | Rabbi Abraham Mykoff | June 2, 2008 | Edison |
| Cemetery | Together We Stand – Jewish Cemetery Associations | Stan Kaplan and David Hoguet | June 2, 2008 | Edison |
| Cemetery | The Future is Yours – Understanding the Cost of Perpetual Care | Hayden Burrus | June 2, 2008 | Edison |
| Cemetery | Issues in Jewish Cemetery Management | June 3, 2008 | Edison | |
| Physical Chevra Kadisha | Tahara – Advanced Issues – Balancing Chevra minhag and traditional practice | Jackie Stromer | June 1, 2008 | Edison |
| Physical Chevra Kadisha | Basic Tahara Demo | Winnipeg Chevra Kadisha | June 1, 2008 | Edison |
| Physical Chevra Kadisha | Cremation and Intermarriage – Developing a Chevra Kadisha Response | Rena Boroditsky and Rick Light | June 2, 2008 | Edison |
| Physical Chevra Kadisha | Organizing a Chevra Kadisha – Lessons from the Field | Rabbi Me’irah Iliinsky, Sandra Towers, Nina Rubin, Malke Frank, Pat Cluss | June 2, 2008 | Edison |
| Physical Chevra Kadisha | Exploring Death Related Education – for Youth, our Chevra, and our Community | Karen Richter, Michael Slater, Michelle Caplan | June 2, 2008 | Edison |
| Physical Chevra Kadisha | Chevra Kadisha Stories – Home Tahara | Dr. Russell Jaffe, Rabbi David Bockman, Rabbi Sidney Applbaum | June 3, 2008 | Edison |
| Chevra Kadisha Spiritual and Emotional | The Role of the Chevra Kadisha in Understanding Bereavement and Grief | Lisa Dinhofer, Ellen Sabin, Risa Hanau | June 1, 2008 | Edison |
| Chevra Kadisha Spiritual and Emotional | Tahara Emotions – Why Do Good People Do Difficult Things and How We Discuss It | Rabbi Mel Glazer | June 1, 2008 | Edison |
| Chevra Kadisha Spiritual and Emotional | Deathbed Meditations and Visualizations for the Dying and Those Who Care for Them | Rabbi Steven Moss | June 2, 2008 | Edison |
| Chevra Kadisha Spiritual and Emotional | Afterlife and the Soul in Kabbalah: Applications and Implications for Chevra Kadisha | Reb Simcha Raphael | June 2, 2008 | Edison |
| Chevra Kadisha Spiritual and Emotional | Tahara Liturgy – What do the prayers mean, why do we say them, how do they affect us? | Rabbi Joseph Ozarowski | June 3, 2008 | Edison |
| Evening | Life After Life | Rabbi Benjamin Blech | June 10-12, 2007 | Edmonton |
| Plenary | Moshiach: An Ancient Hope in Contemporary Perspective | Rabbi Benjamin Blech | June 10-12, 2007 | Edmonton |
| Plenary | Consolation: The Spiritual Journey Beyond Grief | Rabbi Maurice Lamm | June 10-12, 2007 | Edmonton |
| Workshop | A Sprinkling Of Bones – Ossilegium And Ossuaries in the Tractate Semahot (Evel Rabbati) | Dr. Eliezer Segal | June 10-12, 2007 | Edmonton |
| Plenary | How Different Are Requirements Regarding Burial In The United Kingdom? | Melvyn Hartog | June 10-12, 2007 | Edmonton |
| Workshop | Health and Safety for Burying for Taharot | Melvyn Hartog | June 10-12, 2007 | Edmonton |
| Workshop | Prairie Kaddish | Isa Milman | June 10-12, 2007 | Edmonton |
| Workshop | After Taharah: Sharing Our Stories | Rabbi Mel Glazer | June 10-12, 2007 | Edmonton |
| Plenary | Goldena Medina to Gold Rush: Jews in Canada | Lynn Greenhough | June 10-12, 2007 | Edmonton |
| Workshop | Centuries of Cemetery Design | Lynn Greenhough | June 10-12, 2007 | Edmonton |
| Plenary | Preserving The Past, Planning Our Futures | Gary S. Cohn | June 11-13, 2006 | Portland |
| Plenary | How Intermarriage Impacts Chevra Kadisha and Cemetery Work |
Rabbi Stuart Kelman | June 11-13, 2006 | Portland |
| Plenary | Planning and Marketing of Cemetery Space | Robert Levonian | June 11-13, 2006 | Portland |
| Plenary | Current Issues Facing Jewish Cemeteries and Chevra Kadisha | Rabbi Elliot Dorff | June 11-13, 2006 | Portland |
| Plenary | Counseling the Bereaved | Mindy Moline Botbol | June 11-13, 2006 | Portland |
| Plenary | Chevra and Cemeteries: Where is the Chesed? | Rabbi Dr. Joseph S. Ozarowski | June 11-13, 2006 | Portland |
| Emotional and Spiritual | Comforting The Soul – Creating a Safe Place for a Post-Tahara Discussion |
Rabbi Mel Glazer | June 5, 2005 | New York |
| Emotional and Spiritual | Chevra Kadisha First Responders – Comforting and Helping the Newly Bereaved Family Make Initial Decisions |
Jeff Davidson | June 6, 2005 | New York |
| Emotional and Spiritual | Physical And Spiritual Care at The End of Life – Balancing the Role of Rabbi and Chevra Kadisha |
Rabbi Felicia Sol, Rabbi Jay Yaacov Schwartz, Helen Radin, Susan Rosenthal |
June 6, 2005 | New York |
| Emotional and Spiritual | Writing Through Grief: Obituaries, Eulogies and Memoirs |
Ari Goldman and Samuel Freedman | June 6, 2005 | New York |
| Emotional and Spiritual | The One Who Heals the Broken Hearted: The Psychological Wisdom of Bereavement in Halacha and Tradition |
Rabbi Joseph Ozarowski | June 7, 2005 | New York |
| Communal | Developing Good Working Relationships Between the Funeral Home and Chevra Kadisha |
Andy Fier, Wendy Kraft, Rena Boroditsky | June 5, 2005 | New York |
| Communal | Educating The Community About Jewish Death and Mourning Traditions |
Rochel Berman | June 6, 2005 | New York |
| Communal | Vigil-Keepers for the Morning: The Spiritual and Communal Significance of Shmirah |
Rabbi Regina Sandler-Phillips | June 6, 2005 | New York |
| Communal | Organizing A Chevra Kadisha – Creating A Caring Culture, Identifying Models, Making It Work |
Rabbi Regina Sandler-Phillips and Marion Schwartz | June 6, 2005 | New York |
| Communal | The Gamliel Initiative: Negotiating Funeral and Burial Contracts |
Bob Hausman | June 7, 2005 | New York |
| Practical | Tahara Lessons Learned | June 5, 2005 | New York | |
| Practical | Sew in the Mourning – History and Manufacture of Tachrichim |
Elizabeth Menkin | June 6, 2005 | New York |
| Practical | Death Burial and Mourning Issues for Intermarried Families and the Chevra Kadisha |
Carol Cunradi and Rabbi Stuart Kelman | June 6, 2005 | New York |
| Practical | Developing and Maintaining Rabbinic Support for the Chevra Kadisha |
Rabbi Stephen Roberts, Rabbi Adam Mintz, Rabbi Larry Sebert, Rabbi Stuart Kelman |
June 6, 2005 | New York |
| Practical | To Save One Life is as if YOU Saved the World: The Chevra Kadisha Role in Donation for Transplant |
Lisa Dinhofer | June 7, 2005 | New York |
| Historical | Individual vs Community: Death as a Jewish Communal Challenge |
Dr. Sylvie Goldberg | June 5, 2005 | New York |
| Historical | Rituals, Books and People: The Emergence and Development of the Chevra Kadisha in 17th century Europe |
Dr. Avriel Bar-Levav | June 6, 2005 | New York |
| Historical | Applbaum Archives – 40 years of Chevra Kadisha Organizing in the Orthodox Community |
David Zinner | June 6, 2005 | New York |
| Historical | Why Do We Say and Do This? – Taharah Prayers and More | Rabbi Mosha Epstein | June 6, 2005 | New York |
| Historical | Parallelism In Personal and Communal Mourning Rituals and Traditions |
David Wachtel | June 7, 2005 | New York |
| Text Study | The Burial Society Of 17th and 18th Century Europe – Regulations of Burial Societies In Vilna, Krakow and Worms |
Dr. Avriel Bar-Levav | June 5, 2005 | New York |
| Text Study | Exploring The Voice of The Psalms As a Resource in Shimra | Rabbi Simkha Weintraub | June 6, 2005 | New York |
| Text Study | Does It Make Any Difference How a Death/Mourning Custom Originated? |
Rabbi David Kraemer | June 6, 2005 | New York |
| Text Study | Maavor Yabok – An Introductory Overview and an In-Depth Look at Tahara |
Rabbi Steven Moss | June 6, 2005 | New York |
| Text Study | Rav Ovadia Yosef – Response to the Question: When May a Non-Jew Perform a Tahara? |
Rabbi Mosha Epstein | June 6, 2005 | New York |
| Text Study | Jewish Views of the Afterlife: Implications and Applications for Chevra Kadisha Work |
Reb Simcha Rafael | June 6, 2005 | New York |
| Text Study | Kavod and Nichum – Some Classic and Not-So-Classic Works |
Rabbi Joseph Ozarowski | June 7, 2005 | New York |
| Text Study | Viddui: The Jewish Way of Saying ‘Good-Bye’ Is All About Relationships |
Rabbi Stuart Kelman | June 7, 2005 | New York |
| Text Study | Individual vs Community: Death as a Jewish Communal Challenge |
Dr. Sylvie Goldberg | June 7, 2005 | New York |
| Plenary | Jewish Communal Obligations in Death and Dying | David Zinner | June 6, 2004 | Las Vegas |
| Tahara | Practical Ways to Learn Taharah Rituals | Bruce Bloom, Rena Boroditsky, Reba Herzfeld | June 6, 2004 | Las Vegas |
| Tahara | Understanding the Layers of Meaning Embedded in the Tefillot | Lynn Greenhough | June 6, 2004 | Las Vegas |
| Nechama | Creating Connections between the Dying, those that Survive, and God | Rabbi Stuart Kelman | June 6, 2004 | Las Vegas |
| Tahara | Tahara: Health Issues, Supplies, Inspection, Preparation of the Body | Bruce Bloom, Rena Boroditsky, Lynn Greenhough | June 6, 2004 | Las Vegas |
| Plenary | The Challenge of Redefining the Role of Chevra Kadisha in the 21st Century | Rabbi Felipe Goodman | June 6, 2004 | Las Vegas |
| Chevra Kadisha | History of Chevra Kadisha with Focus on the Prague Chevra Kadisha | David Wachtel | June 7, 2004 | Las Vegas |
| Funeral Homes | Strengthening Relationships between Funeral Homes and the Chevra Kadisha | Rabbi Jeremy Weiderhorn, Rena Boroditsky, David Jacobson, Jay Poster | June 7, 2004 | Las Vegas |
| Community | Emotional Issues and Burial of Holocaust Survivors | Rabbi Felipe Goodman | June 7, 2004 | Las Vegas |
| Nichum Avelim | The Delicate Balance – Logistics and Emotions when Working with the Family | David Zinner | June 7, 2004 | Las Vegas |
| Tahara | Tahara Demo: Rechitza (Cleansing) and Tahara (Purification) | Bruce Bloom, Rena Boroditsky, Lynn Greenhough | June 7, 2004 | Las Vegas |
| Shmira | The Training, Spiritual, and Physical Aspects of Guarding a Body | Laurie Dinerstein-Kurs | June 7, 2004 | Las Vegas |
| Chevra Kadisha | Organizational Building Blocks of a Successful Chevra Kadisha | Libby Botero, David Zinner | June 7, 2004 | Las Vegas |
| Community | Dying as a Jew | David Wachtel | June 7, 2004 | Las Vegas |
| Education | Developing Successful Outreach Strategies | Broce Bloom, Libby Botero, Reba Herzfeld, Barry Pitegoff | June 7, 2004 | Las Vegas |
| Nechama | Shiva and Beyond | Laurie Dinnerstein-Kurs | June 7, 2004 | Las Vegas |
| Text Study | Gesher HaChayim – Foundational Text on Jewish Death | Rabbi Yocheved Mintz | June 7, 2004 | Las Vegas |
| Plenary | Jewish View of the Afterlife | Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson | June 7, 2004 | Las Vegas |
| Nechama | When Tragedy Occurs – Touching the Mourner’s Soul | Rabbi Alfredo Borodowsky, PhD | June 8, 2004 | Las Vegas |
| Tahara | Organ and Tissue Donation | Robby Berman | June 8, 2004 | Las Vegas |
| Tahara | Tahara Demo: Dressing, Knot Tying, Casketing | Bruce Bloom, Rena Boroditsky, Lynn Greenhough | June 8, 2004 | Las Vegas |
| Plenary | The Theology of the Body in Judaism: Dualism, Resurrection, Tahara and Ritual |
Rabbi Neil Gillman | June 22, 2003 | Rockville |
| Plenary | Tahara as Feminist Practice |
Dr. Laurie Zoloth | June 22, 2003 | Rockville |
| Plenary | Sacred Fellowship: The History and Development of the Hevrah Kadisha |
Dr. David Wachtel | June 23, 2003 | Rockville |
| Plenary | Burials in the Making of the American Jewish Community |
Dr. Hasia Diner | June 23, 2003 | Rockville |
| Plenary | Chevra Kadisha in Israel | Rabbi Jakov Roja | June 23, 2003 | Rockville |
| Plenary | Jewish Communal Responsibility and the Chevra Kadisha Movement |
David Zinner | June 23, 2003 | Rockville |
| Plenary | What Is Our Work Really All About? | Rabbi Jack Riemer | June 24, 2003 | Rockville |
| Taharah | Current Taharah Practices and Training | June 22-24, 2003 | Rockville | |
| Taharah | Afterlife In Our Prayers and Rituals | June 22-24, 2003 | Rockville | |
| Taharah | Mortuary Manuals to Practical Reality | June 22-24, 2003 | Rockville | |
| Taharah | Helping Your Chaverim Understand Their Emotions After Taharah |
June 22-24, 2003 | Rockville | |
| Taharah | Complex Tahara Issues | June 22-24, 2003 | Rockville | |
| Cemetery | Jewish Cemetery – Writings and Historical Practice | June 22-24, 2003 | Rockville | |
| Cemetery | Intermarried Burials and Cremation and Liners | June 22-24, 2003 | Rockville | |
| Cemetery | Jewish Cemetery Ownership – Civil Law and Halacha | June 22-24, 2003 | Rockville | |
| Cemetery | Jewish Cemetery Associations – Management, Maintenance and More |
June 22-24, 2003 | Rockville | |
| Cemetery | Developing a Rescue Strategy for Abandoned Jewish Cemeteries |
June 22-24, 2003 | Rockville | |
| Funeral | Economics of Funeral Homes | June 22-24, 2003 | Rockville | |
| Funeral | Saving Religiously – Writing Agreements with Funeral Homes |
June 22-24, 2003 | Rockville | |
| Funeral | Teaching Traditions to Funeral Home and Other Non-Jewish Staff |
June 22-24, 2003 | Rockville | |
| Funeral | Wrestling With the Place: Where are Funerals Held | June 22-24, 2003 | Rockville | |
| Funeral | Non-profit Ownership of Jewish Funeral Homes | June 22-24, 2003 | Rockville | |
| Mourning | Shmira in NYC After 9-11 | June 22-24, 2003 | Rockville | |
| Mourning | Nichum Avelim – Comfort the Mourners and Assist with Funeral Planning |
June 22-24, 2003 | Rockville | |
| Mourning | Using Psalms to Help With Emotional Distress For Shmira |
June 22-24, 2003 | Rockville | |
| Mourning | Grief and Growing – Bereavement Camp | June 22-24, 2003 | Rockville | |
| Mourning | Ethical Wills | June 22-24, 2003 | Rockville | |
| Bikur Cholim | Bikkur Cholim – Learning From the Text | June 22-24, 2003 | Rockville | |
| Bikur Cholim | Using Psalms to Help with Bikkur Cholim and Hospice | June 22-24, 2003 | Rockville | |
| Bikur Cholim | Viddui – Death Bed Confessional | June 22-24, 2003 | Rockville | |
| Bikur Cholim | Why Bikkur Cholim Should be Part of the Chevra Kadisha |
June 22-24, 2003 | Rockville | |
| Bikur Cholim | Maavor Yabok and Sefer HaHayiim – Approaching Death |
June 22-24, 2003 | Rockville |