16th Annual Kavod v'Nichum Chevrah Kadisha Conference has ended

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16th Annual Kavod v'Nichum Chevrah Kadisha Conference

8:30am EDT

Registration Main Lobby

10:00am EDT

Brunch Bender Social Hall A

12:00pm EDT

Welcome and Introductions Swoff Chapel

12:45pm EDT

Conference Opening Kavannah Ceremony Swoff ChapelJean Berman

1:15pm EDT

Mapping the Journey: The Mourner and the Soul Swoff ChapelRabbi Me'irah Iliinsky

2:30pm EDT

2:45pm EDT

Dealing With Emotions After Taharah - Mel Glazer Memorial C205/GalilEllen Glazer • Rabbi Ilan Glazer • David Zinner Funeral Home Contracting C207/Tel AvivArt Hessel What's Going On In Your Chevrah Bender Social Hall BRena Boroditsky Movie: Coco, Discussion Afterwards Zahler Social HallRabbi Stuart Kelman

4:00pm EDT

4:30pm EDT

From Requiems to Laughter C205/GalilCantor Ben Kinitsch Weaving MemoriesLIMITED C206/TzfatRabbi Janet Madden Taharah Complications Swoff ChapelRena Boroditsky • David Zinner Taharah Demo Bender Social Hall BRick Light

5:30pm EDT

Networking Bender Social Hall B

6:00pm EDT

Dinner Bender Social Hall A

7:00pm EDT

Ancient Midrash: Moshe Denies His Death Bender SanctuaryJean Berman • Holly Blue Hawkins • Rabbi Me'irah Iliinsky

7:30pm EDT

Ancient Jewish Women in Lament Bender SanctuaryProfessor Kathleen Corley Schuhart

8:15pm EDT

Ancient Midrash Q & A Zahler Social Hall Ancient Women Q & A Bender SanctuaryProfessor Kathleen Corley Schuhart Mincha, Ma'ariv Swoff Chapel

8:30pm EDT

Dessert Reception Bender Social Hall A

9:00pm EDT

Jewish Songs For The End Of Life Bender SanctuaryCantor Naomi Hirsch • Rabbi Geela Rayzel Raphael Socializing and Networking Bender Social Hall B

7:00am EDT

Breakfast Bender Social Hall A

7:30am EDT

Shacharit Swoff Chapel

8:30am EDT

Sustainable Death: Greening the End of Life, for the Sake of the Living Bender SanctuaryRabbi Fred Dobb

9:30am EDT

9:45am EDT

Women's Funeral Rituals continued Bender SanctuaryProfessor Kathleen Corley Schuhart Greening Cemeteries Bender Social Hall BRabbi Fred Dobb • Rabbi T'mimiah Ickovits • Shelley Morhaim Smoothing Inter- and Intra- Chevrah Relationships C205/GalilJean Berman • Rick Light • Kerry Swartz Taharah Injury Prevention Zahler Social HallEllie Barbarash • David Zinner Liturgy Text Study Swoff ChapelDan Fendel • Rabbi Stuart Kelman

11:00am EDT

11:30am EDT

Kavod Conversation C207/Tel AvivRabbi Sonya Star • David Zinner Building a Healing Place for the Grieving Bender SanctuaryVicky Kelman Non-profit Cemeteries Bender Social Hall BRabbi Gary Gans Expanding the Role of Chevrah Leadership C205/GalilHolly Blue Hawkins Chevrah 2.0: A Website for Community-Wide Scheduling of Shmira, Taharah, and More Zahler Social HallGail Tosto

12:30pm EDT

Lunch Bender Social Hall A

1:30pm EDT

Creating Sacred Community Swoff ChapelNina Rubin

2:30pm EDT

2:45pm EDT

The Gentle Boundary: Interface Between Halacha, Minhag in Community Norms C207/Tel AvivGitta Jaroslawicz-Neufeld Biblical Views of the Afterlife Bender SanctuaryReb Simcha Raphael Legal Non-Licensed Funerals and Burials Zahler Social HallRabbi Daniel Wasserman Creating Sacred Community continued Swoff ChapelNina Rubin The Well Dressed Jewish Corpse C205/GalilIsaac Pollak Leaning Gently on Tradition: Authentic, Creative Approaches to Conflicting End-of-Life Priorities Bender Social Hall BRabbi Avivah Erlick • Rabbi Janet Madden

4:00pm EDT

4:15pm EDT

Meit or Niftar: The Power of Language Zahler Social HallRabbi Stuart Kelman Tearing and Tears: The Heart-Rending Practice of Keriah C207/Tel AvivRabbi Janet Madden For Believers, Seekers, and Skeptics: The Therapeutic Values of Jewish Afterlife Perspectives Bender SanctuaryRabbi Gary Fink Cemetery Preservation Strategies Zahler Social HallEileen McGuckian • David Zinner Rebbe and His Maid: Moments Before Crossing Over C205/GalilIlyse Kramer Hakafot: Seven Sacred Circles from Maavar Yabbok Bender Social Hall BRabbi T'mimiah Ickovits

5:15pm EDT

Mincha Swoff Chapel Movie: Living While Dying Zahler Social HallCathy Zheutlin Networking Bender Social Hall B

6:00pm EDT

Dinner Bender Social Hall A

7:00pm EDT

Update on Kavod and Gamliel Zahler Social Hall

7:30pm EDT

Weaving The Stories of Our Ancestors in Stone Zahler Social HallLaurie Gross

8:30pm EDT

Break On Site Ma'ariv Swoff Chapel

8:45pm EDT

Near Death Experience; Overcoming Your Community's Denial to Increase Engagagemnt Bender SanctuaryNeil Tobin

9:45pm EDT

Small Group Discussions and Dessert Bender Social Hall A

7:00am EDT

Breakfast Bender Social Hall A

7:30am EDT

Shacharit Swoff Chapel

8:30am EDT

The Aleph Bet of Death: A Guide for the Dying from Traditional Jewish Sources Bender SanctuaryRabbi Ariel Stone

9:30am EDT

9:45am EDT

Cremation: Jewish & Ecological Perspectives C205/GalilHal Miller-Jacobs Understanding Physician-Assisted Death and Its Place in the Jewish Community C207/Tel AvivRabbi Avivah Erlick • Arielle Friedtanzer Taharah Q&A Bender Social Hall BDavid Zinner Music: Healing and Hope Bender SanctuaryRabbi Janet Madden • Cantor Jan Morrison • Rabbi Eva Sax-Bolder Creating Our Own Liturgy for Taharah — The Process and the Product at Adas Israel Congregation Swoff ChapelToni Bickart

10:45am EDT

11:00am EDT

Conference Closing Kavannah and Musical Conference Closing Bender SanctuaryJean Berman • Rabbi Janet Madden • Cantor Jan Morrison • Rabbi Eva Sax-Bolder

12:00pm EDT

Box Lunch and Goodbyes Bender Social Hall A