SESSIONS

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION


The Topic We All Avoid:
A Jewish Approach to Dealing with Death

Elliot N. Dorff, Ph.D., Rabbi, Rector and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of Judaism, Los Angeles, Calif.

WORKSHOP SERIES I


Breaking Bad News

Eric Solomon, Rabbi, Beth Meyer Synagogue, Raleigh, N.C.

Jewish Ethics

Elliot N. Dorff, Ph.D., Rabbi, Rector and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of Judaism, Los Angeles, Calif.

Talking with Patients with Serious Illness: A Jewish Perspective

Michael Goldman, Rabbi, Jewish Life at Duke, Duke University, Durham, N.C.

James Tulsky, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Director, Duke Center for Palliative Care, Duke University Medical Center & Medical Center Liaison, Institute on Care at the End of Life, Duke University, Durham, N.C.

Caring for the Elderly

Dayle A. Friedman, M.S.W., M.A.J.C.S., B.C.C., Director, Hiddur: The Center for Aging and Judaism, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Wyncote, Pa.

Sudden and Traumatic Death of a Loved One

Lisa Dinhofer, M.A., C.T., C.T.B.S., Thanatologist and Transplant Consultant, KoDen, LLC & Adjunct Instructor, Hood College, Frederick, Md.

Jewish Views of the Afterlife

Frank Fischer, Rabbi, Director (Retired), University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and Duke University Hillel Foundation & Chaplain (Retired), Duke University Medical Center, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Hospital, VA Hospital, Durham & Chapel Hill, N.C.

Comforting the Mourner—Making Difficult Decisions

David Zinner, Executive Director, Kavod v’Nichum, Columbia, Md.

Sitting Shiva: Seven-Day Mourning Period

Mel Glazer, Rabbi, D. Min., Temple Israel of the Poconos, Stroudsburg, Pa.

WORKSHOP SERIES II


Caring for the Caregivers in Family and Community

Marion Zeiger, Adjunct Jewish Chaplain, Pastoral Services, Duke University Medical Center & Durham Regional Hospital, Durham, N.C.

Cheryl Tarash, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., Jewish Family Services Durham-Chapel Hill Jewish Federation, Durham, N.C.

Jewish Notions of Illness and Healing

Jennifer Feldman, Rabbi, Chapel Hill Kehillah, Chapel Hill, N.C.

How Jews Show Respect for the Dead—Tahara, Tachrichim, Ground Burial (ritual preparation and garments used to prepare the body for burial)

David Zinner, Executive Director, Kavod v’Nichum, Columbia, Md.

Sitting Shiva: Seven-Day Mourning Period

Naomi Naierman, M.P.A., President & CEO, American Hospice Foundation, Washington, D.C.

Grieving in Contemporary Society

Mel Glazer, Rabbi, D. Min., Temple Israel of the Poconos, Stroudsburg, Pa.

Jewish Views of the Afterlife

John Friedman, Rabbi, M.A.H.L., D.D., Judea Reform Synagogue, Durham, N.C.

Pain and Its Palliation: A Jewish Perspective

Mark Popovsky, Rabbi, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, N.Y.

The Divine Presence Hovers Over the Bedside: Being with the Dying

Steven Sager, Rabbi, Beth El Synagogue, Durham, N.C.

Organ Donation from the Jewish Perspective

Lisa Dinhofer, M.A., C.T., C.T.B.S., Thanatologist and Transplant Consultant, KoDen, LLC & Adjunct Instructor, Hood College, Frederick, Md.

Jewish Perspectives on Legal Cases and their Ethical Implications

Barry Kinzbrunner, Rabbi, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.A.H.P.M., Chief Medical Officer, Vitas Innovative Hospice Care, Miami, Fla.

Psychological Stages of Mourning and their Intersection with Jewish Practices

Lucy Dinner, Rabbi, Temple Beth Or, Raleigh, N.C.

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