Past Gamliel Institute Non-Core Offerings

This is an attempt to list of all Gamliel Institute offerings that do NOT fall into one of the following categories:

Gamliel Institue Core Curriculum Courses
Kavod v’Nichum trainings
Covid-related meetings, courses, and events
Multi-semester (on-going) Gamliel supported study groups
- Rabbi Steven Moss: Ma’avar Yabbok
- Rabbi Stuart Kelman: Teshuvot

Taste of Gamliel Lecture Series

2022 Schedule

February 2, 9, 16, 23, 2022 – Reb Simcha Raphael: “Ancestral Journeys: End-of-Life Wisdom in Torah and Midrash”
March 3, 10, 24, 31, 2022 – Rabbi Adina Lewittes: “The Torah of Death”
May 4, 2022 – Gary Goldberg: “Grief, Loss, Brokenness, and Creative Possibility: Descent for the Sake of Ascent (Yeridah L’Tzorech Aliyah)”

2021 Schedule

January 17 and 24, 2021 – Laurie Zoloth, Ph.D.: “Why Justice is Prior to Freedom: COVID 19 and the Challenge of Community”
January 28, February 4, 11, 18, 2021 – Rabbi T’mimah Ickovits: “Wisdom, Healing, and Taharah, from Sefer Maavar Yabbok – Final Acts of Love and Compassion from the Kabbalah of Rabbi Aharon Berekhiah”
March 3, 2021 – Rabbi David Levin: “The Whys of Jewish Rituals for Death and Mourning”
March 4, 2021 – Kohenet Ellie Barbarash and Dr. Elayne Phillips: “Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) – More than Putting it On and Taking it Off Properly”
March 17, 2021 – Rabbi Me’irah Iliinsky: ‘When the “Silver Cord is Snapped Asunder”’
April 7, 14, & May 5, 19, 2021 – Isaac Pollak: “Mourning in Moed Katan”
April 28, 2021 – Reb Simcha Raphael: “Journey of the Soul in the World Beyond: Wisdom from Kabbalah”
July 7, 2021 – Vicky Kelman: “Kids and Grief: An Introduction to Walking with Kids through the Valley of the Shadow of Death”
July 14, 2021 – Rabbi Richard Address: “In The Blink of An Eye: The Post Pandemic Reality of Mortality”
August 18, 25, 2021 – Rabbi Richard Hirsh: “Yom Kippur: Facing Mortality Without Morbidity”

Taste of Gamliel Short Courses

2020 Schedule

Jan 9, 23, and Feb 6, 2020 – Rabbi Richard Hirsh: “Paradigms of Parting: Exploring Jewish Texts About Facing Death”
Feb 20, 2020 – Isaac Pollak: “The Well-Dressed Jewish Corpse – the Etiology of Jewish Shrouds”
Mar 11, 2020 – Rick Light: “Exploring the History of the Chevrah Kadisha“
Mar 23 through Sep 14, 2020 – David Zinner and others: “Coronavirus Concerns Weekly Discussion”
Mar 25, Apr 1 and 12, 2020 – Alden Solovy: “Prayer as Deepest Desire: Writing Contemporary Liturgy”
Apr 22, 2020 – Rabbi Dayle Friedman: “Grit and Grace: Meeting the Spiritual Challenges of Aging”
Apr 29 and May 6, 2020 – Rabbi T’mimah Ickovits: “Seven Sacred Circles: Cultivating the Divine Feminine”
Apr 26, May 3, 17, and 24, 2020 – “Mining Our Tradition Series”
- Apr 26 – Rabbi Jason Weiner, Rabbi Eric Weiss: “The Challenge of Caring for a Loved One in an Age of Isolation”
- May 3 – Professor Laurie Zoloth: “The Challenge of Resource Allocation/Rationing”
- May 17 – Rabbi Elliot Dorff: “The Challenge of “Where Is G-d in This Pandemic”?”
- May 24 – Sam Salkin, Rabbi Shira Stern, Rabbi Simcha Weintraub: “The Challenge of New Liturgy for New Realities of Care and Mourning in the Current Situation”
May 20 and 27, 2020 – David Zinner: “You Shall Surely Bury Them? The Jewish Community’s Cremation Challenge”
Jun 25, 2020 – Gary Goldberg: “You Want it Darker – The Death Awareness Practice of Leonard Cohen”
July 9 through Sep 17, 2020 – Rabbi Steven Moss: “Ma’avor Yabbok Weekly Study Group, Part I”
Jul 16 and 23, 2020 – Rabbi Elliot Dorff: “Death with Dignity”
Jul 19 and Aug 16, 2020 – Emily Fishman and Rabbi Becky Silverstein: “Trans-Inclusive Taharah Practices”
Aug 5 and 12, 2020 – Rabbi Richard Address: “Jewish Sacred Aging”
Oct 1 through Dec 24, 2020 – Rabbi Steven Moss: “Ma’avor Yabbok Weekly Study Group, Part II”
Oct 15, 2020 – Reb Simcha Raphael: “Journey of the Soul in the World Beyond: Wisdom from Kabbalah”
Oct 29, 2020 – Gail Tosto: “Building a Citywide Shmirah Community in the 21st Century”
Nov 5, 2020 – Rabbi Daniel Greyber: “Forgotten Mourners”
Dec 2, 2020 – Rena Boroditsky: “Exploring Taharah Strings”
Dec 16, 2020 – Arthur R. Hessel: “Funeral Home Contracting”

Taste of Gamliel Themed Programs

2019 Schedule – Walking in the Valley of the Shadow … and Not Being Afraid

Jan 27, 2019 – Sam Salkin: “Getting Prepared: The First Step”
Feb 10, 2019 – Rabbi Stuart Kelman: “Dying, Death, and Burial: What Jews Do”
Mar 10, 2019 – Malka Stover-Kemp: “The Art of Comfort”
Apr 28, 2019 – Rabbi Rachel Kobrin: “Mourning and Grief: After the Death”
May 19, 2019 – Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan: “When Life is Over Where is Your Soul?”

2018 Schedule – You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone: Jewish Practice of Remembrance

Feb 4, 2018 – Maharat Victoria Sutton: “Women and Mourning in Ancient Times”
Mar 4, 2018 – Rabbi Stuart Kelman: “The Mourners Kaddish”
Apr 8, 2018 – Jacob Klein: “Trans Day of Mourning”
Apr 29, 2018 – Rabbi Yonatan Cohen: “Disenfranchised Grief”
May 27, 2018 – Rabbi SarahLeya Schley: “An Alternative Yizkor Service”

2017 Schedule – From Here to Eternity: Jewish Views on Sickness and Dying

Jan 22, 2017 – Dan Fendel: “Is THIS in My Pay Grade? Practical Skills for Bikkur Cholim”
Feb 19, 2017 – Dayle Friedman: “Spiritual Challenges for Elders and Caregivers”
Mar 19, 2017 – Sara Paasche-Orlow: “Dying in Hard Times”
Apr 23, 2017 – Richard Address: “Sacred Decisions as Life Ebbs”
May 21, 2017 – Elliot Dorff: “Medical Interventions to Keep People Alive”
Jun 25, 2017 – Laurie Zoloth: “Suffering and Religion”

2016 Schedule – The World to Come: Do You Have Your Ticket?

Jan 31, 2016 – Dr. Alan Brill: “Jewish and Hindu Views on the World to Come”
Feb 21, 2016 – Rabbi Steven Moss: “Maavar Yabbok Looks at the World to Come”
Mar 27, 2016 – Rabbi Elliot Dorff: “Conservative Judaism and the World to Come”
Apr 17, 2016 – Rabbi Elie Spitz: “The Texts Address the World to Come”
May 15, 2016 – Beth Huppin: “The Zohar Looks at The World to Come”

2015 Schedule – Your Life is Over: Do You Know Where Your Soul Is?

Feb 1, 2015 – Rabbi T’mimah Ickovits: “Magical Soul Tour”
Mar 2, 2015 – Dr. Eitan Fishbane: “The Soul as True Self – Personal Identity and Reincarnation in Kabbalistic Thought”
Mar 29, 2015 – Rabbi Dr. Burton Visotzky: “The Priest’s Wife and the Thief in the Orchard – Body and Soul in the 5^th Century Roman Galilee”
May 20, 2015 – Rabbi Dr. Goldie Milgram: “When Spirits Visit from the Other Side – Sharing Stories, Texts, and Experiences”
Jun 7, 2015 – Rabbi Elie Spitz: “Jewish Views of Survival of the Soul”

2013 Schedule

Feb 25, 2013 – Michael Slater: “Taharah Team Leadership”
Apr 28, 2013 – Rick Light, Rabbi Stuart Kelman: “Honoring K’rovei Yisrael – Ritual Washing of a Non-Jew”
Dec 15, 2013 – Rabbi Daniel Greyber: “Encouraging Mourning Ritual for the Non-Traditional Mourner”

2012 Schedule

Oct 28 2012 – Stuart Kelman, Dan Fendel: “Taharah Liturgy”

Note: We do not have records of sessions in 2011 or 2014.

Continuing Education Courses

2019 Schedule

March 27, 2019 – Rabbi Richard Address: “A Look at Sacred Texts That Form a Spiritual Foundation for Life’s Third Stage”
April 3, 2019 – Rabbi Richard Address “A Jewish Approach to Mental Health and the Impact of Alzheimer’s/Dementia”
April 10, 2019 – Rabbi Richard Address “Examining New Rituals for New Life Stages”
Nov 6, 2019 – Rabbi Ebn Leader “A New Look at Taharah Liturgy – Rehitzah”
Nov 13, 2019 – Rabbi Ebn Leader: “Liturgy continued – Taharah”
Nov 20, 2019 – Rabbi Ebn Leader: “Liturgy continued – Halbashah”

2018 Schedule

April 25, 2018 – Beth Huppin: “A vision of Entering Olam Haba”
May 2, 2018 – Beth Huppin: “The Honored Place for Women in Olam Haba”
May 9, 2018 – Beth Huppin: “Olam Haba is Like a River – Always Flowing”
Nov 28, 2018 – Beth Huppin: “Zohar and an Introduction to the Idra Rabbah”
Dec 5, 2018 – Beth Huppin: “Idra Rabbah continued”
Dec 12, 2018 – Beth Huppin: “Idra Rabbah continued”

2017 Schedule

Oct 25, 2017 – Rabbi Neal Rose “The Psalms:The language of the Soul”
Nov 1, 2017 – Rabbi Peretz Wolf - Prusan “ Healer of the Broken Heart, Psalm 147”
Nov 8, 2017 – Rabbi Dr. H. Rafael Goldstein, BCC “Psalm 27”

Gamliel Cafe Presentations

2019 Schedule

January 17, 2019 – Dan Fendel: “Our IDF Experience in Israel, Recent Articles et al”
February 21, 2019 – Rick Light: “Final Kindness: Honoring Krovei Yisrael”
May 16, 2019 – Carl Viniar: “What is ALEPH, and his Personal Journey as a Rabbinic Pastor Student”
June 20, 2019 – Rabbi Richard Address: “Jewish Sacred Aging and the Longevity Revolution”
July 18, 2019 – Lisa Rappaport: “Divrei Nichum ~ Comforting Words During Times of Loss: A Collection of Poems for Mourners”
August 15, 2019 – Panel: Jean Berman, Heidi Katz, Bill Morris: “Impact of Gamliel Institute on Their Lives and Communities”
September 19, 2019 – Rabbi Janet Madden: “How do we mourn Jewish things that Halacha does not recognize as bereavements?”
November 21, 2019 –Elizabeth Menkin: “Conversations About Goals and Values – The Step Before Advance Directives”
- For this session, attendees were encouraged to purchase the Go Wish cards ahead of time, or try them out online at GoWish.org
Dec 19, 2019 – Kohenet Keshira haLev Fife: “Priestessing in Judaism”

2018 Schedule

January 18, 2018 – HollyBlue Hawkins: “Limmud Festival 2017”
February 15, 2018 – Vickie & Linda: “CK and the Generation Gap”
March 15, 2018 – Dan Fendel: “Light and Consolation”
April 19, 2018 – Abigail Salisbury: “Legal Issues of Interest to CK”
May 17, 2018 – Rick Light, David Zinner, Kerry Swartz: “2018 Conference Program Overview, Introduction to online Program using Sched”
June 21,2018 – Rabbi Stuart Kelman, Yehudis Fishman: “Coco the movie and Jewish death practices”
July 19, 2018 – Edna Stewart: “What makes Walking in the Shadow work”
August 16, 2018 – Gary Goldberg: “Music and Poetry of Leonard Cohen”
October 18, 2018 – Rabbi Stuart Kelman: “Sperber”
November 15, 2018 – Arielle Friedtanzer: “Medical Aid in Dying”
December 20, 2018 – Rabbi Me’irah Iliinsky: “The Tree of Life is Weeping”

2017 Schedule

March 15th, 2017 – Rena Boroditsky: “The Letter Shinh”
April 19th, 2017 – Rick Light: “The Four Gates of Pesach”
May 17th, 2017 – Me’irah Iliinsky: “Map of the Journey of the Soul”
July 19th, 2017 – David Zinner: “Muslim Tachrichim”
August 16th, 2017 – Isaac Polack: “A Look at Sheol”
October 18, 2017 – Kerry Swartz and Fred Helms: “Documents & Forms to Have on Hand”
November 15, 2017 – Jean Berman: “Creative Liturgy for Lifecycle Events”
December 20, 2017 – Rena Boroditsky and Joe Blair: “The Chai Mitzvah Curriculum Approach”