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Stephanie Garry Is New President of Elluminate

New York – Sept. 12, 2023 – Stephanie Garry, a longtime Jewish communal leader locally, nationally and globally — and a staunch advocate for the elevation of Jewish women as social change makers — has been named President of Elluminate.   Garry, who served as Vice President since 2021, succeeds Rachel Weinstein and will serve […].... READ STORY

Plaza Jewish Community Chapel is First Funeral Chapel in NYC to Receive SAGECare Credential

New York – August 23, 2023 – Plaza Jewish Community Chapel (PJCC) is the first funeral chapel in New York City to receive a credential from SAGE, the country’s largest and oldest organization dedicated to improving the lives of LGBTQ+ older people and advocating for their interests.   A SAGECare credential represents that an organization’s […].... READ STORY

Plaza Jewish Community Chapel Announces Three-year Partnership With Shomer Collective

Funding Partnership will Support and Grow the Shomer Collective’s What Matters Program   New York – May 23, 2023 – Plaza Jewish Community Chapel (PJCC) today announced a three-year partnership with Shomer Collective to support its What Matters: Caring Conversations About End of Life program.   The partnership includes a grant that will support the […].... READ STORY

Exit Strategy Podcast Wins Communications Industry Awards

New York – May 15, 2023 – The podcast of Plaza Jewish Community Chapel, Exit Strategy, won two major awards from the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts (AIVA) at the 29th Annual Communicator Awards.   Exit Strategy, hosted by Stephanie Garry, Plaza’s Executive Vice President of Communal Partnerships, debuted its first episode in 2022 […].... READ STORY

From Wedding Photographer to Funeral Director: Building Bridges to the Russian-Jewish Community

He was just two years old in the early 1990’s when his family immigrated from Kyrgyzstan to New York.   Yevgeniy “Eugene” Duvidzon doesn’t remember much from those early days. That is, other than the time right about then when he ripped a pepper from a vine, chomped on it as astonished relatives watched, and […].... READ STORY

FIRST-EVER REFORM CHEVRA KADDISHA IN NEW YORK CITY IS ESTABLISHED

Four Jewish Organizations Partner to Widen Use of the Sacred Practice and Elevate End-of-Life Conversations   New York — March 7, 2023 — The first-ever Reform Chevra Kaddisha in New York City has been established by a consortium of four Jewish organizations, a development that officials said will open the sacred end-of-life practice to a […].... READ STORY

ETHAN HORWITZ ELECTED BOARD CHAIR OF PLAZA JEWISH COMMUNITY CHAPEL

  Nov. 23, 2022 — Ethan Horwitz, a shareholder at Carlton Fields in New York who has served on numerous local, national and global non-profit boards, is the new Board Chair of Plaza Jewish Community Chapel.   Horwitz has been a Plaza board member since 2010 and most recently served as Vice Chair. He succeeds […].... READ STORY

Leading nonprofit Jewish funeral chapel is transforming approach to end-of-life issues

July 21, 2021 – Funerals are notoriously expensive and often loaded with unexpected fees. They come at a time when people are at their most vulnerable, intimidated and perhaps unable to make judicious decisions amid their grief.   Consequently, many bereaved family members make costly mistakes and find themselves at the mercy of funeral homes […].... READ STORY

Though challenged, our end of life Jewish rituals endure

May 7, 2021 – We meet how and whichever way we can, to celebrate or mourn, and everything in between A rabbi I work with – who often officiates at funerals – told me the other day what he’s toting around in the back of his car. Random information? Far from it, because that snapshot […].... READ STORY

It’s Time to Elevate End-of-Life Conversations to Build Jewish Community

March 17, 2021 – I was invited to speak to a group of interfaith couples about Jewish rituals and customs surrounding death. It was right around Purim, and the subject of hamentashen unexpectedly came up. So I went off on that tangent just for a short bit, happy to spread some uplifting Jewish knowledge beyond […].... READ STORY

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