Thursday, October 23, 5:30 pm ET
Join us for an exciting evening at Plaza featuring a live recording of the Exit Strategy podcast, hosted by Stephanie Garry, Plaza’s Executive Vice President of Communal Partnerships. Our special guest is Alix Strauss, award-winning author of The Joy of Funerals and a renowned trends, culture, and lifestyle journalist with bylines in The New York Times. In addition to the in-person recording of our upcoming podcast episode, this event includes a reading of The Joy of Funerals, and a special Q&A session with Alix Strauss.
Monday, October 27, 10 am ET on Zoom
A webinar presented by Plaza Jewish Community Chapel, the New York Board of Rabbis, National Council of Jewish Women New York, Neshama: Association of Jewish Chaplains, UJA-Federation, I Was Supposed To Have A Baby, and National Bikur Cholim Conference.
This 90-minute webinar will explore the emotional, spiritual, and communal dimensions of perinatal and infant loss. Through personal stories, expert guidance, and ritual insights, we aim to foster deeper understanding and compassionate response.
Friday, November 21, 10 am to 1 pm ET on Zoom
A three-panel program for professionals and the public, presented jointly by Plaza Jewish Community Chapel and the Wurzweiler School of Social Work at Yeshiva University.
September 23, 2013
Keynote Speaker: Linda L. Emanuel, MD, PhD
UJA Federation of New York
January 7, 2013
Protracted Illness and the Effects on Family
Keynote Speakers: Pauline Boss and Rabbi Mychal Springer
UJA-Federation of New York
October 27th, 2011
From the Global to the Personal: Several Approaches to Resilience
Keynote Speakers: Talia Levanon and David Pelcovitz
UJA-Federation of New York
JANUARY 13, 2011
Halakha and the non-Jew in the funeral and mourning process.
Where do they fit in? Do we make accommodations?’
Rabbi Jonathan Morgenstern
May 24th, 2010
How Families Navigate Lifes Toughest Choices
Keynote Speakers: Rabbi David Wolpe and Diane E. Meier, M.D.
UJA-Federation of New York
October 27th, 2009
Graceful Exits. Tools For Getting Your House In Order
Keynote Address: Joshua M. Davidson
Bet Am Shalom Synagogue
October 27th, 2009
Jewish Approaches to Bringing Comfort After
Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Neonatal Death
Keynote Address: Rabbi Yamin Levy and Dvorah Levy, LCSW
UJA-Federation of New York
November 20th, 2008
Keynote Speaker:Rabbi Danial Gropper, Nancy Boyd Webb
March 27th, 2008
Judaism on the Afterlife
Keynote Speaker: Rabbi Neil Gillman:
What survives My Death?
My Body or My Soul?
Judaism on the Afterlife
April 26th, 2007
Keynote Speakers: Leonard Fein and David Browning, MSW, BCD
Congregation Rodeph Sholom, New York
