PAST PROGRAMS

Click below to view recordings of Shomer’s past programs.

Facing Mortality with Jewish Wisdom:

All Events - Shomer Collective
Facing Mortality with Jewish Wisdom: Back to the Sources
Jun 7
Facing Mortality with Jewish Wisdom: Back to the Sources
Facing Mortality with Jewish Wisdom: Ethical Wills
Mar 22
Facing Mortality with Jewish Wisdom: Ethical Wills
Facing Mortality with Jewish Wisdom: Psychedelics
Mar 15
Facing Mortality with Jewish Wisdom: Psychedelics
Facing Mortality with Jewish Wisdom: Palliative Care
Mar 1
Facing Mortality with Jewish Wisdom: Palliative Care

Demystifying End-of-Life Decision Making:
“Jewish How-To” Sessions

Featured
Jewish How-to Part 3: Principles of end-of-life decision making
Feb 9
Jewish How-to Part 3: Principles of end-of-life decision making
Jewish How-To Part 2: Everything you wanted to know about funeral planning
Jan 26
Jewish How-To Part 2: Everything you wanted to know about funeral planning
Jewish How-To Part 1: Adam (human) to the Adamah (earth): Jewish Burial Traditions and New Technologies
Jan 12
Jewish How-To Part 1: Adam (human) to the Adamah (earth): Jewish Burial Traditions and New Technologies

 Awakening to the New Jewish Year:
Living Well in the Face of Mortality

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Session 3 - Yom Kippur as Dress Rehearsal for Death: Lessons From the Pandemic
Sep 14
Session 3 - Yom Kippur as Dress Rehearsal for Death: Lessons From the Pandemic
Session 2 - Deathbed Wisdom of the Hasidic Masters: The Book of Departure
Sep 1
Session 2 - Deathbed Wisdom of the Hasidic Masters: The Book of Departure
Session 1: Preparing for the End and a New Beginning: Awakening the Soul
Aug 9
Session 1: Preparing for the End and a New Beginning: Awakening the Soul

 Exploring Jewish Views of the Afterlife:
Traditional and Contemporary Perspectives

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Session 3 - Afterlife & Contemporary Death Rituals: Spiritual Wisdom for Today
Jul 26
Session 3 - Afterlife & Contemporary Death Rituals: Spiritual Wisdom for Today
Session 2 - Afterlife in Kabbalistic Tradition: Post-Mortem Journey of the Soul
Jul 19
Session 2 - Afterlife in Kabbalistic Tradition: Post-Mortem Journey of the Soul
Session 1 - Afterlife in Biblical & Rabbinic Tradition: Sheol & Olam Haba
Jul 12
Session 1 - Afterlife in Biblical & Rabbinic Tradition: Sheol & Olam Haba

Death and Dying in Jewish Tradition:
A Deeper Dive

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Session 3 - Making Plans, Letting Go
Jun 16
Session 3 - Making Plans, Letting Go
Session 2 - Body and Soul: Healing and Wholeness
Jun 9
Session 2 - Body and Soul: Healing and Wholeness
Session 1 - Beginning at the End: Contemplating Mortality
Jun 2
Session 1 - Beginning at the End: Contemplating Mortality

Other Recorded Programs:

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Meditation on Mortality with IJS: Dress Rehearsal for Yom Kippur
Oct 11
Meditation on Mortality with IJS: Dress Rehearsal for Yom Kippur
Put it on Paper: Ethical Will Workshop
Aug 21
Put it on Paper: Ethical Will Workshop
Put it on Paper: Grief Writing Workshop
Aug 14
Put it on Paper: Grief Writing Workshop
Finding Order Outside the Seder
Apr 16
Finding Order Outside the Seder
Knowing Your Options: Jewish Spiritual Care at the End of Life
Apr 2
Knowing Your Options: Jewish Spiritual Care at the End of Life
Knowing Your Options: What is Hospice?
Mar 27
Knowing Your Options: What is Hospice?
From Fear to Action: Reframing Dementia
Nov 29
From Fear to Action: Reframing Dementia
From Fear to Action: End-of-Life Caregiving Reimagined
Nov 14
From Fear to Action: End-of-Life Caregiving Reimagined
Meditations on Mortality: Dress Rehearsal for Yom Kippur (Sep 22)
Sep 22
Meditations on Mortality: Dress Rehearsal for Yom Kippur (Sep 22)
Meditations on Mortality: Dress Rehearsal for Yom Kippur (Sep 21)
Sep 21
Meditations on Mortality: Dress Rehearsal for Yom Kippur (Sep 21)
Facing Mortality with Jewish Wisdom: Back to the Sources
Jun 7
Facing Mortality with Jewish Wisdom: Back to the Sources
Quieting the Silence: Jewish Responses to Traumatic Death
May 31
Quieting the Silence: Jewish Responses to Traumatic Death
Facing Mortality with Jewish Wisdom: Ethical Wills
Mar 22
Facing Mortality with Jewish Wisdom: Ethical Wills
Facing Mortality with Jewish Wisdom: Psychedelics
Mar 15
Facing Mortality with Jewish Wisdom: Psychedelics
Facing Mortality with Jewish Wisdom: Palliative Care
Mar 1
Facing Mortality with Jewish Wisdom: Palliative Care
Respecting Our Parents: A Rabbi’s Personal Experience with Medical Aid in Dying
Dec 8
Respecting Our Parents: A Rabbi’s Personal Experience with Medical Aid in Dying
Bare Your Soul: Physical and Spiritual Preparations for Life and Death
Sep 29
Bare Your Soul: Physical and Spiritual Preparations for Life and Death
Annual Review: Write Your Yom Kippur Confession
Sep 22
Annual Review: Write Your Yom Kippur Confession
Getting Your House in Order Ahead of the New Year: A Jewish/Legal Perspective
Sep 13
Getting Your House in Order Ahead of the New Year: A Jewish/Legal Perspective
Jewish Perspectives on Organ Donation: Myths Dispelled & Dilemmas Explained
Jul 20
Jewish Perspectives on Organ Donation: Myths Dispelled & Dilemmas Explained
Jewish How-to Part 3: Principles of end-of-life decision making
Feb 9
Jewish How-to Part 3: Principles of end-of-life decision making
Jewish How-To Part 2: Everything you wanted to know about funeral planning
Jan 26
Jewish How-To Part 2: Everything you wanted to know about funeral planning
Jewish How-To Part 1: Adam (human) to the Adamah (earth): Jewish Burial Traditions and New Technologies
Jan 12
Jewish How-To Part 1: Adam (human) to the Adamah (earth): Jewish Burial Traditions and New Technologies
Kaddish: Grief at the winter solstice
Dec 21
Kaddish: Grief at the winter solstice
Time to Talk: Initiating meaningful end-of-life conversations across generations inspired by Jewish wisdom
Nov 17
Time to Talk: Initiating meaningful end-of-life conversations across generations inspired by Jewish wisdom
Session 3 - Yom Kippur as Dress Rehearsal for Death: Lessons From the Pandemic
Sep 14
Session 3 - Yom Kippur as Dress Rehearsal for Death: Lessons From the Pandemic
Session 2 - Deathbed Wisdom of the Hasidic Masters: The Book of Departure
Sep 1
Session 2 - Deathbed Wisdom of the Hasidic Masters: The Book of Departure
Session 1: Preparing for the End and a New Beginning: Awakening the Soul
Aug 9
Session 1: Preparing for the End and a New Beginning: Awakening the Soul
Session 3 - Afterlife & Contemporary Death Rituals: Spiritual Wisdom for Today
Jul 26
Session 3 - Afterlife & Contemporary Death Rituals: Spiritual Wisdom for Today
Session 2 - Afterlife in Kabbalistic Tradition: Post-Mortem Journey of the Soul
Jul 19
Session 2 - Afterlife in Kabbalistic Tradition: Post-Mortem Journey of the Soul

Past Offerings Without Recordings:

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What Matters: Caring Conversations about End of Life - December 2024
Death Over Dinner: Jewish Edition: Let’s Talk about Death (November 2024)
What Matters: Caring Conversations about End of Life - October 2024
Death Over Dinner: Jewish Edition: Let’s Talk about Death (September 2024)
Facilitator Training - Death Over Dinner: Jewish Edition
Death Over Dinner: Jewish Edition: Let’s Talk about Death (June 2024)
What Matters: Caring Conversations about End of Life - May 2024
Death Over Dinner: Jewish Edition: Let’s Talk about Death (March 2024)
What Matters: Caring Conversations about End of Life - February 2024
Open Office Hours with Shomer Collective (Daytime Session)
Open Office Hours with Shomer Collective (Evening Session)
Death Over Dinner: Jewish Edition: Let’s Talk about Death (Dec 20)
A Time to Prepare: A Jewish Conversation About Advance Care Planning
Exploring End-of-Life Conversations and Rituals in Your 20s and 30s
Death Over Dinner: Jewish Edition: Let’s Talk about Death (Sep 27)
What Matters: High Holiday Edition
Death Over Dinner: Jewish Edition: Let’s Talk about Death (July)
Death Over Dinner: Jewish Edition: Let’s Talk about Death (May)
Celebrate National Healthcare Decisions Day with a Conversation
Death Over Dinner: Jewish Edition: Let’s Talk about Death (March)
Death Over Dinner: Jewish Edition: Let’s Talk about Death (December 2022)
Meditations on Mortality: Dress Rehearsal for Yom Kippur (Oct 4)
Meditations on Mortality: Dress Rehearsal for Yom Kippur (Oct 3)
Practicing for Death: A High Holiday Journey of Contemplating Mortality
End of Life Practical Planning Happy Hour: When Your Children Become Legal Adults
I Remember You: Yizkor for Father's Day
I Remember You: Yizkor for Mother's Day
“Ma Nishtana HaSeder HaZeh?” Celebrating Passover after Loss
EOL 101: Jewish Wisdom with Rabbi Melanie Levav