Understanding Preplanning for Death
Join us for a webinar on the Jewish approach to preplanning for death with local experts, Holly Blue Hawkins and Sally Shannon. This webinar is designed for anyone who is interested in learning more about Jewish death practices: Jews and those who love them as well as professionals that might be in the role of supporting Jewish families at the end of life.
When our loved ones, our clergy, and our doctors understand our values and what we want for ourselves near end-of-life, they and we are better equipped to make decisions that resonate with our desires. This webinar explores the Jewish approach to this important aspect of facing death.
Holly Blue Hawkins
Holly Blue Hawkins is a Natural Deathcare advocate, educator, community organizer, cemeterian, author and poet. In 2022 she co-created and launched two twelve-module courses on the subject of Natural Burial: in partnership with Lee Webster The Green Burial Master Class; and with David Zinner Jewish And Green: Cemetery Management For The 21st Century. As Gamliel Institute graduate and past faculty, Final Passages graduate, member of the Conservation Burial Alliance, Rosha Chevrah Kadisha (Head of Jewish Burial Society), past member of the Board of Trustees of the Funeral Consumers Alliance of California and independent consultant; with over 40 years of experience in end-of-life subjects, Holly Blue provides education and training to both Jewish and secular audiences. She has visited countless natural burial sites from England to Hawai'i, presented at international conferences, trained home funeral guides, consulted with cemetery management and mortuary personnel, taught community college extension courses and is a passionate advocate for environmentally sustainable and culturally-sensitive burial practices.
Sally Shannon
Sally's bio will be here soon.
The slide deck and speaker notes from this webinar will be available to attendees.
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