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Body & Soul [clear filter]
Sunday, November 17
 

2:00pm EST

Writing What We Believe for Those We Love: Ethical Wills for the 21st Century
For centuries Jews have written ethical wills to share their values and life lessons with future generations. In this interactive workshop, we update the concept for the 21st Century, and use practical tools and the latest technologies to begin a rich conversation with our children and others.

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Bob Russman-Halperin

Bob Russman-Halperin received an ethical will from his grandfather, has written legacy letters to his children, and has led many workshops on this topic. Bob led executive education programs at Harvard Business School, MIT, and Babson, and is a Young Presidents Organization facil... Read More →


Sunday November 17, 2019 2:00pm - 3:00pm EST
M-08a 384 Harvard Campus
 

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  • Encore
  • 'Listen To Her Voice: Women of the Hebrew Bible' by Mili Raver.
  • 'Modern Dreamwork: New Tools for Decoding Your Soul's Wisdom' Llewellyn Worldwide Publishers
  • 'The Study Quran: A New Translation and Commentary' by Seyyed Hossein Nasr Editor in Chief HarperOne 2015
  • Anthologies of Jewish poetry like Voices Within the Ark and Telling and Remembering
  • Article: Skin in the Game: How Antisemitism Animates White Nationalism
  • Being Mortal - Dr. Atul Gawande ?Go Wish: A
  • Bodyheartandsoul.net
  • Book recommendations: 'Survivor Cafe: The Legacy of Trauma and the Labyrinth of Memory' by Elizabeth Rosner And for a very different perspective - 'The Pendulum: A Granddaughter's Search for Her Family's Forbidden Nazi Past' by Julie Lindahl
  • Contact presenters for their Community Safety Needs template.
  • Denisehandlarski.com
  • Ehyeh by Arthur Green
  • elevationproject.com with Rav Doniel Katz
  • elsebyrangavrieli.com/
  • Finding aid: http://digifindingaids.cjh.org/?pID=365459 Vita-Brevis posts: https://vitabrevis.americanancestors.org/author/crussell/ Digital Archive: http://digitalcollections.americanancestors.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p15869coll25
  • For follow up on the dynamic interaction between biblical stories/ and on the Bible's incisive rendering of complex family relations/ see my book/ Subversive Sequels in the Bible: How Biblical Stories Mine and Undermine Each Other.
  • For Information about her classes and more about Mussar in Boston contact her at RabbiPlumb@mishkantefila.org
  • Go Wish: A Tool for End-of-Life Care Conversations”
  • Golem!: Danger/ Deliverance and Art (Emily Bilski) Golem: Jewish Magical and Mystical Traditions on the Artificial Anthropoid (Moshe Idel) The Golem Redux: From Prague to Post-Holocaust Fiction (Elizabeth Baer)
  • hebrewcollege.academia.edu/RachelAdelman
  • http://blogs.israel.com/author/danny-siegel/
  • http://www.hevrakadisha.org/
  • https://commonwealthmagazine.org/opinion/shut-the-concentration-camps-down/
  • https://jewishjournal.com/culture/lifestyle/first_person/303678/ny-artist-re-genders-the-torah-while-keeping-tradition/
  • https://jwa.org/stories
  • https://thebaisyaakovproject.com/
  • https://www.2lifecommunities.org/why-2life/live-well
  • https://www.boxingoverbroadway.com/my-brother-the-boxer-by-len-abram/
  • https://www.brandeis.edu/cmjs/noteworthy/jcc.html
  • https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/moritz-daniel-oppenheim
  • https://www.leveninstitute.com/shake-your-soul
  • https://www.myjewishlearning.com/the-torch/filling-the-missing-half-of-the-sacred-bookshelf/
  • https://www.sallygrazishatzkes.com/mywork
  • https://www.theglobalday.org/
  • Jewish Climate Action Network to get engaged and activated: JewishClimate.org
  • NatashaShabat.com
  • newenglandjewishlabor.org
  • nextcity.org/daily/entry/taking-steps-toward-a-community-controlled-economy-in-boston
  • Participants will receive a copy of the songbook 'Songs of My Father's' along with a link to my Adon Olam webpage which provides additional resources.
  • Principles of Harm Reduction: https://harmreduction.org/about-us/principles-of-harm-reduction/ Jews Work to Stem Opioid Abuse Crisis: https://www.jewishexponent.com/2019/08/05/safehouse-safe-injection-site-philadelphia/
  • Resources for further exploration of American Jewish music can be found on JacksonMercer.com
  • Shai Afsai. “Benjamin Franklin’s Influence on Mussar Thought and Practice: a Chronicle of Misapprehension” The Review of Rabbinic Judaism 22:2 (2019) pp. 228-276.
  • Subversive Sequels in the Bible How Biblical Stories Mine and Undermine Each Other
  • The Invention of Jewish Theocracy coming in February 2020 from Oxford University Press
  • Thejewishexperience.org
  • thescribe.info
  • www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-sites-places/temple-at-jerusalem/what-the-temple-mount-floor-looked-like/
  • www.cameraoncampus.org
  • www.dannysiegel.com/ blogs.timesofisrael.com/author/danny-siegel/
  • www.jewishclimate.org
  • www.lindayaelschiller.com
  • www.mainesynagogue.org
  • www.mbrlc.org www.namimass.org www.namiboston.org www.warmline.org www.openingdoorstothearts.org https://www.jfcsboston.org/Our-Services/CHAI-Services/Jewish-Life
  • www.moderndreamwork.com
  • www.nealgold.net
  • www.ros-schwartz.com
  • www.RuthNemzoff.com
  • www.sallygrazishatzkes.com/mywork
  • www.shirhamakom.org
  • www.storiesalive.com jb@storiesalive.com
  • www.suffrage100ma.org
  • You can read some of Rabbi Weiss' teachings on her website: rabbioraweiss.com.