The resources in this collection were created as part of the Shomer Collective Educator Fellowship, a 9-month, online, cohort-based learning experience for Jewish educators from a variety of settings and backgrounds. The fellowship is a learning community and an innovation lab;  fellows learn to integrate Jewish wisdom about life and death into their work and develop resources to bring conversations about end-of-life issues into Jewish educational spaces. The Shomer Collective Educator Fellowship was made possible through the generous support of the Covenant Foundation. 

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Shomer Collective works to improve end of life experiences by helping people to talk more openly about death, dying, and mourning, through the lens of Jewish wisdom and Jewish practices. We provide resources, educational programming, and opportunities to connect for educators, clergy, end-of-life professionals, individuals, families, and organizations who are interested in exploring the rich intersection between Jewish life and death. 

For more Jewish wisdom and resources on death and dying, please visit: www.shomercollective.org

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This is a brief outline to help you plan a discussion on end of life issues for interfaith couples.

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Melinda Mersack
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What do Jewish people do with a body after a person dies?

Graphics that can be used on social media to teach about death and mourning rituals in Judaism.

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Heather Erez
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A Lesson Plan for High School Students and Families on Ethical Wills.

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Matthew Nover
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A guided discussion of curated questions adapted for use with students in a Judaic Studies classroom.

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Shira Becher
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Truth and Justice

Leaders often don’t live to see their legacies play out. What will yours be?

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Noah Strauss
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A Hands-on Creative Ritual for Remembering and Letting Go.

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Betzy Lynch
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Compass to Navigate the Valley of the Shadow of Death

Navigating your way through the valley of the shadow of death

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Chava Vidal
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This resource approaches the end-of-life planning process from a queer lens.

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Lonnie Kleinmn`
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Learn how to plan, promote and host a program about end-of-life documents for an overlooked demographic.

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Mara Bragg
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Preview image of two shiva cards, candle and short chair

Shiva cards give information about what a visitor might see, hear, do, say, and wonder when they visit a shiva house.

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Wilhelmina Gottschalk
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