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.
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.
Graphics that can be used on social media to teach about death and mourning rituals in Judaism.
A Lesson Plan for High School Students and Families on Ethical Wills.
A guided discussion of curated questions adapted for use with students in a Judaic Studies classroom.
Leaders often don’t live to see their legacies play out. What will yours be?
A Hands-on Creative Ritual for Remembering and Letting Go.
This resource approaches the end-of-life planning process from a queer lens.
Learn how to plan, promote and host a program about end-of-life documents for an overlooked demographic.
Shiva cards give information about what a visitor might see, hear, do, say, and wonder when they visit a shiva house.
A Curricular Outline for two 60-minute virtual or in-person programs with older adults (60+).
This lesson helps families who are looking for ways to bring loved ones who are no longer with us into their simcha.
This guide helps grandparents normalize conversations about death with grandchildren ages 5-10.
This PowerPoint contains a description of a program I wrote for our Jewish disability community. There are six activities that can easily be adapted to other communities.
A helpful tool to examine our approach to these topics and help us when navigating difficult moments with children.
Help 7th grade students find their place in congregational life as they embrace their newfound titles of B’Mitzvah.
A guide to Jewish cemetery symbols and mourning, to support education around Jewish death and burial practices.
3-Part Lesson Plan to introduce customs and stages around end of life and dying in Jewish culture.
A Coloring and Remembering Book For Children and Their Grown-Ups
Professional development for Early Childhood Educators.
This is a lesson for adult learners and helps mutlifaith families navigate death Jewishly with their children.
The story of Ben Rosenstein z"l offers an entry point into questions of LGBTQ+ dignity in death.
This brochure will give parents and educators ideas about how and when to use books to help children cope with loss.