Rabbi Address speaking at the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona’s Handmaker House, April 23
Rabbi Address was the guest speaker at the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona this week. On Thursday, he spoke at Jewish Wisdom and Wellness, a Week of Learning sponsored by Kalsman Institute on Judaism And Health: Emanu El in Redlands, CA.
Updated 1/31/2013: The conference is now over. Rabbi Address will report on the key highlights in upcoming blog comments.
Rabbi Address, who is co-chair of the C-TAC Interfaith Work Group, spoke and moderated panels at this important conference in Washington.
You can download the CTAC Summit Brochure (PDF), or get more information through the links below.
The Summit created a movement to tackle one of America’s greatest challenges – breaking though the cultural, health system and policy barriers so that seriously ill people receive the right care at the right time and place. Join us and be part of a national movement that will reshape the future.
Whether you are a provider, policy maker, caregiver, family member, educator, faith leader, insurer or advocate, you can be part of the solution to transform advanced care. What you will learn:
Speakers include: U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Mark Warner (D-VA), Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) (invited), Mark McClellan, M.D., Susan Dentzer, Judith Salerno, M.D., Leonard Schaeffer, Nancy Brown, Jennie Chin Hansen, Don Schumacher and many others
See the complete list of speakers here.
The conference was held January 29 and 30 at the National Academy of Sciences building in Washington, D.C.
Rabbi Address discusses his book “Seekers of Meaning” during the Mandel JCC Festival of Jewish Books and Authors November 14 at Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, Beachwood, OH
Rabbi Address was on the road in Beachwood, OH November 14, where he discussed his book, Seekers of Meaning at the Mandel JCC Festival of Jewish Books and Authors, held at Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple. If you’d like to organize an event around a lecture or workshop featuring Rabbi Address, let us know!
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Rabbi Address has just returned from participation in the 4th Conference of Jewish Communities in Buenos Aires, Argentina, sponsored by the World Union for Progressive Judaism – Latin America WUPJ-LA). The World Union for Progressive Judaism is the international umbrella organization of the Reform, Liberal, Progressive and Reconstructionist movements, serving 1,200 congregations with 1.8 million members in more than 45 countries.
Berta Zylberstajn, executive secretary, World Union for Progressive Judaism – Latin America
While he was in Buenos Aires, Rabbi Address recorded this interview with Berta Zylberstajn, executive secretary of the WUPJ-LA, about the important role Progressive Judaism is playing the spiritual life of Latin American Jewish communities.
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In this podcast recorded from the Third Annual Steve Jeffers Lecture on Spirituality in Health at Shawnee Mission Medical Center, Rabbi Address defines the new life-cycle stage emerging in today’s society: the caregiver. For many, this entails a balancing act between duties, obligations, guilt, fears, hopes and dreams. Clinicians and clergy face unique challenges juggling professional and family roles. Rabbi Address will discuss psychological and spiritual issues professional caregivers
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Rabbi Address was interviewed in the Practical Bioethics podcast about “honor and respect in healthcare.”
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Dr. Arthur Caplan moderating a discussion panel on end-of-life choices. From left to right: Dr. Caplan, Dr. Michael Levy, Professor Barry Furrow, Dr. Susan Denman, and Rabbi Richard Address
Rabbi Address discussed Jewish law pertaining to death and dying during this April 14 panel at Main Line Reform Temple in Wynnewood, PA. Other experts on the panel were Dr. Susan Denman, specialist in geriatric medicine; Dr. Michael Levy, oncologist; University of Pennsylvania bioethicist Dr. Arthur Caplan; and Law Professor Barry Furrow.
You can read the Jewish Exponent article about the panel here.
