Program Description:
How can we access Jewish spiritual care at the end of life, and what does Jewish wisdom have to say about choosing hospice care?
How do Jewish practices and beliefs complement the hospice experience? Join us as we explore these and other questions about spiritual care at end of life, in a conversation with Rabbi Natan Fenner, board certified chaplain with over 25 years of accompanying people through illness, loss, life transitions, caregiving, and dying.
Recording:
Resources:
“Viddui: The Deathbed Confession” - My Jewish Learning
“What To Do When a Loved One is Dying” - My Jewish Learning
Saying Kaddish, by Anita Diamant
Film: “Last Flight Home”
Medical information on “When it is time for hospice?” - Hospice Foundation
Speaker:
Rabbi Natan Fenner (he/him) is a Spiritual Care Provider and Board-Certified Chaplain who has supported people facing serious illness and end-of-life concerns in hospice, hospital, home, and long-term care settings for over 25 years. As one of the rabbis at the Bay Area Jewish Healing Center in San Francisco from 2000-2022, Natan provided guidance to end-of-life spiritual care partners, he led bereavement spiritual support groups, co-facilitated online remembrance rituals, and helped run “Grief and Growing”, an annual, weekend-long residential program for bereaved individuals and families. He currently serves the Provincial Health Services Authority in Vancouver, British Columbia, and he maintains a private spiritual care and consultation practice.
In conversation with Gila Silverman, Education Program Manager at Shomer Collective.