Resources For Engaging in the Conversation

Aspects of having an end-of-life conversation often include issues of physical health, cognitive competency and caregiving needs, psycho-social dimensions of well-being such as bucket lists and legacy projects and dimensions of estate planning and financial distribution of assets. Ideally, families should be involved in making funeral arrangements and specifying wishes for mourning rituals.

When people are approaching the last stage of their lives, they should be looking at how to approach various life transitions for themselves and their families. What are some of the considerations?

Conversation Guides to Help You Begin the Conversation

Estate Planning

Navigating Health Care and Physical Realities 

Pyscho-Social Considerations: Values You May Want to Communicate

Funerals, Chevre Kadisha and Jewish Morning Rituals 

Healing a Traumatized Nation and its People

Healing a Traumatized Nation and its People

Since the barbaric attacks of October 7, providing mental health services and rebuilding individual, communal and national resilience have been priorities.

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Bringing Israelis Together

Bringing Israelis Together

Demonstrating the power of connection, Federation’s longtime partnership city of Yerucham recently hosted a visit from residents of Kibbutz Or HaNer, a community on the Gaza border hit hard on October 7.

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Subscribe to PJ Library for Free Books


With a free subscription to PJ Library, children from birth to eight years old receive Jewish storybooks and activities that spark conversations around Judaism and inspire the whole family to celebrate what they love about Jewish life.

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Nominate an Outstanding Teen

Nominate an Outstanding Teen

Do you know an extraordinary Jewish teen who is a true changemaker? Each year, the Helen Diller Family Foundation awards 15 Jewish teens with $36,000 in recognition of their exceptional leadership and engagement in service projects that embody the value of tikkun olam (repairing the world).

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