The Light and Legacy of Rachel Cowan
Hosted by Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, B'nai Jeshurun, Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, Institute for Jewish Spirituality
Rachel Cowan was a civil rights activist, the first female Jew by choice ordained as a Rabbi, and a beloved and influential mindfulness teacher. Watch a film and panel discussion celebrating her life.
After Rachel Cowan was diagnosed with aggressive brain cancer, her years of mindfulness practice enabled her to model living well while dying. This program will feature a screening of Dying Doesn’t Feel Like What I’m Doing, a new film about Cowan from American-born, Jerusalem-based documentary filmmaker Paula Weiman-Kelman. The film will be followed by a panel discussion with Weiman-Kelman, Khary Lazarre-White, Executive Director & Co-Founder of the Brotherhood Sister Sol, and Jeannie Blaustein, Founding Board Chair at Reimagine End of Life. The discussion will be moderated by Rabbi Marc Margolius, Senior Program Director at the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
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Film Talk, Panel, & Conversation Community Gathering Celebration & Remembrance
Spirituality
End-of-Life Planning
Grief
Living Fully
Social Justice & Race
