Past Events

Event Series The Shalom Death Cafe

The Shalom Death Cafe

Online

A monthly, online drop-in Death Cafe where anyone over 18 can join to talk about thoughts, feelings and questions about death and dying. Death Cafe has no agenda, no theme, no advice or teachings. This is an open forum with a facilitator who will call on people to speak and moderate the conversation.

By Donation

Dying as a Sacred Transition

Topics Include: Yom Kippur as a rehearsal for our own deaths; Defining “Sacred”; The Spiritual Concept of Healing (versus Curing); Dying as a Sacred Process; Our Personal Relationship to Death and Dying; Concept of Doulas/Midwives; “Us Vs. Them” (We Are All Going To Die); Talking to Patients and Their Families about Death;What Can We Do When Our Own Grief Gets Triggered by Their Struggles?

Private Wedding

Rabbi Dan officiates a Jewish wedding for a young couple in Santa Clara County. By invitation only.

Event Series The Shalom Death Cafe

The Shalom Death Cafe

Online

A monthly, online drop-in Death Cafe where anyone over 18 can join to talk about thoughts, feelings and questions about death and dying. Death Cafe has no agenda, no theme, no advice or teachings. This is an open forum with a facilitator who will call on people to speak and moderate the conversation.

By Donation

L’Shem Yichud: Sacred Intimacy Workshop for Couples

In this workshop, which is a teaser for our weekend retreat offering, Rabbi Dan and Zoë cover the concepts of Yichud, Keruv, the uses of Prayer and Blessings for intimacy, and they give working definitions for "sacred" and "intimacy" in a Jewish context. This workshop is being offered only to attendees of the 2025 Aravah Sukkot Festival in Hopland, CA.

Private Celebration of Life

Private memorial service officiated by Rabbi Dan and Zoë in Oakland, CA. Music, songs, readings and prayers were included.

Virtual Jewish End-of-Life Doula Meetup

In October's quarterly meeting on Zoom for Jewish End Of Life Doulas across the United States, Rabbi Dan Goldblatt and Zoë Goldblatt will co-facilitate a teaching on the concept of "Levayah" (Accompaniment). This event is hosted quarterly by Shomer Collective.

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