Past SessionsMonday, February 10, 2025 • 12 Sh'vat 5785 - 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM - Simon Rosenblatt Board Room & ZoomMonday, February 3, 2025 • 5 Sh'vat 5785 - 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM - Simon Rosenblatt Board Room & ZoomMonday, January 27, 2025 • 27 Tevet 5785 - 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM - Simon Rosenblatt Board Room & Zoom
Join Rabbi Louchheim in a 3- session course about your legacy of values and the afterlife according to Judaism. The sessions will include the following topics:
- Ethical Wills - parents to children - share the way they lived, providing hope for future generations to pass on what you do not want to be forgotten.
- Rituals after life to ensure their lives are not forgotten - Shiva, Yahrzeit, and Yizkor
- Is Heaven a Garden of Eden? - Rabbinic views of our afterlife
Instuctor Bio
Rabbi Thomas Louchheim has served as an active Reform rabbi for 37 years. In Tucson, he has served as a rabbi at Temple Emanu-El, Handmaker Jewish Community Hospice, Congregation Or Chadash, and as a co-rabbi at Kol Ami until his retirement as emeritus rabbi in 2023. He is a member of the Central Conference of Reform Rabbis (CCAR) and is serving on the Tucson Board of Rabbis and the HIAS Clergy Executive Council.
Rabbi Louchheim has published articles and given lectures related to writing ethical wills and death, dying, and the afterlife. He has written related articles in The CCAR Journal – “Avoidance by One-Liner” (2016), Passages – “When Death has Occurred” (1994), and a chapter in the book, That You May Live Long: Caring for our Aging Parents, Caring for Ourselves, "Caring for our Parents by Making Decisions Together" (2003).
Pricing
Members: $0 per person
Pillars: $0 per person - benefit of Pillar level
Friend of Kol Ami (Non-Member): $18 per person
Members
Make sure you are logged into your account to register at the reduced member price. Contact the office at
kolami@katucson.org or
(520) 327-4501 if you need any help registering.
Mode of Instruction
This course will be offered in a hybrid style (both in person and on Zoom).
Registration Deadline
The deadline to register for the class is Thursday, January 23, 2025, 11:59 PM.
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