Series title: Preparing for the Inevitable
All of these sessions will meet at CBI on Sundays from 2:00 – 3:30.
Registration – Free for CBI members. $25 for all three sessions for non-members. Register HERE
Sunday, September 8, 2024
Title – “Being – Until Our Last Breath”
Presenter – Al Quiery
We are on a journey, a journey that is both physical and spiritual. People enter
and leave our lives, we will encounter hardship, and hopefully we will also
experience moments of awe and great joy. Unlike Abraham and Moses, we may
not benefit from direct Divine guidance, but our experience in any moment has
always been informed by our heritage, faith, past choices, and external events.
The journey becomes our biography, a narrative only partially written by us; often
with large tracts related to our life's work and our interactions with others. Aging
and illness can derail our story, causing us to veer from the course we had
planned. Like Abraham and Moses, however, we are capable of self-growth, we
have the agency to change, a fundamental Jewish principle. This session will
explore how our stories can continue to evolve, even in the face of advancing
age, illness, and disability. The storyline continues until we take our final breath;
we have purpose and our work here is not yet complete.
Sunday, September 15, 2024
Presenters – Heather Goldstein and Della Simon
Heather Goldstein, an attorney specializing in documents relating to aging, and
Della Simon, an internist who specializes in medical care for the aging, will
discuss legal and medical considerations for people as they age.
Sunday, September 22, 2024
Title – “Caretakers’ Resources”
Presenter – Rabbi Geoffrey Brown
Our loved ones may require our hands-on caretaking whether we are ready or
not to take on this colossal task. This session will provide an outline/timeline on
what one might encounter and will provide an Introduction to the confusing
labyrinth of resources that are available locally will be produced as a take away
handout