LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS ARCHIVES

9/11/97
High Holy Daze: MythicDimensions of Rosh HaShana & Yom Kippur
“Lunchtime Round Table” at
6th Session of the XIVth Mystery School, Port Jervis, NY

3/26/96
The History and Mystery of the Passover Seder,
Jewish Campus Alliance
La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA

3/17/96
Walking the Mourner’s Path: A Bereavement Workshop
Marsha Goldstein Quiles Annual Memorial Lecture, Kolel, Toronto, ON

3/2-3/96
Death, Bereavement and Spirituality
Holistic Spirituality Graduate Program
Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, PA

2/15/96
Inter-Faith Dialogue: Religious Values, Education & the Business Culture
Cultural Immersion Program,  La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA

1/29/96
Death Moment and Beyond: Afterlife and Near-Death Experience in Zohar
“Refainu” Conference
National Center Jewish Healing, New York, NY 

11/20/95
Jewish Wisdom and the Psychology of Death and Dying
Para-Chaplaincy Training Program, Board of Rabbis of Greater Philadelphia

11/19/95
Death Moment and the World Beyond in Kabbalah and Tibetan Buddhism
“The Jew and the Lotus” Conference,  Germantown Jewish Centre/Aleph
Philadelphia, PA

11/9/95
Immortality and Post-Mortem Survival
Philosophy Series, La Salle University

10/12/95
Distant Echoes: The Enigma of Jewish-Christian Relations
La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA

8/6-13/95
Jewish Views of the Afterlife
National Havurah Committee, Summer Institute
University of Hartford, Hartford, CT

7/3-9/95
Jewish Views of the Afterlife
Aleph Jewish Renewal Kallah, Fort Collins, CO

4/14/95
Passover & Easter: Similarities and Differences,
KYW-RadioInterview, Philadelphia, PA

4/2/95
Afterlife Journey of the Soul in Jewish Mysticism: Implications for Hospice Work
New York Open Center Conference on
“The Art of Dying: Spiritual, Scientific and Practical Approaches”

11/95
Jewish Views of the Afterlife, Adult Education Institute Mini-Course
Germantown Jewish Center, Philadelphia, PA

11/18-20/94
Jewish Perspectives on Dying and Death
Scholar-in-Residence Shabbaton
Jewish Community of Amherst,  Amherst, MA

10/2/94
The Near-Death Experience in Jewish Tradition and Mysticism
Delaware Valley Near-Death Studies Institute, Bala Cynwyd, PA

6/20-24/94
Exploring the Human Encounter with Death
40 Hour Intensive Academic Retreat,
Graduate Religion and Pastoral Counseling
La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA

5/27/94
Jewish Wisdom and the Psychology of Bereavement
Professional Development Seminar, Jewish Family and Children’s Service
Philadelphia, PA

5/13/94
Ministry to Families in the Face of Loss – Mourning
Pastoral Counseling Program, LaSalle University, Philadelphia, PA

5/4/94
Death, Bereavement and Spirituality, Continuing Professional Education Workshop
Hospice of Southern Jersey, Runnemede, NJ

4/11/94
Jewish Chaplaincy Around Issues of Death and Dying
Para-Chaplaincy Training Program, Board of Rabbis of Greater Philadelphia

2/18/94
Death, Bereavement and Spirituality
Professional Education Workshop in Gerontology,
Temple University, Ambler, PA

12/6/93
Kabbalah and the Afterlife Journey of the Soul: Implications for Rabbinic Counseling
Academy of Jewish Religion, New York, NY

11/3/93
Jewish Tradition and the Experience of Grief
Jewish Family and Children’s Service, Philadelphia, PA

5/14/93
Ministry to Families in the Face of Loss – Mourning
Professional Development Workshop, LaSalle University, Philadelphia, PA

5/12/93
Living on the Edge of Death and Beyond:
Psycho-Spiritual Guidelines for Counseling the Dying and their Families
Hospice of Southern New Jersey, Runnemede, NJ

Spring 93
Judaism and the Mysteries of Life, Death and Beyond
Scholar-in-Residence,  Temple Brith Achim
King of Prussia,  PA

3/28/93
Conscious Living and Dying: Guidelines from the Book of Genesis
Lent Adult Education Program
St. Thomas Church, Whitemarsh, PA

2/26/93
Death, Bereavement and Spirituality
Continuing Professional Education Workshop,
Temple University, Ambler, PA

2/10/93
Jewish Views of the Afterlife: Implications for Rabbinic Counseling
Philadelphia Board of Rabbis/Jewish Chaplaincy Service Workshop

11/6-8/92
Jewish Perspectives on Dying and Death
Scholar-in-Residence at Weekend Conference
Woodstock Jewish Congregation, Woodstock, NY

10/26/92
Midrash – The Sacred Text for Transitional Times
Guest Lecturer, Honor’s Program
LaSalle University, Philadelphia, PA

9/10/92
Midlife Transition & Yitzhak’s Near-Death Experience:
New Perspectives on the Akedah
Center City Reconstructionist Congregation, Philadelphia,PA

4/19/92
Near-Death Experiences and the Afterlife in Jewish Tradition:
Spiritual Guidelines for Counseling the Dying  Continuing  Medical Education
Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Coatesville, PA

10/30/91
Do Jews Believe in Heaven and Hell?
Beaver College Hillel, Glenside, PA

8/6/91
How to Trace Your Family Roots: Introduction to Jewish Genealogy
Knoxville Jewish Community Center, Knoxville, TN

5/18-19/91
Scholar-in-Residence for Shavuot Study Program
Beth Judah Temple, Wildwood,  NJ
Topics: Reading Ruth with New Eyes, Shavuot: The Yahrzeit of the Baal Shem Tov

4/16/91
Jewish Spirituality of Death and Bereavement
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Wyncote, PA

2/23/91
Death, Bereavement and Spirituality
Workshop & Bereavement Skills Training for Pastoral Counseling Students,
La Salle University, Graduate Student Association

1/27/91
Psyche & Spirit: Understanding Transpersonal Psychotherapy
Workshop at Mount Airy Wellness Center, Philadelphia, PA 

4/19/90
Disembodied Souls & Celestial Halls: A Magical Mystery Tour of the Afterlife
Yale Hillel, New Haven, CT

4/19/90
Spiritual Awareness of Hospice Care-Givers:
Resources from Jewish Mysticism and Tradition
Connecticut Hospice, Branford, CT

3/30/90
From Slavery to the Promised Land: The Passover Journey of Self Discovery
Oxford Circle Jewish Community Center, Philadelphia, PA

3/18/90
A Magical Mystery Tour of the Afterlife,
Jefferson Jewish Medical Students Network, Philadelphia, PA

3/4/90
The Afterlife Journey of the Jewish Soul
Or Hadash – Reconstructionist Synagogue, Wyncote, PA

3/1/90
From Mourning to Meaning; From Longing to Legacy: Jewish Tradition &
the Psychology of Bereavement
Jewish Family & Child Services of Delaware, Wilmington, DE

11/2/89
Kaddish: Its Origins, History and Practice
Congregation Melrose B’nai Israel Emanu-El
Melrose Park, PA

2/22/89
Jewish Views of Life After Death: Implications for the Bereaved
Aleph – Israel Association for the Bereaved, Jerusalem, Israel

12/13/88
The Afterlife Journey of the Soul in Jewish Mysticism and Tradition
The Center for Conservative Judaism in Jerusalem

5/21/88
The Sinai Revelation: Understanding the Psychology of Midrash
Tikkun Leyl Shavuot, Havura Retreat, Marlbank, ON

5/20/88
When A Friend Dies, Workshop
Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto (CHAT)

4/21/88
Dying and the Deathbed in Jewish Tradition
Training Seminar for Chaplaincy Program Volunteers
Jewish Family and Child Service, Toronto, ON

Spring 1988
Bereavement Counseling Skills
(Thirty Hour) Professional Development Seminar,
Reena Foundation, Toronto, ON

3/88
Judaism’s Approach to Dying, Death and Bereavement
(Six-Hour)  Professional Development Seminar
Reena Foundation, Toronto, ON 

3/16/88
Death and Jewish Rituals, Professional Development Seminar,
Social Work Dept., Baycrest Hospital for Geriatric Care, Toronto,  ON 

3/16/88
Going to “Kaddish College”-Psychological and Jewish Issues in
Dealing with the Death of A Parent
Benjamin Institute for Community Education & Referral, Toronto, ON

Winter 1988
Para-Professional Bereavement Training Program, Co-Facilitator
Benjamin Institute for Community Education & Referral, Toronto,  ON

1/1/88
Jacob’s Deathbed: Guidelines for Daily Life, Guest Dvar Torah
Heska Amuna Synagogue, Knoxville, TN

11/24/87
Jewish Way in Death and Dying: Guidelines for Hospice
National Council of Jewish Women,  Ottawa Section

Fall 1987
Bereavement Support Group
Benjamin Institute for Community Education & Referral, Toronto,  ON

10/27/87
Memorial Service for a Suicide
Jewish Student Federation, York University, Toronto, ON

9/10/87
Becoming An Elder: Hopes and Fears
Workshop with Seniors, Betel Centre for Creative Living, Toronto, ON

Summer 87
The Liturgy of Death, Burial and Mourning: Tradition and Innovation
P’nai Or Kallah, Bryn Mawr, PA

6/2/87
Shavuot Through the Ages,Presentation for Tikkun Leyl Shavuot
Havura Retreat,  Orangeville, ON

Spring 1987
Judaism’s Approach to Death, Dying and Bereavement
Three-Part Professional Development Workshop for Social Workers
Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Toronto, ON

6/17/87
Dealing with the Death of a Student
Workshop at Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto (CHAT)

5/13/87
Jewish Views of the Afterlife: Guidelines for the Hevra Kaddisha
Keynote Speaker at Hevra Kaddisha  Dinner, London, ON

3/29/87
Jewish Hospice: Philosophical & Practical Considerations
National Council of Jewish Women, Palliative Care Conference, Toronto, ON

3/20/87
Understanding the Jewish Approach to the Deathbed
Professional Development Seminar for Nurses
Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON

3/19/87
Spiritual Responses to Death: Guidelines from Jewish Mysticism
Professional Development Seminar,   Social Work Department
North York General Hospital, Toronto, ON

3/2/87
Dying, Death and the Afterlife in Jewish Tradition
Temple Shalom, Medford, MA

1/29/87
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Jewish Funeral
Jewish Student Federation, York University, Toronto, ON

12/3/86
Does Judaism Believe in An Afterlife? A Spiritual View of Bereavement
Benjamin Institute for Community Education & Referral, Toronto,  ON

5/15 & 5/29/86
Life, Death & Transition: A Jewish Approach to Working with the
Dying and Their Families, Professional Development Seminars
Chaplaincy Department,  Toronto  Jewish Congress

11/27/85
Mysticism, Meditation and Messiahs:
Being Jewish in the Age of  Computers and Punk
Youth Group, Temple Emanu-El, Toronto, ON

Winter 1985-86
Judaism and the Helping Professions, Four-Part Professional
Development Seminar Series, Jewish Family & Child Service, Toronto, ON

Topics: Jewish Identity and Values;
Jewish Spirituality As A Psychological Map;
Judaism’s Psychology of Death and Bereavement;
The Jewish Holiday Cycle: An Organic Process of Life Experience

Summer 1985
Psychology of Death and the Afterlife in Judaism
Five-Part Seminar for Rabbis and Educators
B’nai Or Religious Fellowship Kallah, Radnor, PA

6/25/85
Use of Visual Imagery in Working with the Dying: A Pastoral Care Team Workshop
Palliative Care Unit, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, QC

5/22/85
Esotericism in the Jewish Tradition
International College of  Spiritual & Psychic Sciences, Montreal, QC

5/17-19/85
Re-Discovering Jewish Mysticism and Spirituality
Scholar-in-Residence, Congregation Beth Emeth, Wilmington, DE

4/23/85
Kabbalah and Transpersonal Psychology,
Centre Holistic Terre Etoile, Montreal, QC

4/1/85
Peace Seder, Theological Students Association,
McGill University, Montreal, QC

3/25/85
Attitudes Towards Death and the Afterlife in the Holocaust
English Department, John Abbot College,  Montreal, QC

3/22/85
From Slavery to the Promised Land:
The Passover Journey of Self-Discovery
Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal, QC

3/16/85
Jewish Mysticism for Teens
Workshop at Regional Kallah of B’nai Brith Youth Organization, Montreal, QC

3/12/85
Suffering and Death in Jewish Mysticism and Tradition
Inter-faith Seminar Series on  “Suffering and Death in the Presence or Absence of Religious Tradition”
Pastoral Care Team, McGill Palliative Care,  Montreal,  QC

2/15/85
Mysticism, Meditation and Jewish Spirituality
Oneg Shabbat at McGill University Hillel, Montreal, QC

2/5/85
Tu B’Shevat Seder: According to the Jewish Mystics of Safed
McGill University, Montreal, QC

12/3/84
Exploring the Worlds of Jewish Mysticism
Jewish Student Federation, York University, Toronto, ON

11/28/84
The Death and Re-Birth of Jewish Culture:
Reflections on the Holocaust Forty Years Later
English Department, John Abbot College, Montreal, QC

4/15/84
Rainbow Passover Seder, Montreal Havurah

3/21/84
Kabbalah, Jewish Mysticism and the Passover Seder
Reconstructionist Synagogue of Montreal

2/10-11/84
Kabbalah, Spirituality and Daily Life
Weekend Workshop at Spiritual Science Fellowship, Montreal, QC

11/27/83
Interfaith Service, Spiritual Science Fellowship, Montreal, QC

11/12/83
Seekers of Shalom/Makers of Peace –
Jewish/Christian Perspectives on Being a Peace Maker in the Nuclear Age
Workshop Co-Leader, Newman Centre, McGill University, Montreal, QC

10/18/83
Inter-Faith Peace Supper, Newman Centre, McGill University, Montreal, QC

7/8/83
The Joy of Shabbos: Eternal Time and Sacred Space
Essence Center, Marshfield, VT

5/15/83
Kabbalah and Daily Life,
Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, Montreal, QC

1/7-8/83
A Kabbalistic and Hasidic Shabbat, Poughkeepsie Havurah
Topics: Hasidic Story-telling, Kabbalah and the Sefirot;
Torah Study; Havdallah

3/24/83
Spiritual Guidelines to the Passover Seder
Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal, QC

4/7/83
Psychology of Kabbalah
Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal, QC

4/14/83
Death and Afterlife in Jewish Mysticism
Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal, QC

8/28-29/82
The Religio-Cultural Legacies of Judaism: A Weekend Workshop
Pumpkin Hollow Farm, Craryvile, NY
Topics: Mysticism of Jewish Sabbath; Judaism and Theosophy; Afterlife and the Soul

5/14/82
Rainbow Shabbos Celebration, Montreal Havurah

3/27-28/82
Getting Ready for Passover Workshop, Poughkeepsie Havurah
Topics: Biblical Mythology & the Exodus Story, Spiritual Guidelines to Passover Seder

3 /25/82
Exploring the Worlds of Jewish Mysticism: Guidelines from Transpersonal Psychology
Mind and Body Institute, Poughkeepsie, NY

3/14/82
Images and Themes of the Afterlife in Judaism
Aquarian Minyan of Berkeley

2/26/82
Psychology of Death and the Afterlife in Judaism: A One Day Workshop
Krotona Institute of Theosophy, Ojai, CA 

Fall 1981
Death and the Afterlife in Judaism
Adult Education Course, B’nai Or Religious Fellowship, Philadelphia, PA

9/20/81
Jewish Spirituality and Community-Building:
Guidelines for Building a Havurah Poughkeepsie Havurah

9/17-20/81
Series on Death and the Afterlife in Judaism,
Jewish Community Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
Topics: Conversation with Elders on Death and Afterlife;
A Psycho-Halakhic View of Death and Dying;
Images and Themes of the Afterlife in Judaism

7/10/81
Eternal Time & Sacred Space – Sabbath As A Path of Spiritual Practice
Shabbat Workshop at  Essence Center, Marshfield, VT

2/4/80
Myth and Symbol in the Hebrew Bible,
Oakland Lodge Theosophical Society

1/19/80
Mid-Winter New Moon Celebration: Kiddush Levanah
(Artistic Co-Creator), Jewish Arts Community of the Bay
San Francisco, CA

5/27/79
Facing Death: Does Reincarnation Make a Difference?
Presentation to Northwest Federation of the Theosophical Society
Seattle, WA

5/7/79
Death and Dying in Judaism, Shanti Project Panel Program on
“Religious Perspectives on Death and Dying”, San Francisco, CA

4/17/79
Psychotherapy and the Western Occult Tradition
Presentation to Staff of Integral Counseling Center, San Franciso, CA

4/8/79
Biblical Mythology and the Evolution of Integral Consciousness
Paper Presented to the Cultural Integration Fellowship, San Francisco, CA

2/28/79
Eastern Spirituality and the Western Seeker
Contra Costa Theosophical Society, Contra Costa, CA

January to March 1979
Shabbat Torah Study – A Mythic Approach
Aquarian Minyan, San Francisco, CA

11/17/78
Death and Reincarnation in Theosophical Psychology
Paper presented to “Preliminary Conference on Theosophical Psychology”
California Institute of Asian Studies, San Francisco, CA

10/7-8/78
A Visual Catalog of 100 Years of Eastern Spirituality in the West
27th West Coast Conference of the Theosophical Society in America
Santa Barbara, CA

2/8/78
New Religious Movements: A Visual Catalog
Lifelong Learning, University of California, Berkeley, CA

12/2/77
Eastern Spirituality and the Western Seeker
Cultural Integration Fellowship, San Francisco, CA

6/22/77
Dreams – A Jungian View
Marianopolis College, Retirement Center
Montreal, QC

4/17/77
The Eastern Spiritual Path as Seen from the Perspective of Jung’sPsychology
Presentation to C.G. Jung Society of Montreal

2/26/77
Meditation and Stress in the Space Age
Wednesday Night Lecture Series
YM-YWHA of Snowdon, Montreal, QC

2/5/77
Yoga and Psychotherapy,
Paper presented to the Integral Yoga Institute
Symposium on Yoga and Health, Montreal, QC

Winter/Spring 1977
Towards An Understanding of Jungian Thought
14-week course
Department of  Continuing Studies, Marianopolis College, Montreal, QC

1/21/76
Gurus and Swamis: What Are the New Religious Movements?
Hillel Staff Training Program, Concordia University
Montreal, QC