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3/14/2017

Listen to Emily's talk on Seattle's Lift Your Spirits Radio

Listen to my talk with host Dena Marie about being called to service below starting at 29:20, or read the transcript!

Dena Marie: Joining us this morning is Emily Pinzur. You know, I think I got a call from you, maybe a month ago and I love what you do. I want you to tell the listeners from the beginning how you got into it, and I’ll tell the listeners a little more about you after you talk about what you do.

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1/23/2017

Emily is interviewed by the Jewish Sacred Aging Podcast

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I discuss my work through a Jewish lens with Rabbi Richard Address.
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Richard: Shalom and welcome. I am Richard Address, director of Jewish Sacred Aging, and we welcome you to another in our series of podcasts on Jewish sacred aging. These podcasts hope to feature conversations that relate to issues that touch on the issue of longevity in our community, and we welcome your comments and suggestions. You can email them to me at RabbiAddress@jewishsacredaging.comAnd it is a pleasure to welcome to our podcast today Emily Pinzur, calling in from the beautiful state of Washington out in Seattle, and Emily, thank you for joining us here on the podcast Jewish Sacred Aging, how are you doing today?

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11/7/2016

Musical WIlls

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The story about my grandmother and the healing power of music

We lost my beloved grandmother Bernice (also known rather cutely as “Bunny”) many years ago. She died very quickly after being hospitalized for an illness, which led to rapid multiple organ failure. My father and his siblings, thankfully, were able to travel to Florida, where she lived, in time to see her and say goodbye.

My father is a singer who loves traditional and modern Jewish music. As he sat at my grandmother’s bedside with her in her final hours, he both provided and received comfort through singing her all of the songs he could think of that included the Hebrew word “Shalom,” which means, fittingly, hello, goodbye and peace.

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10/27/2016

Living Funeral

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The astute observer of human behavior and great American author Mark Twain was fascinated by the concept of eavesdropping on his own funeral. In the novel “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” published in 1902, he wrote that Tom, eavesdropping on his own funeral, said “it was the proudest moment of (his) life.”

What kind of funerals have you been to? What kind of funeral do you want to have? Do you want to have a funeral at all? A living funeral? A party? A roast?

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10/27/2016

Beyond The Advanced Directive

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Most people have heard of an Advanced Directive, or AD. An AD is a legal document that allows us to spell out some of our end of life wishes. Most ADs have two main functions:

They allow us to name an agent to make healthcare decisions on our behalf should we become incapable of doing so on our own (an attorney and/or treatment team can advise further on these circumstances).
They allow us to choose and indicate what kind of medical treatments we want and do not want at the end of life.

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Here is what I am dying to tell you right now!

Listen to Emily's talk on Seattle's Lift Your Spirits Radio

Listen to my talk with host Dena Marie about being called to service below starting at 29:20, or read the transcript!

Emily is interviewed by the Jewish Sacred Aging Podcast

I discuss my work through a Jewish lens with Rabbi Richard Address.
Listen below or read the transcript!

Musical WIlls

The story about my grandmother and the healing power of music

Living Funeral

Beyond The Advanced Directive

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Here is what I am dying to tell you right now!

Listen to Emily's talk on Seattle's Lift Your Spirits Radio

Listen to my talk with host Dena Marie about being called to service below starting at 29:20, or read the transcript!

Emily is interviewed by the Jewish Sacred Aging Podcast

I discuss my work through a Jewish lens with Rabbi Richard Address. Listen below or read the transcript!

Musical WIlls

The story about my grandmother and the healing power of music

Living Funeral

Beyond The Advanced Directive

Author

Archives

Categories

I discuss my work through a Jewish lens with Rabbi Richard Address.
Listen below or read the transcript!