This article describes David Zinner’s passion for Jewish cemeteries and end-of-life care for the past 30 years. It includes a discussion about JADE as a part of David’s life work.
Intermountain Jewish News article: JADE Educates Jews How to Approach Death and Dying
February 27, 2025 Issue
Interview with Susan Kramer about how JADE came about, how it is growing, and its holy work today.
Jewish Sacred Aging Seekers of Meaning Podcast
June 21, 2024
On this week’s episode of the Seekers of Meaning TV Show and Podcast, David Zinner, the co-founder and board chair of the Jewish Association for Death Education (JADE) discussed JADE’s interactive web educational tool on Jewish practices and rituals related to death and end-of-life care.
Article in the Jewish Review about JADE in Portland, OR
July 31, 2024 Issue, Page 5
This article describes some of Rachel Crawford’s work in Portland, to raise awareness around Jewish death practices, rituals, and customs. Rachel is a JADE Field Death Educator, and a resource to her local community about all things around Jewish end of life.
Organization of the Resource Library
This tool is intended to open the door to the universe of discovery, giving you several ways to explore a topic. Each page of The JADE Integrated Resource Library presents information organized by type of resource, as follows:
Articles and Videos – Relevant items in magazines or video platforms
Pearls of Wisdom – Unexpected questions and answers related to this topic
Programs – JADE webinars and Ben Zakkai presentations around this topic
Stories – Personal and talmudic stories sharing experiences
Websites and Web Resources – Online resources for more information or presenting specific details
Books – Written published materials related to this topic area
Buttons give the means to go directly to an appropriate Hineni page, to jump quickly to resource collections, or to select another topic to explore. We hope you enjoy using this library.
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Catalog of JADE Events Organized by Jewish Death Topics
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JADE Recording Catalog Access
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Event Key Index
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Quick Overview of Event Display Options
The Event Schedule display options are organized into these sections:
What events to include (4 kinds of events) and how to display those
grid display
short summaries
simple list
For what timeframe?
past only
upcoming only
both
Or limit to specific year or month
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JADE Program Schedule Display Options
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About JADE Tributes
We honor special people who are alive, and remember tenderly those who have died. By listing their names, we recall the holiness, beauty, and richness they brought to us, as well as their accomplishments and the joy of sharing their lives.
Move the cursor over an entry to it highlight it, and upon click to display information about that person.
JADE tributes and Hineni dedications honor and remember those we care about. (View the Hineni tool here.)
The JADE Tributes page displays a table with entries honoring living people, and entries remembering those who have died. When you move your cursor over an entry, it highlights, and upon click displays information about that person.
In addition to listing a name on the JADE Tributes page, topics in the Hineni tool can be highlighted as dedicated to the honor or memory of a loved one. On a Hineni topic page, you will see your dedication appearing above the topic content. (See an example here.)
Thus, you can enter a name to be displayed in one of two ways:
(1) dedicating a Hineni topic to honor or remember, which includes a listing on this JADE Tribute Page, or
(2) remembering or honoring soley through a listing on this JADE Tribute Page.
To create a tribute or dedication, click the “Create a Tribute or Dedication” button and fill out the form. You will be notified by email when the listing is available.
If you have questions, concerns, or comments, please contact us directly by phone or email: (440-941-5233, info@JadeInfo.org).
Suggested Donations
Donation to honor or remember through a Hineni Tool Topic Dedication: List the dedication name on the JADE Tribute Page (indefinitely), and display the name on one Hineni topic page for 12 months: Donation of any amount, with a minimum donation of $360 per listing.
Donation to honor or remember soley by listing on the JADE Tribute Page (indefinitely): Donation of any amount, with a minimum donation of $36 per listing.
As noted above, all Hineni Dedication displays also include listing the name on the JADE Tribute Page. Once listed, a name remains on the list until we receive a specific request to remove it. (Names remain on the list after the Dedication Listing time has expired.)
Using the Hineni Tool
Hineni is a tool to provide a simple, ergonomic, and fast way to get information about traditional Jewish death practices – what Jews do when there’s a death.
The home page displays topic choices as images related to Jewish death customs. Click on any image or its title to explore that topic.
Each topic page displays 4 window images as links to learn from different viewpoints. Click on the window of choice to read the topic summary from that perspective, as follows:
— the Practical / Physical View summarizes insights into the nuts and bolts aspects of the topic;
— the Emotional / Feelings View shares a summary of the sensitive sides of the topic area;
— the Intellectual / Text View reviews the liturgy and texts involved; and
— the Spiritual / Soul View explores the more esoteric sides of each topic.
Below the summary text explaining each perspective is the Full Story, giving a more complete understanding of that topic.
Listen to spoken text at any time: highlight the desired text, then click on the icon above the text to hear the text spoken.
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