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Combining both the serious & the whimsical to normalize end-of-life topics.

29/10/2024

In his new and widely acclaimed book — “For Such a Time as This: On Being Jewish Today” — Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove of Park Avenue Synagogue in NYC uses Jewish history and storytelling to frame the challenges facing the Jewish community post-Oct 7 … the individual and collective grief and sense of isolation … and also the imperative and opportunities to embrace and practice courage, resilience and hope.

Rabbi Cosgrove, a leading voice in modern Judaism, speaks with Exit Strategy Host Stephanie Garry in this timely and thought provoking episode.

Listen now: https://www.plazajewishcommunitychapel.org/reaching-for-community-future-and-hopea-conversation-with-rabbi-elliot-cosgrove/

21/10/2024

Exit Strategy has been recognized by Feedspot Blog Reader as one of the Top 10 Best New York Jewish Podcasts. Hosted by Plaza Jewish Community Chapel Executive Vice President Stephanie Garry, Exit Strategy tackles often-avoided end-of-life issues through religious, cultural, societal and other perspectives. Learn more and listen in at https://hubs.ly/Q02V8S-P0

15/10/2024

Pregnancy and infant loss touches many, yet is rarely spoken about. Exit Strategy host Stephanie Garry talks with Perry-Lynn Moffitt, author of A Silent Sorrow, about the deep grief of loss and the power of support. Listen now and explore grief support resources: https://bit.ly/3Yjvo0P

01/10/2024

NEW EPISODE: October 7: Marking a Year, and Embracing Hope

A year after October 7, we are individually and collectively seeking a marker to frame our grief and our trauma, but is that even possible? “The difficulty of commemorating October 7 is that we’re still in the middle of it … you can’t look back with a sense of completion,” says Rabbi Donald Goor, Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Judea in Tarzana, California.

In this special episode, Rabbi Goor speaks from his home in Tel Aviv with Exit Strategy Host Stephanie Garry about the importance of hope and resilience one year later … for ourselves and our greater Jewish community. Listen now: https://www.plazajewishcommunitychapel.org/october-7-marking-a-year-and-embracing-hope/

24/09/2024

NEW EPISODE: From Headstones to Footstones: Marking and Honoring a Life

Monuments are the types of memorials — headstones, footstones, markers and more — we place at a family member’s or friend’s final resting place to honor a life. So what are our choices? How creative can we be with design? When should we start to think about a monument, and what about maintaining it over time?

Adam Sprung, President of Sprung Monuments, and Gregory Katz-Zannitto, LFD, Senior Funeral Director and Director of Communal Partnerships at Plaza Jewish Community Chapel, discuss these topics with Exit Strategy Host Stephanie Garry.

Listen now: https://www.plazajewishcommunitychapel.org/from-headstones-to-footstones-marking-and-honoring-a-life/

10/09/2024

On this 23rd anniversary of September 11, we honor the heroes and the resilience that emerged. We invite you to join guests Micki Pagano, Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, and Sal Cassano as they share their reflections on the event with Exit Strategy host, Stephanie Garry.

Hear Micki's story: https://bit.ly/3AUB5t1
Listen to Rabbi Potasnik & Sal Cassano's story: https://bit.ly/4gk2Qet

18/07/2024

NEW EXIT STRATEGY EPISODE: Jewish Not-for-Profit Funeral Chapels — Impact and Challenge

Jewish not-for-profit funeral chapels like Plaza Jewish Community Chapel in NYC and Sinai Memorial Chapel in San Francisco serve as educators, conveners, and community builders. Leaders Stephanie Garry, Liz Orlin, and Sam Salkin discuss this impactful model.

Tune in now: https://bit.ly/3SeXlDH

14/06/2024

OUT NOW: Grieving, an Actor Finds Anchor on the Stage
Tony Award-winning actor Miriam Silverman lost her mother during a pre-Broadway run of The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window last year. Miriam joins Exit Strategy’s Stephanie Garry to discuss her commitment to the play, love for her craft, and how it anchored her through .
Listen now: https://bit.ly/3yWQ8RZ

05/06/2024

LISTEN NOW: A New Off-Broadway Play Bears Witness to Oct. 7, Giving Space to Grief and Resilience
A current off-Broadway production, October 7: In Their Own Words, dramatizes the verbatim testimonies of Israelis from that and following days, revealing raw expressions and interpretations of trauma and grief … and also resilience. Director Geoffrey Cantor joins Exit Strategy Host Stephanie Garry to discuss this groundbreaking, original play … and how live theatre provides us a space to process loss, both individually and collectively.
Tune in: https://bit.ly/3yH1bhN

22/05/2024

TUNE IN: Honoring Those Who Served, at End of Life
This , we honor fallen US military personnel and remember our . Edward Yarmus, a licensed at Plaza Jewish and a US Air Force veteran, speaks with Exit Strategy Host Stephanie Garry about his service and what veterans and their families should know about end-of-life arrangements.
Start listening: https://bit.ly/4e3AXGL

08/05/2024

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW: And Now, My Own Loss and Grief

She spends her professional life elevating conversations about death and loss — including as host of this podcast series. But when her own mother — Eileen — died in February, Stephanie Garry was thrust into the journey of mourning and grief herself, gaining new and greater perspective through the lens of her own family.

In this special episode of Exit Strategy, Stephanie gives her host microphone to Rabbi Angela Buchdahl of Central Synagogue in New York. Together, they reveal the truisms of Jewish ritual and community, the necessity of self-awareness, and the inevitability of generational succession … at once personal and universal.

Listen now: https://bit.ly/3QBPRcT

08/04/2024

Thank you, Micki Pagano, for your heartfelt review! We’re thrilled you found Stephanie Garry’s discussions on the Exit Strategy podcast engaging. It was an honor to have you as a guest. We look forward to sharing more meaningful stories with our listeners. Join us for our latest episodes and impactful conversations. Listen now at: https://www.plazajewishcommunitychapel.org/exit-strategy/

04/04/2024

NEW EPISODE: Facing Adversity with Purpose and Resilience

For over 25 years, Jordan Rich has hosted 'The Jordan Rich Show' on WBZ NewsRadio in Boston. Today, he continues to inspire through his ongoing WBZ programming and his signature podcast, 'On Mic.' Recently diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, Jordan opens up about his journey with Exit Strategy host Stephanie Garry. Tune in now: https://bit.ly/4ajTfB8

06/03/2024

NEW PODCAST EPISODE: Building and Leaving a Legacy of Jewish Giving

On the 23rd anniversary of Plaza Jewish Community Chapel, Exit Strategy host Stephanie Garry welcomes Rachel Schnoll, CEO of the Jewish Communal Fund — one of Plaza’s founding funders, whose support allowed Plaza to open its doors in 2001 to serve the Jewish community and elevate end-of-life conversations.

Stephanie and Rachel discuss how we can and should build legacies of philanthropic giving in life and after death, and how JCF — as the largest Jewish donor-advised fund in the country — facilitates the process through a Jewish lens.

Tune in to this special episode: https://bit.ly/3IqUEcN

21/02/2024

Tune in to the latest episode of Exit Strategy: New York’s first Reform Chevra Kaddisha (“holy society”) is introducing sacred end-of-life practices to a wider Jewish community, and elevating the mitzvah of caring for our dead. The Reform Chevra Kaddisha was established in 2023, and here its founders discuss its groundbreaking nature and its place and meaning within progressive Jewish communities and families.

Speakers: Stephanie Garry of Plaza Jewish Community Chapel; Rabbi Joel Mosbacher of Temple Shaaray Tefila NYC; Alissa Platcow, rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion; and Rabbi Rachel Timoner of Congregation Beth Elohim.

Listen now: https://bit.ly/3SQk34v

07/02/2024

Listen to the latest Exit Strategy episode: An Israeli Mother, Her Son … and a Personal and Collective Loss

On October 7, Hayim Yeshurun Katsman, 32, was among the over 1,200 people tragically lost in the terrorist massacre in southern Israel. In the days, weeks and months since, Hayim’s mother — Hannah Katsman — has journeyed through grief and mourning at once private and public. In this special episode, Exit Strategy Host Stephanie Garry speaks with Hannah about Hayim's life and passions, and the overlap of personal and collective loss.

Tune in: https://bit.ly/488a5Ru

09/01/2024

Tune in to the new Exit Strategy episode: End-of-Life Conversations — A View from the Top

As we begin 2024, Rabbi Gordon Tucker — Vice Chancellor for Religious Life and Engagement at The Jewish Theological Seminary - JTS — joins us for a wide-ranging conversation about the state and evolving place of end-of-life issues in our communal dialogue, and the imperative to advance it. He speaks with Exit Strategy Host Stephanie Garry.

Listen now: https://www.plazajewishcommunitychapel.org/end-of-life-conversations-a-view-from-the-top/

31/12/2023

May the coming year be a time of peace, wellness, and joy for you. Thank you for choosing and trusting the team at Plaza Jewish Community Chapel.

18/12/2023

It’s the 18th (Chai) month of our Exit Strategy podcast, and Plaza is marking this milestone with gratitude to our listeners. Thank you to our guests for creating a community of conversation around critical end-of-life issues (Rabbi Wolpe, Rabbi Rachel Timoner, Steve Leder, Dean Foster Global Cultures, Rabbi David-Seth Kirshner, Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, Ondi Timoner, Adam Cayton-Holland, Rabbi Menachem Creditor, Cantor Rebecca Garfein, Claire Solomon Nisen from DOROT, Wendl Kornfeld from Temple Emanu-El, Nick Kroll, Rivka Nissel from The Jewish Board, Barbara Becker, By Micki Pagano, Edward Hirsch from John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Livia Thompson from JBI, Rabbi David Ingber)

Exit Strategy is elevating, normalizing and demystifying end-of-life topics from religious, cultural, societal and other perspectives — from the serious to the whimsical — and we are so happy you’ve been with us.

We invite you to watch our Chai video for a quick look back at our first 18 months of inviting, engaging and compelling programming.

For more Exit Strategy episode, please visit: https://www.plazajewishcommunitychapel.org/exit-strategy/

07/12/2023

One candle on the Hanukkah stands higher and kindles the others. May we too reach higher, bringing light and love to those who need our strength and support.

Happy Hanukkah from the team at Plaza Jewish Community Chapel!

06/12/2023

Listen to the latest Exit Strategy podcast episode: After a Son’s Death, Finding Meaning in Life

After her 15-year-old son Joshua was tragically struck by a car and died in 2002, Nancy H. Rothstein discovered a deep inner strength that led her to an affirming view of her life and Joshua’s ever-inspiring and growing presence in it. Nancy is the author of Rising in the Mourning: Ways to Celebrate Life (2022), in which she describes her journey through grief to this elevated place, sharing perspective and teaching us that our relationships with those we’ve lost never end, but can deepen and guide us forward. She speaks with Exit Strategy Host Stephanie Garry in this episode of universal wisdom and inspiration.

Tune in: https://www.plazajewishcommunitychapel.org/after-a-sons-death-finding-meaning-in-life/

28/11/2023

Exciting news: Exit Strategy has been recognized as one of the top 10 Best Exit Strategy Podcasts by FeedSpot! Curious to know why? Explore our podcast episodes where we delve into a wide range of topics related to end-of-life discussions.

Listen now: https://www.plazajewishcommunitychapel.org/exit-strategy/

16/11/2023

NEW EPISODE: Ambiguous Loss - What We Need to Know

A family member or friend develops dementia, and she is there, but she isn’t. Or he is abducted, and may come back, or he might not. And so we experience “ambiguous loss,” a grey, unresolved state that presents unique challenges to our mental and emotional well being … and that must be recognized and respected.

In this timely conversation, Dr. Pauline Boss — who established the term in the ‘70s and elevated it to prominence — speaks with Exit Strategy Host Stephanie Garry about what we should know about ambiguous loss and how we should approach it as individuals, as families, and as communities.

Listen now: https://www.plazajewishcommunitychapel.org/ambiguous-loss-what-we-need-to-know/

08/11/2023

Check out the latest episode of the Exit Strategy: Advancing Age: What Should We be Thinking About?

We must all consider advanced age — for ourselves or our family members or friends — and have conversations and make decisions leading to the best possible outcomes in later years. Hildy Sheinbaum, of H. Sheinbaum & Associates, is a registered nurse and geriatric nurse care manager who advises individuals and families on issues of care for seniors. In this episode, she speaks with Exit Strategy Host Stephanie Garry about top-line issues including long-term care insurance, the wide spectrum of senior living environments, and how to approach sensitive topics with generosity and compassion.

Start listening now: https://www.plazajewishcommunitychapel.org/contact-exit-strategy-exitstrategyplazajewish-org/

30/10/2023

Tune in to the new episode of Exit Strategy: The Silent Sorrow of Pregnancy and Infant Loss

An estimated one in four women will suffer loss of a child during pregnancy or infancy, opening a well of grief and sorrow that touches parents, families and their wider circles. As Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month is now marked, Exit Strategy Host Stephanie Garry speaks with Perry-Lynn Moffitt — author of the influential book, A Silent Sorrow — about the trauma of pregnancy and infant loss, the importance of discussing and acknowledging it, and what we can do to help ourselves and others touched by it.

Listen now: https://www.plazajewishcommunitychapel.org/6524-2/

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May the coming year be a time of peace, wellness, and joy for you. Thank you for choosing and trusting the team at Plaza Jewish Community Chapel.

It’s the 18th (Chai) month of our Exit Strategy podcast, and Plaza is marking this milestone with gratitude to our listeners. Thank you to our guests for creating a community of conversation around critical end-of-life issues (Rabbi Wolpe, Rabbi Rachel Timoner, Steve Leder, Dean Foster Global Cultures, Rabbi David-Seth Kirshner, Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, Ondi Timoner, Adam Cayton-Holland, Rabbi Menachem Creditor, Cantor Rebecca Garfein, Claire Solomon Nisen from DOROT, Wendl Kornfeld from Temple Emanu-El, Nick Kroll, Rivka Nissel from The Jewish Board, Barbara Becker, By Micki Pagano, Edward Hirsch from John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Livia Thompson from JBI, Rabbi David Ingber) Exit Strategy is elevating, normalizing and demystifying end-of-life topics from religious, cultural, societal and other perspectives — from the serious to the whimsical — and we are so happy you’ve been with us. We invite you to watch our Chai video for a quick look back at our first 18 months of inviting, engaging and compelling programming. For more Exit Strategy episode, please visit: https://www.plazajewishcommunitychapel.org/exit-strategy/

Welcome, 2023! In the coming new year, we'll be covering a range of topics with guests who speak about everything from Organ Donation and Perinatal Loss to Global Grief. If there’s a subject you want us to cover, send an email to Stephanie@plazaj

Welcome, 2023! In the coming new year, we'll be covering a range of topics with guests who speak about everything from Organ Donation and Perinatal Loss to Global Grief. If there’s a subject you want us to cover, send an email to [email protected].

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