{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 2: Planning for a Good Death","description":"No one wants to think about their own death - or the death of a loved one, but these experiences can be meaningful and even life-affirming. Rabbi Joy Levitt shares the experience of discussing end-of-life care planning with her 90-year-old mother and the surprising and touching discoveries she made along the way. Learn how initiatives like Jewish Sacred Aging and What Matters are equipping baby boomers and members of the sandwich generation with the courage, vocabulary, and knowledge needed to have these important conversations with their loved ones Produced and Edited by Lisa M. Gray Produced by Jon Kalish Additional Production by Kevin Huffman and Ang Santos Music by Brett Higgins\u2019 Atlas Revolt, Midwood, and Sandcatchers. Courtesy of Chant Records Ira Bedzow, Ph.D., Director of the Biomedical Ethics and Humanities Program at New York Medical College. Senior Scholar, The Aspen Center for Social Values Rabbi Richard Address, Founder and Director of Jewish Sacred Aging. Lois Perelson-Gross Sally Kaplan, Program Director, What Matters: Caring Conversations About End of Life, Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan Rabbi Joy Levitt, Executive Director, Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan Additional Information and Resources: Why Jews Need to Talk About Death, MyJewishLearning.com How to Talk to Your Loved Ones About Your End of Life Wishes, MyJewishLearning.com Jewish Perspectives on End of Life Care, MyJewishLearning.com If I\u2019m Ever in a Coma, Please Thread My Eyebrows, Kveller.com Jewish Sacred Aging What Matters: Caring Conversations About End of Life UJA-Federation of New York ","author_name":"A Good End","author_url":"http:\/\/agoodendpodcast.com","html":"