Exit Strategy

Exit Strategy


Latest Episodes

Jewish Not-for-Profit Funeral Chapels: Impact and Challenge
July 17, 2024

Jewish not-for-profit funeral chapels are making impact not only as service providers, but also as educators, conveners and community builders in an evolving Jewish landscape. Plaza Jewish Community C

Grieving, an Actor Finds Anchor on the Stage
June 12, 2024

Tony Award winning actor Miriam Silverman lost her mother, Anita, during a pre-Broadway run of the hit play The Sign in Sidney Brusteins Window just last year. Her fathers insistence that she stay c

A New Off-Broadway Play Bears Witness to Oct. 7, Giving Space to Grief and Resilience
June 04, 2024

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

Honoring Those Who Served, at End of Life
May 21, 2024

Come Memorial Day, we will honor US military personnel who died while serving and be mindful of our veterans and those among them weve lost. Edward Yarmus a licensed funeral director at Plaza Jew

And Now, My Own Loss and Grief
May 06, 2024

She spends her professional life elevating conversations about death and lossincluding as host of this podcast series. But when her own mother Eileen died in February, Stephanie Garry was thrus

Facing Adversity, with Purpose and Resilience
April 03, 2024

In January, New England and national radio and podcast personality Jordan Rich went public with his recent diagnosis of Parkinsons disease modeling for us how uncertainty and grief surrounding a me

Building and Leaving a Legacy of Jewish Giving
March 06, 2024

On the 23rd anniversary of Plaza Jewish Community Chapels 2001 opening, Exit Strategy host Stephanie Garry welcomes Rachel Schnoll, CEO of the Jewish Communal Fund one of Plazas founding funders,

New York’s First Reform Chevra Kaddisha: Elevating End-of-Life Ritual and Conversation
February 19, 2024

New Yorks 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 Ka

An Israeli Mother, Her Son … and a Personal and Collective Loss
February 07, 2024

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, Hayims mother Hannah Wac

End-of-Life Conversations: A View from the Top
January 08, 2024

As we begin 2024, Rabbi Gordon Tucker Vice Chancellor for Religious Life and Engagement at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America joins us for a wide-ranging conversation about the state and e