Exit Strategy

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Latest Episodes

After the Attack on Israel … Dealing with our Shock, Grief and Loss
October 16, 2023

As we absorb the atrocities and losses coming out of the unspeakable terrorist attacks in Israel on October 7th, how do we deal with our tremendous individual and community shock, trauma and grief a

Bonus Episode! For Persons with Visual Impairment, Access to Jewish Life
October 03, 2023

For those living with blindness, low vision or print disability, JBI International offers a free library of Jewish interest books and publications, including liturgical texts, enabling connection to t

A Poet’s Loss, and Grief
October 03, 2023

After his son Gabriel died in 2011 at age 22, acclaimed poet Edward Hirsch navigated grief by writing Gabriel: A Poem, a slim-book-length elegy that The New Yorker called a masterpiece of sorrow. Pu

Mourning, A Roadmap
September 20, 2023

Through beautifully curated poetry, ritual, music and textual wisdom, Rabbi Lisa D. Grant, PhD and Cantor Lisa B. Segal offer us a guided roadmap through the first year of loss in The Year of Mourning

9/11: Finding Meaning Through Magical Thinking
September 07, 2023

In the days after 9/11, Micki Pagano noticed a cloud above the World Trade Center site, and it made her wonder that maybe it wasnt acloud at all, but the collective souls of those who lost their liv

Leaning In to Loss, and Life
August 21, 2023

In her widely acclaimed debut book Heartwood, The Art of Living with the End in Mind author Barbara Becker tells stories of loss and leads readers into an enlightened perspective on death and co

The Grief Puzzle
August 07, 2023

Grief is generated from many types of loss takes a variety of forms and manifests in myriad ways. But as individuals and a society, we rarely talk about it. As National Grief Awareness Day approac

Confronting Grief With the Stories We Tell
July 17, 2023

When he discovered a trove of images taken by his father, a well-known photographer who died in 2000 from AIDS-related illnesses, Zander Masser embarked on an unexpected journey that led him to finall

Can Death be Funny? A Conversation with Nick Kroll
July 03, 2023

Comedy can soften the short and long term sting of death and grief and can be a salve as we process, adapt and seek some sense and relief during one of lifes most profound challenges. Nick Kroll is

Living, and Dying …with Pride
June 12, 2023

Its LGBTQ+ Pride Month and were talking about how respecting and honoring the sexual and gender identities of LGBTQ+ individuals is as important after death, as it is in life. Dubbs Weinblatt is a