A Candid Conversation About Moving Through Grief and Building Resilience

A Candid Conversation About Moving Through Grief and Building Resilience

Wednesday at 5:00pm PST

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Judaism believes that every moment of life is precious and of infinite value. So what happens when life ends, and how do we as loved ones in mourning cope with this loss? Explore these questions and more as we discover the Jewish approach to grief and loss with the author of the Modern Loss Handbook, Rebecca Soffer and AJU’s Programming Manager, Alyssa Silva. The Modern Loss movement works to eradicate the stigma and awkwardness around grief while also focusing on your capacity for resilience and finding meaning. You’ll learn how to confront a future without your person, honor their memory, deal with trigger days, manage your professional life, and navigate new and existing relationships. The Modern Loss Handbook is for anyone who has lost their “person” or wants to give something meaningful and effective to someone who has, buy the book HERE. 

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Rebecca Soffer is cofounder of Modern Loss, a global movement offering creative, meaningful, and practical content and community addressing the long arc of grief. She is also coauthor of the book Modern Loss: Candid Conversation about Grief. Beginners Welcome. (Harper Wave, 2018) and an internationally recognized speaker on loss and resilience. She writes regularly across media, including The New York Times, Glamour, NBC, and CNN. Rebecca is a Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumna and a Peabody Award–winning former producer for 'The Colbert Report.' Rebecca and her husband and sons split their time between New York City and The Berkshires. For more information visit ModernLoss.com.

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Alyssa Silva is the Programming Manager for the Office of Innovation at American Jewish University whose passion is to reimagine and implement what Jewish community looks like by bringing a unique perspective on what is engaging and inspiring Jewish communities today. Prior to arriving at AJU, she was the Assistant Executive Director of Houston Hillel, the Programming and Operations Associate at Maryland Hillel, and is a proud Moishe House DC alumni. Alyssa has a Master’s Degree in Jewish Nonprofit Management from The Zelikow School, a BA in Religious Studies from The University of Arizona, and a certificate in Jewish Experiential Education from The Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies. 

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