Join the USC Casden Institute, the USC Annenberg Knight Program in Media & Religion, ChaiVillageLA, Temple Emanuel, Temple Isaiah, and Hillside Memorial Park & Mortuary for this special event. This 60-minute film, Dying Doesn't Feel Like What I'm Doing, explores the extraordinary life and last months of Rabbi Rachel Cowan. Rachel Cowan was a civil rights activist, community organizer, the first female Jew by choice ordained as a Rabbi, a beloved and influential mindfulness teacher, a grandmother, a wise elder. And then she was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. Living each day fully, she turned dying into an opportunity to experience gratitude. 

Panelists:

• Rabbi Laura Geller, Rabbi Emerita of Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills
• Paula Weiman-Kelman, documentary filmmaker of Eyes Wide Open and Fringes
• Riv-Ellen Prell, Professor Emerita of American Studies at the University of Minnesota
• Geoffrey Cowan, University Professor at the University of Southern California, Director, USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy

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