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

This program is open to all eligible individuals. USC Annenberg operates all of its programs and activities consistent with the University’s Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor.

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