Healing & Spirituality
The Board of Rabbis actively engages in gemilut hasadim (acts of loving kindness) by supporting, developing or administering programs such as the following:
- Our Chaplaincy Commission is responsible for providing ecclesiastical endorsement for candidates for positions as Jewish chaplains in California state prisons, as well as mental health and developmental services institutions.
- The Funeral Practices Committee, consisting of member rabbis and executives from Jewish Mortuaries and Funeral Homes, works to maintain uniformly high standards for Jewish burial rituals and aftercare.
