Rabbi Jill Allyn Kreitman
Port Washington,NY
Summary
Committed to providing pastoral care and delivering prayers to individuals seeking spiritual guidance. Skilled in engaging with families during end-of-life decisions and offering support. Collaborate effectively with medical staff to provide patients with comprehensive guidance for healing and comfort. Proactive and goal-oriented professional with exceptional time management and problem-solving abilities. Recognized for reliability and adaptability, with a quick capacity to learn and apply new skills.
Overview
34
34
years of professional experience
Work History
Rabbi
Rabbi for Higher
01.2000 - Current
- Provided spiritual services beyond physical location.
- Performed life cycle events and counseled the sick at various hospitals
Rabbi/Chaplain
Nassau University Medical Center/A. Holly Patterson Nursing Home
01.2009 - 01.2021
- Counsel patients bedside
- Recite blessings and offer words of healing and comfort
- Assist families with end of life decisions
- Lead Healing Services for families and patients
- Member of the Hospital Ethics Committee
- Lead Shabbat Services and distribute electric Shabbat candles together with the blessings
- Lead “blessing of the hands” services for physicians and nurses
- Be present for families of Covid-19 patients as their loved ones were at our hospital and after they returned home
- Grief counsel families upon the loss of their loved one
Campus Rabbi
Long Island University/C.W. Post
01.2007 - 01.2010
- Promoted interfaith understanding through participation in community dialogue events and collaborative projects.
Rabbi/Professor of Philosophy
Long Island University/C.W. Post
01.2002 - 01.2007
- Pastoral counseling for students and their families including coordinating a connection between Health Services on campus and Religious Life
- Shabbat Services
- Create innovate worship experiences: “At the Rabbi's Table” and “Walking the Labyrinth to Complete the Sacred Circle of Our Lives”
- Holiday celebrations and services for faculty and students
- Created a program “It's never too late to become a Bar/Bat Mitzvah”
- Torah study at weekly Hillel meetings
- Recipient of a grant for Jewish leadership training
- Tolerance training for campus professionals
- Identified and educated students in dorms to become ambassadors of their faith able to inform students about Religious Life on campus
- Led training programs for Resident Assistants on religious diversity, life cycle practices and crisis management
- Funerals and Memorials
- Bereavement group for students in mourning
- Hospital visits
Rabbi/Director of Education
Central Synagogue
01.1998 - 01.2002
- Participated in Shabbat and High Holiday Services
- Led High Holiday family services and young children's services
- Coordinated and led Tot Shabbat program
- Officiated at Life Cycle ceremonies
- Served as a 9/11 emergency response chaplain
- Represented Central Synagogue in efforts to reach out to victims and their families
Associate Rabbi/Director of Education
The Community Synagogue/Bet Am
01.1991 - 01.1998
- Shabbat and Holiday Services
- Bar/Bat Mitzvah Preparation
- Life cycle officiation; baby namings, conversions, weddings, funerals, shiva minyans, unveilings and memorial services
- Pastoral counseling
- Adult Education courses including weekly Torah Study
- Participated in the joint clergy association in Port Washington
- Worked together on social action programs such as coat drives and restocking family pantries in our town
- Initiated a campaign to help a small church in town survive a difficult time
Education
Doctor of Ministry Program -
Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion
06-2017
Doctor of Divinity -
Hebrew Union College/Jewish Institute of Religion
New York, NY05-2016
New York Board of Rabbis in Cooperation With Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
01.2006
Rabbinic Ordination -
Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion
05-1991
M.A. - Hebrew Literature
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
05-1990
Graduate Program in Jewish Education -
The Jewish Theological Seminary
09-1988
B.A. - Economics, Computer Science
Vassar College
01.1985
Skills
- Pastoral counseling
- Lifecycle event officiating
- Prayer leading
- Team collaboration
- Grief support
- Spiritual guidance
- Interfaith dialogue
- Chaplaincy services
References
- Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, Executive Vice-President, The New York Board of Rabbis, (212) 983-3521
- Sister Maureen Chase, Head of Pastoral Care Department, Nassau University Medical Center, (516) 572-3195
- Rabbi Sarah H. Reines, Temple Emanuel of NYC, (212) 744-1400
Currentrabbiniccommitteeinvolvement
- Member of the National Association of Jewish Chaplains (NAJC)
- New York Board of Rabbis – Board of Governors
- American Friends of Neve Hana – Special Project Coordinator
- Appeared on Telecare and interviewed on 'Religion on the Line' to promote Interfaith awareness
Languages
Hebrew
Professional Working
Timeline
Rabbi/Chaplain
Nassau University Medical Center/A. Holly Patterson Nursing Home
01.2009 - 01.2021
Campus Rabbi
Long Island University/C.W. Post
01.2007 - 01.2010
Rabbi/Professor of Philosophy
Long Island University/C.W. Post
01.2002 - 01.2007
Rabbi
Rabbi for Higher
01.2000 - Current
Rabbi/Director of Education
Central Synagogue
01.1998 - 01.2002
Associate Rabbi/Director of Education
The Community Synagogue/Bet Am
01.1991 - 01.1998
B.A. - Economics, Computer Science
Vassar College
Doctor of Ministry Program -
Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion
Doctor of Divinity -
Hebrew Union College/Jewish Institute of Religion
New York Board of Rabbis in Cooperation With Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
Rabbinic Ordination -
Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion
M.A. - Hebrew Literature
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Graduate Program in Jewish Education -
The Jewish Theological Seminary
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