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Rabbi Jonathan Kaplan

Boynton Beach

Summary

Seasoned Rabbi / Volunteer Chaplain offering 29 years of experience in pastoral care and spiritual leadership as a Rabbi and 20 Years experience as a Volunteer Police Chaplain.

Overview

38
38
years of professional experience

Work History

Funeral Director

Menorah Chapels
01.1985 - 12.1998
  • Displayed highest level of professionalism and sensitivity when dealing with grieving family members.
  • Arranged funeral/memorial services for grieving families to meet budget and memorialized instructions.
  • Promoted funeral service merchandise such as caskets, urns, outer burial containers and flowers.
  • Picked up deceased at private homes, hospitals and county morgues.

Rabbi

Temple Beth Chai
12.2003 - 07.2022
  • Provided spiritual care through visitation, counseling, and prayer.
  • Planned and conducted worship services, wrote sermons, and worked with key church leaders to carry out church mission.
  • Led programs such as worship, study, fellowship, and service opportunities.
  • Interacted with local community, building relationships with civic organizations and other churches.
  • Authored sermons, speeches and other religious materials.

Volunteer Chaplain

City Of Coral Springs Police Dept.
04.1998 - 05.2018
  • Comforted family members, offered attentive listening and high level of emotional support.
  • Provided spiritual guidance, emotional support and direct care to residents, family members and staff.
  • Applied knowledge regarding crisis interventions to assist in emergency situations.
  • Met with individuals, discussed issues compassionately and determined appropriate type of involvement to meet spiritual needs.
  • Provided spiritual care through visitation, counseling, and prayer.
  • Worked with the FBI, BSO & Coral Springs Police Dept. after the tragic mass shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School on 2/14/2018. Was very active at the family unification center were families and students were re-united. And families as they were all notified of the death of their loved ones. Participated in many of the memorial services of the victims.

Rabbi

Aston Gardens Assisted Living
01.2012 - 01.2018
  • Provided spiritual care through visitation, counseling, and prayer.
  • Planned and conducted worship services, wrote sermons, and worked with key church leaders to carry out church mission.
  • Led programs such as worship, study, fellowship, and service opportunities.
  • Interacted with local community, building relationships with civic organizations and other churches.

Education

Associate of Science - Funeral Service Education / Mortuary Science

Miami Dade College
Miami, FL
06.1981

Rabbinical Studies

Rabbinical Seminary International
New York, NY
05.1994

Honorary Doctor Of Divinity For Serving 25 Years

Rabbinical Seminary International
New York, NY
05.2019

Skills

  • Leadership Development
  • Public Speaking
  • Sermon Preparation
  • Congregational Care
  • Community Service
  • Spiritual Guidance
  • Spiritual Instruction
  • Officiating
  • Counseling
  • Crisis Management
  • Individual Counseling
  • Spiritual Care
  • Spiritual Leadership

Timeline

Rabbi

Aston Gardens Assisted Living
01.2012 - 01.2018

Rabbi

Temple Beth Chai
12.2003 - 07.2022

Volunteer Chaplain

City Of Coral Springs Police Dept.
04.1998 - 05.2018

Funeral Director

Menorah Chapels
01.1985 - 12.1998

Associate of Science - Funeral Service Education / Mortuary Science

Miami Dade College

Rabbinical Studies

Rabbinical Seminary International

Honorary Doctor Of Divinity For Serving 25 Years

Rabbinical Seminary International

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