Gain peace of mind and clarity about the future for your loved ones and yourself. Learn the importance of creating a comprehensive binder with your essential legal, financial and medical information. In partnership with Jewish Community Services (JCS), a partner in The Associated’s AgeWell Baltimore, LifeBridge Health and Sol Levinson.
Event Details
Wednesday, September 18
7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
The Gordon Center for Performing Arts
Rosenbloom Owings Mills JCC
3506 Gwynnbrook Avenue Owings Mills, MD 21117
Attendance is free and open to the community.
Attendance includes one complimentary planning binder per household.
Space is limited. Registration is required.
Light refreshments will be served. Dietary laws observed.
Questions? Contact Robyn Talesnik at Rtalesni@lifebridgehealth.org. We welcome participants of all abilities.
Jill A. Snyder, Esq.
Jill Snyder is an attorney in her own private practice specializing in Trust and Estate Planning, Probate and Small Business Advisory Services here in Baltimore. Jill serves on the Board of Directors of the First Maryland Disability Trust and the Planned Giving Advisory Council for the Kennedy Krieger Institute. She is the Baltimore County Coordinator for the Maryland State Bar Association’s annual Law Day. She is a member of the Baltimore Estate Planning Council, the Estates and Trusts and Elder Law Sections of the Maryland State Bar Association, the Estates and Trusts Committee of the Baltimore County Bar Association, and the Planned Giving Roundtable. Jill participates in the Estate and Gift Tax Study Group of the Maryland State Bar Association and volunteers for the Baltimore County Bar Association’s 60+ Program.
She has lectured on estate planning, probate, and trust administration to diverse audiences, appeared on television, radio, and podcasts, and been published in print and on-line media sources. She is an author and presenter for the National Business Institute and has served as an expert trial witness in estate-related litigation. Jill is a parent ambassador at the McDonogh School and sits on the Board of Directors of the Associated.
Prior to opening her own practice, she worked as a senior attorney in the Division of Enforcement of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Jill graduated cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center in 1995 and is admitted to practice in Maryland.
Eliza Feller
Eliza Feller is the Director of Advance Planning and a funeral director at Sol Levinson's Funeral Home. Having been a funeral director for nearly 15 years, she has a wealth of experience working with families immediately following a loss, as well as those looking to preplan while still healthy. As the head of the advance planning program, Eliza's role is to educate the community and relieve the decision-making process for surviving family. She is always looking for that extra something that will make a family's funeral experience more meaningful, and their pre-planning experience more informative.
Eliza grew up in Reisterstown and, like many others, took a circuitous path to arrive at the funeral care industry. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Music Performance from Boston University and a Master’s in Music Performance from Rice University. After teaching trombone for a few years and a brief stint with an orchestra in Milay, she spent several years in fundraising, development, and event programming for Jewish non-profits in Baltimore and Washington, D.C. before finding her home at Levinson’s.
Eliza and her family are members of Chizuk Amuno Congregation. Eliza has served on the board of other synagogues, started a successful area program for Jewish young professionals, is a lifetime member of Hadassah, and a 3rd generation member of Covenant Guild. She and her husband, Michael Temchine, now live in Mt. Washington with their son and their dog. In her free time Eliza enjoys reading, hiking, camping, listening to music, and more reading.
Rabbi Dana Saroken
Rabbi Dana Saroken is a Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude graduate of the University of Arizona’s Honors Program with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and Jewish Studies. She attended rabbinical school at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City where she was ordained in 2004. Prior to becoming a rabbi, she worked as the Educational Director for “Up With People” an international organization best known for performing arts, community service and global education. Thereafter, she became the Director of the Jewish Student Association at Georgetown University and subsequently the Assistant Rabbi at the New City Jewish Center in New York. Rabbi Saroken joined Baltimore’s Beth El Congregation in 2007 and is the congregation’s first female rabbi.
She is currently serving as both a traditional rabbi and the founder of the Soul Center at Beth El, which offers programs in mindfulness, healing and rejuvenation. From weekly meditation sits, to immersions in Baltimore’s only progressive mikveh, to cooking classes, The Soul Center an accessible experiential way for people to unplug and tune in, to connect to others and
themselves. In addition to her congregational work, Rabbi Saroken sits on the board of the Associated, and has been selected to be a part of the national Kenissa Cohort for Jewish Start-Ups. She is also a current fellow of the Institute for Jewish Spirituality’s rabbinic cohort. Rabbi Saroken was recently named one of Jewish Women’s International ten “women to watch” for 2018. She and her husband, Rafi Rone, are blessed to have three children.
