(Partial list)
2010
 | "Lamenting with Lamentations: A Sacred Journey to Wholeness", four-hour seminar (with Rabbi Bonita E Taylor) at National Association of Jewish Chaplains Annual Conference, Boston, MA, January 2010 |
2009
| "From Lamentations to Lamenting: A Sacred Journey." Exploring Healing for Ourselves (and Others) Through Sorrow-Filled Stories, four-hour workshop (with Rabbi Bonita E Taylor) at Renewal 2009, Saint Francis Hospital and Mercy Community Health, West Hartford, CT, November 3, 2009 |
| "Madam Potiphar's Boy Toy: No Laughing Matter" at Limmud Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO, May 23, 2009 |
| "Lamenting with Lamentations: Exploring Healing for Ourselves and Others Through Sorrow-Filled Stories" (with Rabbi Bonita E Taylor) at Spiritual Care Collaborative Joint Chaplaincy Conference (American Association of Pastoral Counselors, Association of Clinical Pastoral Education, Association of Professional Chaplains, Canadian Association for Pastoral Practice and Education, National Association of Catholic Chaplains, National Association of Jewish Chaplains), Orlando, FL, January 2009 |
2008
| "Biblical Sources of Comfort" at Denver Jewish Chaplains Group, Congregation Rodef Shalom, Denver, CO, December 10, 2008 |
| "Offering Comfort and Hope: Jewish Texts" at Continuing Education Seminary, Association of Professional Chaplains/National Association of Catholic Chaplains, St Francis Hospital, Colorado Springs, CO, October 31, 2008 |
| "The Mysterious Disappearance of [biblical] Sarah" at Limmud Colorado, Keystone, CO, May 24, 2008 |
| "Women Rabbis: A Novel Idea" (women rabbis in fiction) at Limmud Colorado, Keystone, CO, May 25, 2008 |
2007
| "A Spiritual or a Religious Presence: Remaining Authentic and Avoiding Ethical Dilemmas" (with Rev. T. Patrick Bradley) at Association of Professional Chaplains, annual conference, Burlingame, CA, April 2007 |
| "Using Lamentations to Lament: Exploring Healing for Ourselves (and Others) Through Sorrow-Filled Stories" (with Rabbi Bonita E Taylor) at Association of Professional Chaplains, annual conference, Burlingame, CA, April 2007 |
| "The Way We Were: Rituals for Loved Ones Coping with Dementia" at National Association of Jewish Chaplains, annual conference, Redondo Beach, CA, January 2007 |
2006
| "Differentiating Between a 'Spiritual' and a 'Religious' Presence: Remaining Authentic and Avoiding Ethical Dilemmas" (with Rev. T. Patrick Bradley) Colorado state Association of Professional Chaplains Continuing Education Day, Aurora, CO, October 27, 2006 |
| "The Way We Were: Rituals for Loved Ones Coping with Dementia' at Association of Professional Chaplains, annual conference, Atlanta, GA, May 2006 |
| "Helping Strangers in a Strange Land" [Differentiating Between a "Spiritual" and a "Religious" Presence: Remaining Authentic and Avoiding Ethical Dilemmas] (with Rev. T. Patrick Bradley) National Association of Catholic Chaplains, annual conference, Columbus, OH, March 2006 |
| "Sacred and 'Sacred-Secular' Stories as Counseling Tools" (with Rev. T. Patrick Bradley) National Association of Jewish Chaplains, annual conference, Ryebrook, NY, January 2006 |
2005
| "Judaism's Views of Angels and the Afterlife" at Association of Professional Chaplains-National Association of Catholic Chaplains, annual conference, Albuquerque, NM, April, 2005 |
| "Its About Time, Chaplain Self-care, Restoration and Renewal" (with Rev. T. Patrick Bradley) at Association of Professional Chaplains-National Association of Catholic Chaplains, annual conference, Albuquerque, NM, April, 2005 |
| "The Jewish View of Atonement" at Association of Professional Chaplains-National Association of Catholic Chaplains, annual conference, Albuquerque, NM, April, 2005 |
| "Exorcism in the Context of Jewish Chaplaincy" at National Association of Jewish Chaplains, annual conference, Philadelphia, January 2005 |
2004
| "The Use of Sacred Stories in Counseling" (with Rev. T. Patrick Bradley) at Association of Professional Chaplains, annual conference, Dallas, TX, April, 2004 |
| "Jews & Non-Jews: Bridging the Diversity of Religions Separated By A
Common Language" (with Rabbi Bonita E Taylor) at Association of
Professional Chaplains, annual conference, |
2003
| "What Happens When I Die? Jewish Views of the Afterlife" at
EPIC-2003, Joint Chaplaincy Conference (Association of Professional
Chaplains, Canadian Association for Pastoral Practice and Education,
National Association of Catholic Chaplains, National Association of Jewish
Chaplains) |
| "The Use of Sacred Stories in Counseling"
(with Rev. T. Patrick Bradley) at EPIC-2003, Joint Chaplaincy Conference
(Association of Professional Chaplains, Canadian Association for Pastoral
Practice and Education, National Association of Catholic Chaplains, National
Association of Jewish Chaplains) |
2002
| "Avoiding 24/7: Learning How to Say 'No'," Didactic to CPE students: The Jewish Institute for Pastoral Care, part of The Healthcare Chaplaincy Inc, NYC NY, November 12, 13, 2002 |
| "The 'Fictional' American Rabbi," the Association of Jewish Libraries national conference, Denver, CO, June 24, 2002. |
| "Jewish Views of the Afterlife," Didactic to CPE students: The Jewish Institute for Pastoral Care, part of The Healthcare Chaplaincy Inc, NYC NY, June 11, 12, 2002 |
2001
| "Chaplaincy in Long-Term Care (And Prison) Settings" Didactic to CPE students: The Jewish Institute for Pastoral Care, part of The Healthcare Chaplaincy Inc, NYC NY, November 7, 2001 |
| "The Passover Festival: A Table in the Wilderness" at American Comparative Literature Association, national conference, Boulder, CO, April 20, 2001 |
1999
|
"Chaplaincy in the Context of the Prison," Didactic to CPE students: The Jewish Institute for Pastoral Care, part of The Healthcare Chaplaincy Inc, NYC NY, October 14, 18, 1999 |
1998
| "Responsibility and Response-ability: No Small Gift," World Council of Jewish Communal Service Quadrennial Conference, Jerusalem, November 16, 1998 |
| "Women Rabbis: In Fiction, In Fact" at "Women's Challenges: Our Lives, Our World", The Desert-Mountain Region of Hadassah and the Center for Judaic Studies, University of Denver, May 3, 1998 |
1996
|
"The Rabbi as Detective: Murder, Mayhem and Religion" at Rocky Mountain/Great Plains Regional Meeting, American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature, Denver Seminary, Denver, April 26, 1996 |
1995
| "Sacred and Female: Women Rabbis in Anglo-American Jewish Fiction" at the American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, November 19, 1995 |
| "In Search of the Fictional Rabbi" at "Charting the Horizons: Islamic and Judaic Values and Traditions in Dialogue, Contact and Contrast" November 6, 1995, International Conference of the Institute for Islamic-Judaic Studies, University of Denver. |
| "Bernard Malamud, N. Scott Momaday and the Search for Redemption" at Rocky Mountain/Great Plains Regional Meeting, American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature, Iliff School of Theology, Denver, April 1995 |
1994
| "Mutual Witness, Shared Witness, Mission?" Panelist at 14th National Workshop on Christian-Jewish Relations, Tulsa, November 8, 1994 |
| "Rabbis, Counseling and Sexual Boundaries Violations: An Analysis of Recent Literature" at Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and Religious Research Association national meeting, Albuquerque, November 5, 1994 |
| "Images of the Woman Rabbi and Rebbitzen in Contemporary Anglo-American Jewish Fiction" at Women, Families, and Children in Islamic and Judaic Traditions University of Denver, October 24, 1994 |
| "Jews in American Prisons: The Jew as Anti-Hero" at Rocky Mountain/Great Plains Regional Meeting, American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature, University of Colorado at Boulder, April 22, 1994 |
| "A Shameful Secret? Jews in American Prisons" Seventh Annual World Issues Forum, Metropolitan State College, Denver, CO, April 14, 1994 |
| "Inside/Insight: Rereading Genesis 27" at Western/Pacific Coast Regional Meeting, American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature, University of Santa Clara, California, March 24, 1994 |
1993
| "Roth, Rushdie and Rage: Religious Reactions to Portnoy and The Verses" at Muslims and Jews in North America: Past, Present and Future University of Denver, October 25, 1993 |
| "Jews in Jails: Prison Piety and Judaism" at Muslims and Jews in North America: Past, Present and Future University of Denver, October 25, 1993 |
| "The 'Sacrifice' of Abraham's son(s) in Jewish and Islamic Sources" at Institute for Islamic-Judaic Studies Faculty Fellows Forum, University of Denver, January 19, 1993 |
1992
| "Abraham, Isaac and Malamud" at American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, San Francisco, November 23, 1992 |
| "Jonah Revisited: A Case of Rabbinic Revisionism" at Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, San Francisco, November 22, 1992 |
| "Japan and America: Religion's Differing Impacts on Society" National Workshop on Christian-Jewish Relations, Pittsburgh, PA, November 9, 1992 |
| "Midrash in Modern American Jewish Literature" at American Academy of Religion Western Region meeting, Santa Clara University, March 27, 1992 |
| "Recreating Jonah: A Rabbinic Renovation" at National Association of Professors of Hebrew Western Chapter, Santa Clara University, March 27, 1992 |
1991
| "Religion, Freedom and Oppression: A Jewish Response" at 1991 (Fourteenth Annual) Interfaith Conference, Institute for Interfaith Studies and Social Concerns, Denver, Colorado. February 13, 1991 |
1980s
| "Jesus and Jeremiah" at Central States SBL/ASOR/AAR Regional Meeting, Springfield, MO, April 11, 1988 |
| "Radical Religious Fanaticism in the Middle East" at "A Region in Crisis", Drury College, Springfield, MO, February 11, 1987 |
| "A Perspective on Black-Jewish Relations" at the Alabama Conference on Jewish-Christian Relations, Birmingham, AL, September 23, 1982 |
