Name: Elana Zaiman with Rebecca Crichton
Start: 2025-03-10T19:30:00-07:00
End: 2025-03-10T19:30:00-07:00
Location: The Mehdi Reading Room

Elana Zaiman with Rebecca Crichton

The Forever Letter — Authentic Connection With Ourselves and With Those We Love

Date:: Monday, March 10
Time:: 7:30 pm PDT
Cost:: $10 – $35 Sliding Scale

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Venue

: The Mehdi Reading Room
: 1119 8th Ave
Seattle, 98101 United States + Google Map

Note: Town Hall events are approximately 75 minutes long.

Headshots of Elana Zaiman (with grey bob and eyeglasses) and Rebecca Crichton (with short grey hair and floral scarf)

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A Forever Letter, inspired by the centuries-old tradition of the ethical will, is a perfect way to deepen, heal and uplift the relationships that matter to us most. Forever letters can share our values and wisdom; ask for forgiveness and offer forgiveness; and express our gratitude, support, and love. Elana Zaiman will be our guide on a journey into forever letters and why we might want to place writing them high on our priority list.

Elana Zaiman loves connecting with people. In her book, The Forever Letter, she encourages us to deepen, heal, and uplift our relationships with the people who matter to us most. Elana is the first woman rabbi from a family spanning six generations of rabbis. She serves as an inspirational speaker, a scholar-in-residence, and a workshop facilitator to audiences throughout North America. She’s a chaplain at a retirement community in Seattle; a certified Wise Aging instructor (IJS), and adjunct faculty at Seattle hospital’s CPE Program. For ten years she served as the Ethics and Spirituality columnist for LivFun, a publication for Leisure Care retirement facilities in 10 states. She has also been published in The Gettysburg Review, The Sun, Post Road, American Letters & Commentary, and elsewhere. Close to her heart is the Seattle Limbe Sewing Circle, which as a co-partner, Elana helped to expand beyond the walls of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Seattle. The Seattle Limbe Sewing Circle is an intergenerational and interracial community that brings together Jews, Muslims, and Christians to create feminine hygiene kits for girls in Cameroon, Africa.

Rebecca Crichton, Executive Director of Northwest Center for Creative Aging (NWCCA), brings wisdom and purpose to her work with the aging community. She retired from a 21-year career at Boeing as a writer, curriculum designer, and leadership development coach. Her Encore Career uses her knowledge and experience to offer programs and resources related to Creative Aging in the Seattle area. NWCCA collaborates monthly with Town Hall Seattle. She facilitates Wisdom Cafes for the King County Library System and writes a regular column for 3rd Act Magazine.

Trained as a Hospice Volunteer, Rebecca continues to teach and facilitate Grief and Resilience support groups for several organizations. Rebecca has master’s degrees in child development and organizational development and is a Certified Coach.

Presented by Town Hall Seattle and Northwest Center for Creative Aging.