Rabbi Vicki Hollander

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Experience:

Rabbi, Congregation Shaareth Israel, Lubbock, TX July 2007-Present

Rabbi, Congregation House of Israel; Spiritual Care Staff Person, Levi Hospital Psychiatric Ward, Levi Hospital Hospice; Service Manager, Levi Towers, Hot Springs,AR 2003-June 2007

• Lead Services, teach adults, youth, and children, administer school, synagogue programming
• Facilitate weekly spiritual care group in locked acute care psychiatric ward
• Spiritual care staff person on Hospice Team, counsel families
• Aid low income seniors, connecting with resources, counseling

Bereavement Coordinator, Lion's Gate Hospital, North Vancouver, B.C.; Instructor, Langara Community College, Vancouver, B.C. 1999-May 2003
Therapist in Private Practice, Vancouver, B.C. 1995-May 2000

• Designed, implemented and managed Bereavement Services, wrote brochures, facilitated workshops for health care professional on grief; trained, supervised, bereavement volunteers
• Facilitated grief seminars, short term counseling
• Taught Core course in Health and Dying and Bereavement in one of the two Palliative Training programs in the Province of British Colombia, Canada
• Lecturer University of British Colombia's School of Medicene: School of Rehabilitation Sciences for O.T's and P.T's on spirituality, grief and loss.
• Facilitated year long group for interfaith women on the Jewish Moons as Sources for Healing and Inspiration
• Specialized Private Practice in grief, bereavement, loss, transition, spiritual issues

• Created, designed, programmed new organization for health care professionals; facilitating groups, programming offerings; co-facilitated spiritual retreat days for health care professionals; coordinated series on death, dying, mourning from spiritual traditions
• "Women and Spirituality: Opening the Door for our Souls" continuing education class
• Facilitated adult loss of child group
• Designed and facilitated group for bereaved children's parents-caregivers
• Presented: B.C. Palliative Care Conference; Lion's Gate Palliative Care Conference, Richmond Hospital; Lion's Gate Hospital, Vancouver General Hospital, Langley Hospice, Simon-Fraser University Religious Studies, Vancouver School of Theology-UBC Women and Spirituality Conference

Founding Rabbi, Congregation Eitz Or, Seattle, WA 1989-1995
Bereavement Coordinator, Hospice of Seattle 1990-1994
Therapist, Private Practice, Seattle, WA 1990-1991

• Founding Rabbi; community of unaffiliated Jews; organized visioning days, interface with boards and committees, newsletter, media, officiated at life cycle ceremonies, holidays, services, taught classes, counseled individuals, couples, families
• Received grant to research top U.S. Hospice bereavement programs; Created, implemented, and administered comprehensive bereavement program; co-constructed and facilitated staff memorial retreat, memorial services; Developed, trained and supervised 22 person volunteer team; Co-organized volunteer retreats; Facilitate groups, short term counseling, interdisciplinary team
• Individual, couple therapy

Rabbi, Jewish Community Center, Bremerton,WA and Or Shalom Congregation, Vancouver, B. C 1988-1989
Intern, Lutheran Social Services, Renton, WA 1989-1990

• Lead services, taught classes/workshops, newsletter columns, life cycle ceremonies, counseling, retreat workshops on community identity, priorities
• Counseling: individual, marital, family therapy; Designed and conducted two staff rituals

• Guided committees-originated, facilitated programs ( Chavurot, Adult Education, Senior Activities, Cultural Arts programs, Youth Board); recruited, monitored volunteer activities; prepared and implemented budgets; press-releases; newsletter columns; Supervised two youth advisors; worked with Bar/t Mitzvah families; Conducted/coordinated community wide High Holiday services; Developed education programs/workshops; taught classes; Counseling: individuals, couples, families

Rabbi, Bet Hat'filot, Olympia, WA and Temple B'nai Or, Everett, WA 1985-1986
Program Coordinator, Lehrhaus Judaica, Hillel, University of WA 1984-1985
Scholar-in-Residence, Young Leadership Retreat, Portland, OR 1984-1985

• Developed and facilitated Board retreat on community goal setting, long range planning, officiated at services, life cycle ceremonies, holidays, counseling individuals, couple

• Constructed, coordinated community wide adult education program, recruited staff
• Public speaking, writing, teaching ,media contact, addressed numerous organizations, women's groups, University of WA, business clubs, developed and facilitated workshops

• Lead, supervised Religious School: 21 staff, 300 students; religious educational program; responsible for personnel, budget development and administration; developed, monitored and implemented program and curriculum; guided two teen youth groups and advisors; interfaced with lay boards and committees; managed and edited school related publications
• Officiated at life cycle ceremonies, services, holidays
• Counseling: individials, families, couples
  

Education:

• Honorary Doctorate: more than 25 years service to the Jewish community June 2005

• Two year post graduated program; Certified Marriage and Family Therapist (Additional master level courses at Antioch University, Seattle, WA)

• Rabbinic Ordination June 1979
  
• Master of Hebrew Letters June 1975

• Bachelor of Arts: Women's Studies, Humanistic Psychology, Higher and Innovative Education June 1974

Publications:

• Hollander, Vicki, "The New, Improved Jewish Divorce: Her/His", Lilith Magazine, Summer 1990, Vol. 15. #3. p.20-21/
• Hollander, Vicki, "A Rosh Hodesh Ceremony," in Four Centuries of Jewish Women's Spirituality. Ed. Ellen Umansky and Dianne Ashton (Boston: Beacon Press, 1992)
• Hollander, Vicki, "God-Awakening," in The Divine Mosaic, Ed. Theresa King (Saint Paul: Yes International Publishers, 1994)
• Hollander, Vicki, "After a Miscarriage: Hold Me Now", "Weathering the Passage: Jewish Divorce," "A Modern Version of the Traditional Confessional Before Dying, " in Lifecucles: Jewish Women on Life Passages & Personal Milestone. Volume 1. Ed. Rabbi Debra Orenstein (Woodstock, Vermont: Jewish lights Publishing, 1994)
• Hollander, Vicki, "Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat," "Rosh Chodesh Nisan." in Celebrating the New Moon: A Rosh Chodesh Anthology, Ed. Susan Berrin (NJ: Jason Aronson Inc, 1996)
• Hollander, Vicki, "Health, Healing, and Holidness," "The Gift of an Unsettled Habitat: A Midrash on a Midrash on ""In the Wilderness," in Lifecycles: Jewish Women on Biblical Themes in Contemporary Life, Volume 2, Ed. Rabbi Debra Orenstein (Woodstock, Vermont: Jewish Lights Publishing, 1997)
• Hollander, Vicki, "From an opening ceremony", Return of the Goddess Engagement Calendar for 1997, compiled and edited by Burleigh Muten. (NY: Stewart, Tabori and Chang, 1997)
• Hollander, Vicki, "A Ceremony for a Woman in a Coma Near Death" "On Seeing a Change for the Worst and Death is Near". CCAR Journal. Vol. XLV. No. 4. Issue Number one hundred seventy-nin. Fall 1998.

Excerpts of Prose, Liturgy and Poetry in:

• Klauser, Henriette Anne. Put Your Heart on Paper. (NY: Bantam Books, 1995) p.231-240. Ethical will
• Dosick, Rabbi Wayne. Dancing with God ( HarperSanFrancisco, 1997) p.133 Prayer
• Corrigan, John; Eire, Carlose; Denny, Frederick; Jaffee, Martin. Readings in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. (NJ: Prentice Hall, 1998) p. 212-216. Prayers
• Fields, Harvey J. B'chol L'vavcha. (NY: UAHC Press, 2001.) p. 47. Prayer
• Meyer, Michael A. and Plaut, W. Gunther. The Reform Judiasm Reader. (NY: UAHC Press, 2001.) pg.97. Prayer