We are grateful for the formal recognition we have received for our work in the field.

2011 Community Service Award: Kol Haneshama Jewish End-of-Life Care Volunteer Program (Bay Area Jewish Healing Center, the Jewish Home of San Francisco) awarded by Aging Services of California.

Article: June 18, 2009: “Spiritual caregivers: Volunteers provide a ray of light to people nearing the end” by Stacey Palevsky*, staff writer for the Jewish News Weekly of Northern California. *Stacey Palevsky won the 2009 Division A (Newspapers over 15,000 Circulation) American Jewish Press Excellence in Feature Writing Award for this article.

2008 Program of the Year Award: Kol Haneshama Jewish End-of-Life Care Volunteer Program (Bay Area Jewish Healing Center, the Jewish Home of San Francisco, Zen Hospice Project), awarded by the San Francisco Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, Marin and Sonoma Counties, and the Peninsula.

2008 Best Practices Award: Kol Haneshama Jewish End-of-Life Care Volunteer Program (Bay Area Jewish Healing Center, Zen Hospice Project, Jewish Home of San Francisco), awarded by the Hospital Services for Continuing Care (HSCC) division of the California Hospital Association.

2008 Creating Hope Award: Rabbi Eric Weiss, by Shalom Bayit: Bay Area Jewish Women Working to End Domestic Violence.

2000 Program of the Year Award: Grief and Growing Weekend: A Healing Weekend for Individuals and Families (Bay Area Jewish Healing Center, Camp Tawonga, Sinai Memorial Chapel, Jewish Family and Children Services), awarded by the San Francisco Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, Marin and Sonoma Counties, and the Peninsula.

KPIX (CBS5) Mosaic TV, hosted by Rabbi Eric Weiss