Jordana Bel (nee Kozupsky) is a Geriatric and Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner at Phelps Hospital in Tarrytown, where she sees patients with terminal illnesses in the home, outpatient, and hospital settings. Prior to becoming a nurse practitioner, she worked as a nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center and at Mt. Sinai. Her interests lie in creatively optimizing symptom management in terminal illness to give her patients the best quality of life, and counseling families on preparing for the sequelae of advanced illness. Jordana grew up in Chappaqua as a member of Bet Torah and currently resides in Croton-on-Hudson with her husband and two young boys.

Arielle Friedtanzer

Arielle Friedtanzer, M.A., has spent the last three years trying to convince people of all ages that talking about death will not make it happen any sooner. Trained as an interfaith chaplain with a background in Judaic Studies, Bioethics, and Social Work, Arielle traveled around the country with her husband, Abraham, for nearly 20 months, bringing conversations about death, grief, and advanced care planning to individuals, communities, and professionals of all ages and background. When life took a virtual turn due to COVID-19, Arielle developed and hosted a weekly Facebook Live series, Millennials and Mortality Mondays, and began facilitating virtual memorials and celebrations of life. Arielle is determined to reduce the stigma around aging and the fear of death by helping people have these thoughtful conversations early and often, and she feels tremendous privilege in being present with individuals and families during these difficult, but intimate moments. While they have settled in Los Angeles, Arielle and Abe feel so grateful to be welcomed  into the Bet Torah community virtually and when they visit Abe’s parents, Nancy and Donald, who have become superstar members since joining in 2015.