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Find Resources at Hillside

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Our Resources

The grief accompanying the loss of a loved one is a complex process that takes time. Hillside offers onsite grief support resources and works closely with organizations that offer comfort, support, and information to those who are mourning.

Monthly In-Person Grief Support Groups

Our monthly in-person grief support groups are led by certified grief educators dedicated to supporting families through their healing journey.

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On-Site Events

We believe in honoring and remembering loved ones through meaningful traditions and events. Our on-site events are thoughtfully designed to bring families and communities together in remembrance. Annual events include:

  • Mother’s Day and Father’s Day Remembrance Services: Special services to honor the memory of parents and grandparents, providing a space for families to come together in reflection and remembrance.
  • Kever Avot: A traditional Jewish custom observed during the High Holy Days, where families visit the graves of their loved ones. Our program is designed for families to come together to share a morning of song, prayer, and reflection, honoring those who are no longer with us with a Shomer on site.

Advanced Health Care Directive

Hillside Memorial Park respects the wishes of each family to memorialize and pay tribute to your loved ones. Our park’s landscaped gardens and quiet courtyards provide the ideal setting to reflect, remember and honor the legacy of a life well lived. Hillside is pleased to offer the largest variety of burial options to our community; including garden estates and private family rooms, as well as ground, urn, and wall spaces throughout the park.

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Hillside Memorial Park and Mortuary Advanced Health Care Directive Form

Your Information is always confidential and will never be shared with another organization. Please check all possible choices that may apply to your circumstance.

Advanced Health Care Directive Form

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Community Resources

The organizations listed below have proved helpful to many of the individuals and families we have assisted. Hillside also offers an extensive library of complementary Jewish and funeral-related materials for families upon request.

Minyan

Find a Minyan

Provides a daily minyan for those during the grieving process at various synagogues throughout the city.

Bereavement Support Groups

Hillside Memorial Park understands that losing a loved one is one of life’s most difficult changes, and grief can seem overwhelming. It is important to know that you do not have to experience the grieving process alone. We have partnered with Our House and Hope Connection to provide additional support and resources.

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Our House Grief Support Center

Grief is a natural reaction after the death of someone close. Yet, in society, few people are prepared for the intensity and duration of the grief process. Learn about OurHouse Grief Support Center and how it was founded on the premise that grievers need understanding, support, and connection.

HOPE Connection

The mission of HOPE Connection is to help people whose lives have been touched by the death of a loved one – by providing individual and group support, educational programs, and information that helps alleviate the pain of grief and promote healing.

Beth Chayim Chadashim – Life Transitions Group

Beth Chayim Chadashim – Life Transitions Group is an inclusive community of progressive lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and heterosexual Jews whose lives have been touched by loss.

Beit T’Shuvah

Compassionate, supportive community devoted to building an empowering sense of belonging and purpose for everyone who seeks it.

Maggi Grief Counselor at Hillside

Bereavement Counseling

Maggi Scharf M.Ed., CPCC, Certified Grief Educator

Extensively trained   in the family systems approach to consultation and counseling, Maggi engages cultural, ethical, and spiritual questions to develop bereavement counseling approaches as unique as each patient.

Household/Clothing Item Donations

The National Council of Jewish Women/Los Angeles – Council Thrift Shops are a network of donation centers that help recycle and make donated items accessible at lower prices.

Clothing donations at Hillside