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Organization: Kalsman Institute/Sh'ma Partners
Title: Sh'ma: A Journal of Jewish Responsibility - Focus on Healthcare
Date: February 2003
Description:
Each month
Sh'ma asked contributors to wrestle with and explore intellectual, cultural, and spiritual issues, synthesizing them into an inspiring vision for contemporary Judaism. In February 2003, Sh'ma partnered with the Kalsman Institute to publish an issue focusing on increasing the humanity in health care. Contributors included respected professionals such as Rabbi Simkha Weintraub, Rabbi William Cutter, Rabbi Elliot Dorff, Dr. Arnold Gold, Dr. Susan Sered, Rabbi Susan Harris, Jaclyn Herzlinger, R.N., and Gila Silverman, MPH. This special issue of Sh'ma was be distributed widely through synagogues, JCCs and the network of Jewish Healing Centers to provide Jewish communal leadership and laity with a valuable resource for developing programs and materials in Jewish healthcare concerns.