Life, Faith and Cancer
Douglas Kohn

This book addresses the question of how to go forward after surviving a cancer diagnosis, struggling to maintain a connection to Judaism and God. This moving volume of essays written by rabbis, cantors, and other Jewish professionals who have all experienced cancer deal with these questions and many more. Their personal stories are interwoven with Jewish texts and teachings.
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God, Faith and Health
Dr. Jeff Levin

Dr Jeff Levine explores the latest compelling evidence of the connection between health and an array of spiritual beliefs and practices, including prayer, attending religious services, meditation, and faith in God.
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In The Mitzvah of Healing, readers are able to explore every facet of Jewish healing, from historical perspectives to personal stories, traditional texts to modern meditations and rituals. In this valuable collection, which originated with the women's affiliate of the Reform Movement, numerous difficult questions are addressed concerning the healing of body, mind and soul. The thoughts, prayers and experiences of Debbie Friedman, Rabbi Nancy Flum, Rabbi Simkha Weintraub, Debbie Perlman and more contribute to this important collection of essays.
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"Spiritual suffering must be differentiated from physical pain, although the two are intertwined in such a way that it is nearly impossible to distinguish one from the other. We suffer spiritually when we do not grow from our illness, when we do not learn from the experience of physical and emotional pain." —from the Introduction
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Jewish Pastoral Care
Rabbi Dayle Friedman

Jewish Pastoral care is the essential reference for rabbis, cantors and laypeople who are called to spiritually accompany those encountering joy, sorrow, and change. This groundbreaking volume draws upon both Jewish tradition and the classical foundation of pastoral care to provide invaluable guidance.
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Addison and Breitman offer an anthology of essays for rabbis, spiritual directors and other religious leaders who want to teach people to discern God's voice through the evolving practice of Jewish spiritual direction.
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The National Center for Jewish Healing (NCJH) helps communities better meet the spiritual needs of Jews living with illness, loss and other significant life challenges.

Working closely with a network of Jewish healing centers and programs throughout North America the NCJH offers consultation, training and referrals to community resources. Jewish spiritual resource and programmatic materials, publications, bibliographies, website links and a directory of Jewish healing centers are available on this website.

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Providing Jewish spiritual care for people coping with illness, loss and death.

Ritual Well is the source for innovative, contemporary Jewish ritual, with resources that address each aspect of the process of navigating death and mourning; from the moment of death, to the burial of the body, the tearing of clothes, the weeklong practice of shiva, and the recitation of kaddish.