Research Catalog

Title

Judaism and health : a handbook of practical, professional and scholarly resources / edited by Jeff Levin, PhD, MPH, Institute for Studies of Religion, Baylor University, Michele F. Prince, LCSW, MAJCS, Kalsman Institute on Judaism and Health, Hebrew Union College ; foreword by Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff, PhD.

Publication

Woodstock, Vermont : Jewish Lights Publishing, 2013.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Levin, Jeffrey S.
• Prince, Michele F., 1966-

Description

xxviii, 404 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subjects

• Healing > Religious aspects > Judaism
• Medicine > Religious aspects > Judaism
• Health > Religious aspects > Judaism

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 352-397) and index.

Contents

Part I. Judaism, medicine, and healing. History of Jews in medicine and healthcare / Fred Rosner -- At the bedside in the Babylonian Talmud : reflections on classical rabbinic healers and their approaches to helping the suffering / Rabbi Simkha Y. Weintraub -- An overview of Jewish bioethics / Rabbi David A. Teutsch -- Words worth healing / Rabbi William Cutter and Ronald M. Andiman -- Spiritual resources for Jewish healthcare professionals / Elizabeth Feldman -- Part II. Jewish pastoral care and caregiving. Jewish healthcare chaplaincy : professionalizing spiritual caregiving / Rabbi Naomi Kalish -- Jewish pastoral care / Rabbi Mychal B. Springer -- Pastoral care in a postmodern world : promoting spiritual health across the life cycle / Rabbi Nancy Wiener and Barbara Breitman -- Seminary-based Jewish pastoral education / Rabbi Nancy Wiener, Rabbi Julie Schwartz, and Michele F. Prince -- Judaism and caregiving / Rabbi Stephanie Dickstein -- The Jewish professional as personal caregiver / Rabbi Stephen B. Roberts -- Part III. Jewish approaches to coping with challenge. Tradition, texts, and our search for meaning / Rabbi Richard Address -- Bad things happen : on suffering / Rabbi Rachel Adler -- Judaism and disability : R'fuat Hanefesh : the healing of our souls, individual and communal / Rabbi Lynne F. Landsberg and Shelly Thomas Christensen -- Judaism and resiliency / Rabbi Shira Stern -- Doing kaddish to turn mourning into dancing / Rabbi Anne Brener -- Creativity and healing in a Jewish context / Judith Margolis -- Part IV. Judaism, psychology, and health. Judaism and addiction / Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski -- Gratitude : perspectives from positive psychology and Judaism / David Pelcovitz -- Jewish religious coping and trust in God : a review of the empirical literature / David H. Rosmarin, Devora Greer Shabtai, Steven Pirutinsky, and Kenneth I. Pargament -- Population research on Judaism, health, and well-being / Jeff Levin -- Part V. Jewish communal, organizational, and policy perspectives. A program assessment of the field of Judaism and health : program review and key stakeholder interviews / Michele F. Prince -- Three Jewish lenses for work and health / Rabbi Nancy Epstein and Adina Newberg -- Jewish ethical themes that should inform the national healthcare discussion : a prolegomenon / Jeff Levin.

Call Number

BM538.H43

ISBN

• 9781580237147
• 1580237142

LCCN

2013021754

OCLC

847246426

Title

Judaism and health : a handbook of practical, professional and scholarly resources / edited by Jeff Levin, PhD, MPH, Institute for Studies of Religion, Baylor University, Michele F. Prince, LCSW, MAJCS, Kalsman Institute on Judaism and Health, Hebrew Union College ; foreword by Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff, PhD.

Publisher

Woodstock, Vermont : Jewish Lights Publishing, 2013.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 352-397) and index.

Added Author

Levin, Jeffrey S., editor.

Prince, Michele F., 1966- editor.

Research Call Number

*R-JWS BM538.H43 J83 2013