Healing and the Jewish Imagination: Spiritual and Practical Perspectives on Judaism and Health Contributor(s): Cutter, William (Editor), Adler, Rachel (Contribution by), Eisen, Arnold (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 1580233732 ISBN-13: 9781580233736 Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2008 Annotation: Essential reading for people interested in the Jewish healing, spirituality and spiritual direction movements, this groundbreaking volume explores the Jewish tradition for comfort in times of illness and Judaism's perspectives on the inevitable suffering with which we live. Pushing the boundaries of Jewish knowledge, scholars, teachers, artists and activists examine the aspects of our mortality and the important distinctions between curing and healing. Topics discussed include: the importance of the individual; health and healing among the mystics; hope and the Hebrew Bible; from disability to enablement; overcoming stigma; Jewish bioethics; and more. Drawing from literature, personal experience, and the foundational texts of Judaism, these celebrated thinkers show us that healing is an idea that can both soften us so that we are open to inspiration as well as toughen us??????like good scar tissue??????in order to live with the consequences of being human. |
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BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - Theology |
Dewey: 296.376 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.6" W x 8.6" (0.70 lbs) 240 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
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Publisher Description: Where Judaism and health intersect, healing may begin. Essential reading for people interested in the Jewish healing, spirituality and spiritual direction movements, this groundbreaking volume explores the Jewish tradition for comfort in times of illness and Judaism's perspectives on the inevitable suffering with which we live. Pushing the boundaries of Jewish knowledge, scholars, teachers, artists and activists examine the aspects of our mortality and the important distinctions between curing and healing. Topics discussed include:
Drawing from literature, personal experience and the foundational texts of Judaism, these celebrated thinkers show us that healing is an idea that can both soften us so that we are open to inspiration as well as toughen us--like good scar tissue--in order to live with the consequences of being human. Contributors: Rachel Adler, PhD - Rabbi Elliot Dorff, PhD - Arnold Eisen, PhD - Tamara Eskenazi, PhD - Eitan P. Fishbane, PhD - Rabbi Arthur Green, PhD - Tamara M. Green, PhD - Rabbi Peter Knobel, PhD - Adriane Leveen, MSW, PhD - Louis E. Newman, PhD - Rabbi David B. Ruderman, PhD - David I. Schulman, JD - Howard Silverman, MD, MS - Albert J. Winn, MA |
Contributor Bio(s): Cutter, William: - Rabbi William Cutter, PhD, is author of Midrash and Medicine: Healing Body and Soul in the Jewish Interpretive Tradition, and is editor of Healing and the Jewish Imagination: Spiritual Perspectives on Judaism and Health. He has published widely on health and healing. He is former director of the Kalsman Institute on Judaism and professor of modern Hebrew literature and the Steinberg Professor of Human Relations at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Adler, Rachel: -Rachel Adler, PhD, is professor of Modern Jewish Thought and Feminist Studies Arthur Green, PhD, is recognized as one of the world's preeminent authorities on Jewish thought and spirituality. He is the Irving Brudnick professor of philosophy and religion at Hebrew College and rector of the Rabbinical School, which he founded in 2004. Professor emeritus at Brandeis University, he also taught at the University of Pennsylvania and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, where he served as dean and president. Dr. Green is author of several books including Ehyeh: A Kabbalah for Tomorrow; Seek My Face: A Jewish Mystical Theology; Your Word Is Fire: The Hasidic Masters on Contemplative Prayer; and Tormented Master: The Life and Spiritual Quest of Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav (all Jewish Lights). He is also author of Radical Judaism (Yale University Press) and co-editor of Speaking Torah: Spiritual Teachings from around the Maggid's Table. He is long associated with the Havurah movement and a neo-Hasidic approach to Judaism. Green, Tamara M.: -Tamara M. Green, PhD, was a founding member of the Jewish Healing Center Rabbi Peter Knobel, PhD, is rabbi of Temple Beth Emet--the Free Synagogue in Adriane Leveen, MSW, PhD, has taught at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Rabbi David B. Ruderman, PhD, is the Joseph Meyerhoff Professor of Modern Arnold Eisen, PhD, is the Daniel E. Koshland Professor of Jewish Culture and Tamara Eskenazi, PhD, is professor of Bible at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Albert J. Winn's (MA) photographs are in the permanent collections of the Library of Congress, the Jewish Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts (Houston), and the International Center of Photography, and he has shown nationally and internationally. He has received fellowships from the NEA/WestAF and the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture and his work has been published in the Jewish Quarterly Review, Zeek, ZYZZYVA, and on FreshYarn.com. He lives in Los Angeles. Dorff, Elliot N.: -Rabbi Elliott N. Dorff, PhD, is the author of many important books, including The Way Into Tikkun Olam (Repairing the World), a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award, and The Jewish Approach to Repairing the World (Tikkun Olam): A Brief Introduction for Christians. An active voice in contemporary interfaith dialogue, he is Rector and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the American Jewish University (formerly the University of Judaism), and chair of the Academy of Judaic, Christian and Muslim Studies. Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff, PhD, is available to speak on the following topics: - Jewish Medical Ethics - Conservative Judaism - Jewish and American Law - Finding God in Prayer - A Jewish Approach to Poverty Fishbane, Eitan: -Eitan Fishbane, PhD, a frequent scholar-in-residence and guest speaker at congregations across North America, is assistant professor of Jewish thought at The Jewish Theological Seminary; author of As Light Before Dawn: The Inner World of a Medieval Kabbalist (Stanford University Press); and co-editor of Jewish Mysticism and the Spiritual Life: Classical Texts, Contemporary Reflections (Jewish Lights). Eitan Fishbane is available to speak on the following topics:
Dr. Louis E. Newman is the John M. and Elizabeth W. Musser Professor of Religious Studies at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. He is author of Past Imperatives: Studies in the History and Theory of Jewish Ethics; An Introduction to Jewish Ethics; and the LifeLights(TM) pastoral care booklet Doing Teshuvah: Undoing Mistakes, Repairing Relationships and Finding Inner Peace (Jewish Lights). Dr. Newman is available for scholar-in-residence weekends and repentance workshops. Dr. Louis Newman is available to speak on the following topics:
David I. Schulman, JD, is a pioneer in the field of HIV law and policy and in the Jewish health and healing movement. In 1981 he was one of the founders of the Jewish Hospice Commission of Los Angeles. In 1986 he became the world's first government AIDS discrimination attorney. In the late 1980s he served on Reform Judaism's national AIDS Committee. He is an advisor to the Kalsman Institute on Judaism and Health, and is the supervising attorney of the AIDS/HIV Discrimination Unit in the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office. B.A., Stanford 1973, J.D., U.C.L.A. School of Law 1978. Silverman, Howard: -Dr. Howard Silverman, MD, MS, is a clinical professor of family and community medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix and a clinical professor of biomedical informatics at Arizona State University, and formerly served as the education director of the Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. With five years experience in designing distance education programs for physicians and medical students, he is the Initiative's project leader. Through Temple Chai of Scottsdale, Arizona's Shalom Center, Dr. Silverman developed two programs for Jewish health care professionals to help them integrate their clinical and spiritual lives. The program resulted in increased Jewish communal participation, increased job satisfaction, and reduced feelings of burnout by participants. |