The first state-of-the-art, comprehensive resource to encompass the wide breadth of the rapidly growing field of Judaism and health.
"For Jews, religion and medicine (and science) are not inherently in conflict, even within the Torah-observant community, but rather can be friendly partners in the pursuit of wholesome ends, such as truth, healing and the advancement of humankind."
from the Introduction
This authoritative volumepart professional handbook, part scholarly resource and part source of practical information for laypeoplemelds the seemingly disparate elements of Judaism and health into a truly multidisciplinary collective, enhancing the work within each area and creating new possibilities for synergy across disciplines. It is ideal for medical and healthcare providers, rabbis, educators, academic scholars, healthcare researchers and caregivers, congregational leaders and laypeople with an interest in the most recent and most exciting developments in this new, important field.
CONTRIBUTORS:
Rabbi Rachel Adler, PhD Rabbi Richard Address, DMin Ronald M. Andiman, MD Barbara Breitman, DMin Rabbi Anne Brener, LCSW Shelly Thomas Christensen, MA Rabbi William Cutter, PhD Rabbi Stephanie Dickstein, LMSW Rabbi Nancy Epstein, MPH, MAHL Elizabeth Feldman, MD Rabbi Naomi Kalish, BCC Rabbi Lynne F. Landsberg Jeff Levin, PhD, MPH Judith Margolis, MFA Adina Newberg, PhD Kenneth I. Pargament, PhD David Pelcovitz, PhD Steven Pirutinsky, MS Michele F. Prince, LCSW, MAJCS Rabbi Stephen B. Roberts, MBA, BCC David H. Rosmarin, PhD Fred Rosner, MD, MACP Rabbi Julie Schwartz Devora Greer Shabtai Rabbi Mychal B. Springer Rabbi Shira Stern, DMin, BCC Rabbi David A. Teutsch, PhD Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski, MD Rabbi Simkha Y. Weintraub, LCSW Rabbi Nancy Wiener, DMin
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
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Jeff Levin, PhD, MPH, holds a distinguished chair at Baylor University, where he is University Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health, and director of the Program on Religion and Population Health at the Institute for Studies of Religion. He also serves as adjunct professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke University School of Medicine.
Michele F. Prince, LCSW, MAJCS, is executive director of OUR HOUSE Grief Support Center in Los Angeles. She is a steering committee member and former director of the Kalsman Institute on Judaism and Health of Hebrew Union College. She is an oncology social worker affiliated with the Keck Medical Center of the University of Southern California.
Rabbi Richard Address, DMin, is senior rabbi at M'kor Shalom in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
Rachel Adler, PhD, is professor of Modern Jewish Thought and Feminist Studies
at Hebrew Union College Los Angeles. She is the author of Engendering Judaism:
An Inclusive Theology and Ethics and many articles on feminist approaches to
Jewish theology and Halacha.
