For those who mourn a death, for those who would help them and for those who face a loss of any kind, Mourning & Mitzvah teaches the power and strength of the fully experienced mourning process, offering comfort and guidance along the mourner’s path.
"Enthusiastically recommended as a valuable discussion of a universal experience."
--Publishers Weekly
"A splendid resource for readers of any philosophical persuasion."
--The Millennium Whole Earth Catalog
"This book is marvelous. It is a work that I wish I had written. It is the best book on this subject that I have ever seen."
--Rabbi Levi Meier, PhD, chaplain, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; author, Ancient Secrets: Using the Stories of the Bible to Improve Our Everyday Lives
"Insightful and understanding.... A realistic guide which will help secure healing for those who have suffered loss."
--Rabbi Lee Bycel, dean, School of Rabbinics, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
"I feared it would be too much centered on the Jewish tradition to be meaningful for my situation, but not so at all. It spoke to me throughout. Your methods of healing are so basic and human that I believe they would be accessible to many groups, with or without their own religious traditions."
--Libby Ingalls, a non-Jewish mourner
"My dad is gone and I will continue to deal with that for years to come, yet I feel peaceful and comforted by my encounter with Mourning & Mitzvah, and I am deeply grateful to Anne Brener for having written it."
--Linda Zweig, Jewish mourner
"Wise and compassionate.... [Makes Jewish] wisdom explicit in a practical and insightful way."
--Association of Jewish Libraries Newsletter
"An important book with the power to bring Jews closer to Judaism and closer to the Source of life and death."
--Rabbi Sue Elwell, director, Los Angeles Jewish Feminist Center
An excellent resource for those who need help during their time of mourning [to] find healing and understanding."
--New York Board of Rabbis Bulletin
"As a rabbi who must deal on a daily basis with aspects of mourning, there are few books that I can turn to for guidance, let alone suggest to be read by those I am comforting.... I am unaware of a book that is as helpful or as complete.... Bridges the gap between Judaism and psychology.... Underscores the wisdom of the Jewish tradition and its understanding of the process of healing."
--Rabbi Arthur Gross Schaefer, Congregation B'nai B'rith, Santa Barbara, Calif.
"A thoughtful and sensitive guide for doing the grief-work needed to emerge from the blackness of a profound loss."
--Tikkun