The Jewish Book of Grief and Healing: A Spiritual Companion for Mourning by Stua

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This companion in sorrow offers compassionate guidance for putting the insights of Judaism into practice and finding new strength in ancient traditions. Beloved and respected spiritual leaders from across the Jewish denominational spectrum share insights from their experience, Jewish tradition and their personal encounters with grief and healing.

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Wisdom, solace and inspiration from Jewish tradition to bring you hope and healing after loss."Mourning can open doors you may not have imagined before your life was shaken by loss. This book provides keys to those doors and a way into the rooms beyond them. Whether you stand at grief's threshold or give counsel to someone who does, this book can offer guidance.... With words of wisdom, ranging from comforting to provocative, each author stands at the entrance to one of mourning's doors, extending a hand to offer the key you will need, inviting you into one of these deep conversations."—from the Preface by Rabbi Anne Brener, LCSWBeloved and respected spiritual leaders from across the Jewish denominational spectrum share insights from their experience, Jewish tradition and their personal encounters with grief and healing. This wide range of perspectives, offered with grace and compassion, will be a treasured resource in your time of grief. Whether mourning a recent loss or experiencing pain from old scars, you will be encouraged and challenged to be fully, vulnerably present to your emotions; forgive your own shortcomings and those of others; and remain open to love despite pain and uncertainty.Contributors:Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson, DHL • Rabbi Anne Brener, LCSW • Dr. Norman J. Cohen • Rabbi Mike Comins • Rabbi David A. Cooper • Rabbi Rachel Cowan • Rabbi Edward Feinstein • Rabbi Nancy Flam • Rabbi Lori Forman-Jacobi • Rabbi Dayle A. Friedman, MSW, MA, BCC • Debbie Friedman • Rabbi Nancy Fuchs-Kreimer, PhD • Nan Fink Gefen, PhD • Rabbi Neil Gillman, PhD • Rabbi Edwin Goldberg, DHL • Rabbi Arthur Green, PhD • Dr. David Hartman • Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, PhD • Rabbi Margaret Holub • Rabbi Karyn D. Kedar • Rabbi Lawrence Kushner • Rabbi Maurice Lamm • Rabbi Naomi Levy • Rabbi David Lyon • Rabbi Joseph B. Meszler • Rabbi James L. Mirel • Rabbi Kerry M. Olitzky • Rabbi Daniel F. Polish, PhD • Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso • Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis • Rabbi Dannel I. Schwartz • Rabbi Elie Kaplan Spitz • Rabbi Rami Shapiro • Rachel Josefowitz Siegel • Rabbi Shira Stern, DMin, BCC • Rabbi Nancy Wechsler-Azen • Karen Bonnell Werth • Rabbi Nancy H. Wiener, DMin • Dr. Ron Wolfson • Rabbi Sheldon ZimmermanFor use by individuals as well as in groups or counseling settings.

Author Biography

Stuart M. Matlins is founder, editor-in-chief and publisher of Jewish Lights Publishing and SkyLight Paths Publishing. Both imprints focus on religion and spirituality from a broad non-denominational perspective. He is author or editor of several books, including the best-selling How to Be a Perfect Stranger: The Essential Religious Etiquette Handbook (SkyLight Paths); The Jewish Lights Spirituality Handbook: A Guide to Understanding, Exploring & Living a Spiritual Life (Jewish Lights); The Perfect Stranger's Guide to Wedding Ceremonies: A Guide to Etiquette in Other People's Religious Ceremonies; and The Perfect Stranger's Guide to Funerals and Grieving Practices: A Guide to Etiquette in Other People's Religious Ceremonies (both SkyLight Paths).Stuart was the 2014 recipient of the Abraham Geiger Medal, an award recognizing outstanding service to religious pluralism, and the 2006 recipient of the American Jewish Distinguished Service Award, an annual presentation of Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion. He was a member of the First Catholic/Jewish Lay Conference at the Vatican in October 2007, an event under the auspices of the Interreligious Information Center.Among his many speaking appearances, Stuart has been the scholar-in-residence or guest lecturer at the National Funeral Director's Association convention, Temple Isaiah (Palm Springs, CA), The Jewish Center of the Hamptons (East Hampton, NY), Temple Sholom (Plainfield, NJ), Israel Congregation (Manchester, NH) and at the annual gatherings of the Jewish Community Centers Association and the Jewish Outreach Institute. He also has been a featured speaker or panel member at many Book Expo America conventions, and at the biennial Festival of Faith and Writing at Calvin College, as well as at churches and other conferences.Before publishing took over his life, he was a management consultant for over thirty years as a managing partner with Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. and then heading his own consulting firm.He is the cofounder of an innovative synagogue in Woodstock, Vermont, with his wife, Antoinette Matlins, and served as lay spiritual leader for nineteen of its twenty-one years. He has served for over twenty years on the Board of Governors of Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion, and was chair of the Board of Overseers of its New York School. He is widely recognized as a leader in the spiritual transformation of Judaism in our time.Stuart is listed in Who's Who in America.Dr. Ron Wolfson, visionary educator and inspirational speaker, is Fingerhut Professor of Education at American Jewish University in Los Angeles and a cofounder of Synagogue 3000. He is author of Relational Judaism: Using the Power of Relationships to Transform the Jewish Community; The Seven Questions You're Asked in Heaven: Reviewing and Renewing Your Life on Earth; Be Like God: God's To-Do List for Kids; God's To-Do List: 103 Ways to Be an Angel and Do God's Work on Earth; Hanukkah, Passover and Shabbat, all Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs Art of Jewish Living family guides to spiritual celebrations; The Spirituality of Welcoming: How to Transform Your Congregation into a Sacred Community; A Time to Mourn, a Time to Comfort: A Guide to Jewish Bereavement and Comfort and, with Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, What You Will See Inside a Synagogue (all Jewish Lights), a book for children ages 6 and up. He contributed to May God Remember: Memory and Memorializing in Judaism—Yizkor, Who by Fire, Who by Water—Un'taneh Tokef, All These Vows—Kol Nidre and We Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism—Ashamnu and Al Chet (all Jewish Lights).Rabbi Anne Brener, MAJCS, MA, LCSW, is a Los Angeles-based psychotherapist and spiritual director who has assisted institutions worldwide in creating caring communities. A prolific writer, she is the author of the acclaimed Mourning & Mitzvah: A Guided Journal for Walking the Mourner's Path Through Grief to Healing (Jewish Lights). She is a faculty member at the Academy for Jewish Religion, California, and the Morei Derekh program of the Yedidya Center for Jewish Spiritual Direction.

Table of Contents

Preface by Rabbi Anne Brener, LCSWForeword by Dr. Ron WolfsonJewish MourningBroken OpenCrying OutReleasing YourselfCourage in the DarknessRestoring Your SoulAcknowledgmentsNotes

Review

The death of a loved one ranks high on the scale of life's traumatic events. Yet those left behind oftenfeel—or are made to feel—that it is best to move on as quickly as possible. The Jewish faith has distincttraditions about how to mourn, though today those traditions are often ignored. This book reaches out to aJewish audience to explain the value of the mourning tradition, but it also goes much further. More than 25rabbis write on topics that range from praying in hard times to letting go of self-accusation, questioningfaith, dealing with lingering grief, and restoring your life. One powerful essay addresses the problem offeeling abandoned by God, making the surprising but strong case that, until God reappears, the memory ofHis warmth can carry us through. While the focus is Judeocentric, there is much here that is universal andwill touch readers of any faith and help guide them through this most difficult time. -- Ilene Cooper * BookList Online *

Long Description

Wisdom, solace and inspiration from Jewish tradition to bring you hope and healing after loss. "Mourning can open doors you may not have imagined before your life was shaken by loss. This book provides keys to those doors and a way into the rooms beyond them. Whether you stand at grief's threshold or give counsel to someone who does, this book can offer guidance.... With words of wisdom, ranging from comforting to provocative, each author stands at the entrance to one of mourning's doors, extending a hand to offer the key you will need, inviting you into one of these deep conversations." --from the Preface by Rabbi Anne Brener, LCSW Beloved and respected spiritual leaders from across the Jewish denominational spectrum share insights from their experience, Jewish tradition and their personal encounters with grief and healing. This wide range of perspectives, offered with grace and compassion, will be a treasured resource in your time of grief. Whether mourning a recent loss or experiencing pain from old scars, you will be encouraged and challenged to be fully, vulnerably present to your emotions; forgive your own shortcomings and those of others; and remain open to love despite pain and uncertainty. Contributors: Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson, DHL * Rabbi Anne Brener, LCSW * Dr. Norman J. Cohen * Rabbi Mike Comins * Rabbi David A. Cooper * Rabbi Rachel Cowan * Rabbi Edward Feinstein * Rabbi Nancy Flam * Rabbi Lori Forman-Jacobi * Rabbi Dayle A. Friedman, MSW, MA, BCC * Debbie Friedman * Rabbi Nancy Fuchs-Kreimer, PhD * Nan Fink Gefen, PhD * Rabbi Neil Gillman, PhD * Rabbi Edwin Goldberg, DHL * Rabbi Arthur Green, PhD * Dr. David Hartman * Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, PhD * Rabbi Margaret Holub * Rabbi Karyn D. Kedar * Rabbi Lawrence Kushner * Rabbi Maurice Lamm * Rabbi Naomi Levy * Rabbi David Lyon * Rabbi Joseph B. Meszler * Rabbi James L. Mirel * Rabbi Kerry M. Olitzky * Rabbi Daniel F. Polish, PhD * Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso * Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis * Rabbi Dannel I. Schwartz * Rabbi Elie Kaplan Spitz * Rabbi Rami Shapiro * Rachel Josefowitz Siegel * Rabbi Shira Stern, DMin, BCC * Rabbi Nancy Wechsler-Azen * Karen Bonnell Werth * Rabbi Nancy H. Wiener, DMin * Dr. Ron Wolfson * Rabbi Sheldon Zimmerman For use by individuals as well as in groups or counseling settings.

Review Quote

The death of a loved one ranks high on the scale of life's traumatic events. Yet those left behind often feel--or are made to feel--that it is best to move on as quickly as possible. The Jewish faith has distincttraditions about how to mourn, though today those traditions are often ignored. This book reaches out to aJewish audience to explain the value of the mourning tradition, but it also goes much further. More than 25rabbis write on topics that range from praying in hard times to letting go of self-accusation, questioningfaith, dealing with lingering grief, and restoring your life. One powerful essay addresses the problem offeeling abandoned by God, making the surprising but strong case that, until God reappears, the memory ofHis warmth can carry us through. While the focus is Judeocentric, there is much here that is universal andwill touch readers of any faith and help guide them through this most difficult time.

Details ISBN1683363841 Pages 176 Publisher Jewish Lights Publishing Year 2016 ISBN-10 1683363841 ISBN-13 9781683363842 Format Hardcover Imprint Jewish Lights Publishing Subtitle A Spiritual Companion for Mourning DEWEY 296.445 Illustrations Illustrations, black and white Edited by Stuart M. Matlins Short Title The Jewish Book of Grief and Healing Language English Publication Date 2016-05-12 UK Release Date 2016-05-12 Author Rabbi Anne Brener Place of Publication Woodstock Country of Publication United States Alternative 9781580238618 Audience General US Release Date 2016-05-12 We've got this

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