Jewish Pastoral Care: A Practical Handbook from Traditional and Contemporary Sources [Hardcover]

Rabbi Dayle A. Friedman (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1580230784 | ISBN-13: 978-1580230780 | Publication Date: March 2001 | Edition: 1

The first comprehensive resource for pastoral care in the Jewish tradition--and a new resource for counselors and caregivers of other faith traditions.

Jewish Pastoral Care is the essential reference for rabbis, cantors, and laypeople who are called to spiritually accompany those encountering joy, sorrow, and change. This groundbreaking volume draws upon both Jewish tradition and the classical foundations of pastoral care to provide invaluable guidance.
Offering insight on pastoral care technique, theory, and theological implications, the contributors to Jewish Pastoral Care are innovators in their fields, and represent all four contemporary Jewish movements.
This resource provides you with basic theory and skills for assisting the ill and those who care for them, the aging and dying, engaged couples, and others, and for responding to issues such as domestic violence, substance abuse, and trauma. A vital reference for Jewish and non-Jewish professionals and other caregivers, Jewish Pastoral Care is the definitive handbook for counseling with an understanding of Judaism and Jewish tradition.

Contributors
Barbara Eve Breitman, M.S.W., L.S.W.
Anne Brener, M.A.J.C.S., M.A., L.C.S.W.
Rabbi Zahara Davidowitz-Farkas, M.A.T.
Rabbi Amy Eilberg, M.S.W.
Rabbi Nancy Flam, M.A.
Rabbi Dayle A. Friedman, M.A.J.C.S., M.S.W.
Rabbi Nancy Fuchs-Kreimer, Ph.D.
Paula Goldstein, L.S.W.
Gus Kaufman, Jr., Ph.D.
Rabbi Israel Kestenbaum, M.A., M.Ed., A.C.P.E.
Rabbi Myriam Klotz, M.A.
Rabbi Yaacov Kravitz, Ed.D.
Rabbi Ellen Jay Lewis, N.C.Psy.A.
Wendy Lipshutz, L.M.S.W.
Rabbi Joseph S. Ozarowski, D.Min.
Simcha Paull Raphael, Ph.D.
Rabbi Drorah O'Donnell Setel, M.T.S.
Rabbi Jeffery M. Silberman, D.Min.
Marcia Cohn Spiegel, M.A.J.C.S.
Rabbi Simkha Y. Weintraub, C.S.W.
Rabbi David J. Zucker, Ph.D.

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“A defining volume … to which one can return again and again for guidance and insight. For those who are called to the profession of Jewish pastoral care, and for those who are ever called to ‘be there’ for another human being—be it a loved one, a friend, or a stranger—this book is a precious resource.” —The Reconstructionist “Very impressive and vital volume … help[s] Jewish caregivers understand and act upon the Jewish dimension of their roles.… Offers conceptual and practical tools … belongs not only in the synagogue library, but also in the hands of the Jewish caregiver as a useful and accessible resource.” —CCAR Journal --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

About the Author

Rabbi Dayle A. Friedman, M.A.J.C.S., M.S.W., is a pioneer in the professionalization of geriatric chaplaincy, in spiritual work with the elderly, and in the Jewish healing movement. She served for twelve years as Director of Chaplaincy Services at Philadelphia Geriatric Center, where she developed the first clinical training program for rabbis in geriatric chaplaincy. She is currently the director of the Geriatric Chaplaincy Program and a spiritual director at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. She lives in Philadelphia with her husband and three children. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 422 pages
• Publisher: Jewish Lights Pub; 1 edition (March 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580230784
• ISBN-13: 978-1580230780
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,892,667 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Rabbi Dayle A. Friedman is a chaplain, scholar, and social innovator. She has pioneered a Jewish spiritual response to the challenges and blessings of later life. She founded and directs Hiddur: The Center for Aging and Judaism of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. She offers spiritual guidance, training and consultation through Growing Older, a private practice in Philadelphia.

Rabbi Friedman began her career as founding director of chaplaincy services at Philadelphia Geriatric Center, where she created novel models for Jewish life and spiritual care in a community of 1100 elders. She has mentored rabbis and chaplains, and trained professionals on spiritual dimensions of later life in the U.S., Canada and Israel.

Rabbi Friedman was ordained by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, where she also earned MA degrees in Jewish Communal Service and Hebrew Literature. She holds an MSW from the University of Southern California and a BA from Brandeis University. She was included in the 2008 Forward 50, a listing of influential American Jewish leaders, and the 2010 Sisterhood 50, a compendium of influential women rabbis.

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jewish Pastoral Care-A Practical Handbook, January 23, 2003

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Sherry Baskin (Gladwyne, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jewish Pastoral Care: A Practical Handbook from Traditional and Contemporary Sources (Hardcover)

This book is a treasure for anyone who would like to enhance their knowledge of Jewish healing resources with respect to all of the situations that life presents.

Rabbi Friedman has enlisted compassionate, experienced pastoral caregivers who are experts in their particular areas of counseling and who effectively convey the intimate details of what they provide, teach, learn and encounter in dealing with people in need and transition. The contributors share their own wisdom, insecurities, sorrows, and joys as they accompany those whom they counsel. The reader comes to know alot about each of the writers-getting an inside look at how it actually feels to be confronted by unexpected awkward situations(i.e., an engaged couple who shows up for all of their premarital counseling sessions with the mother of the groom in tow!).

Rabbi Friedman's own compassion and dedication to healing shine throughout the book, giving much of the material the feeling of a prayer, a blessing. Regardless of the pain inherent in so many of the situations addressed, (terminal illness, aging, domestic violence, abuse, addiction, family rejection of same sex partners), the humanity of the pastoral counselor and richness of the Jewish tradition provide hope and comfort.

You don't have to be Jewish or a pastoral counselor to benefit from the book's wisdom. It is essentially a primer on confronting suffering, identifying and using Judaism's resources and tools, and being comforted and strengthened.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jewish Pastoral Care, June 6, 2010

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Marilyn R. Stern (Oriental NC, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jewish Pastoral Care: A Practical Handbook from Traditional and Contemporary Sources (Paperback)

Our congregation has no rabbi but decided to establish a "Pastoral Care Committee" some years ago. We recruited volunteers and used the first edition of this handbook. More recently we assisted another congregation in starting a similar program and recruited more volunteers for our own program. In gearing up to do so, we learned that a second edition of Rabbi Friedman's hanbook was available in paperback and ordered additional copies. Leaders of both congregations feel that this handbook is the #1 choice for such efforts. Marilyn Stern R.N. (retired), Ph. D.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jewish Caring, September 17, 2007

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Barry E. Strulson "Book/Music-Lover" (Greensboro, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jewish Pastoral Care: A Practical Handbook from Traditional & Contemporary Sources (Hardcover)

Rabbi Friedman has given us a very good look into the Pastoral Care that Jews so often overlook. This handbook, though academic, provides a guide to resources and techniques that can make recipients of pastoral care feel at ease and accept the help offered. I have been using this in conjunction with a class in general Pastoral Care at a local hospital, and have found it to be very informative and helpful.