Seeking and Soaring: Jewish Approaches to Spiritual Direction [Paperback]

Goldie Milgram (Author), Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (Introduction)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 3, 2009

Seeking and Soaring provides a fascinating opportunity to individually meet and appreciate many of the leading Jewish spiritual directors, teachers and scholars of our time. Advances in the field of Hashpa'ah, Jewish spiritual direction, are carefully presented with special attention to session structure, boundaries, supervision, grieving, fear, impulse, addictions, middot and mussar - cultivation of personal ethical qualities, and serving as a doula to the dying. Teachings also present traditional and contemporary Jewish practices regarding intercession, angels, guides, and sacred stories. Unique populations addressed include Holocaust survivors, B'nai Mitzvah students, couples, and those seeking to renew their Jewish spiritual connection. User-friendly scholarly translations occur throughout, as well as guides to working with rare pieces of Jewish spiritual literature.

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Edited by Rabbi Goldie Milgram, with an Introduction by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi. Chapters by leading teachers and scholars including: Howard Avruhm Addison, Barbara Eve Breitman, Anne Brener, Mitchell Chefitz, Sandra Cohen, Wayne Dosick, Ellen Kaufman Dosick, Shulamit Fagan, Estelle Frankel, Elliot Ginsburg, Shefa Gold, Nadya Gross, Chaya Gusfield, Burt Jacobson, Raachel Jurovics, Ruth Gan Kagan, David Daniel Klipper, Goldie Milgram, Marcia Prager, Joyce Reinitz, Melinda Ribner, Carola de Vries Robles, Carol Rose, Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Rami Shapiro, Hanna Tiferet Siegel, Shohama Harris Wiener, David Zaslow and Shawn Israel Zevit.

Product Details

• Paperback: 434 pages
• Publisher: CreateSpace (September 3, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1448604761
• ISBN-13: 978-1448604760
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #858,364 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great Collection of Essays, January 1, 2010

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This review is from: Seeking and Soaring: Jewish Approaches to Spiritual Direction (Paperback)

Rabbi Milgram has collected some great essays and articles on the subject of "Jewish Approaches to Spiritual Direction." There are eight sections covering topics such as techniques, ethics, meditation, storytelling, and applying these techniques to groups and communities. Thirty people contributed to this volume including, to mention just a few, Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Rabbi Marcia Prager, Rabbi Rami Shapiro, and Rabbi David Zaslow.

The essays are generally thoughtful, helpful, and of high quality. Some are profound and worthy of repeated re-readings. The variety of articles makes this a helpful reference work. Topics include: creating sacred space, integrating story telling, a systems theory approach to counseling, working with the dying, and reducing professional isolation for spiritual leaders.

Unfortunately, the production values of the book are not as good as the essays within it. The margins are narrow, there are many typographical errors, and the layout is haphazard. These problems detract from the reading experience and that's unfortunate because this is a book worth reading.