Judaism and Health: A Handbook of Practical, Professional and Scholarly Resources
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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 volume--part professional handbook, part scholarly resource and part source of practical information for laypeople--melds 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
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About the Author
Jeff Levin, Ph.D., M.P.H., an epidemiologist and former medical school professor, is the pioneering scientist whose research beginning in the 1980s helped to create the field of religion and health. He left a successful academic career in 1997 to devote his full-time efforts to writing, research, and consulting. He was the first scientist to systematically review and critique the empirical literature on the health effects of religious involvement. His research has been funded by several NIH grants, and he also has received funding from private sources, including the American Medical Association and the Institute of Noetic Sciences. Dr. Levin has served as chairman of the NIH Working Group on Quantitative Methods in Alternative Medicine, as president of the International Society for the Study of Subtle Energies and Energy Medicine, and as an editorial board member of several peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, The Gerontologist, Journal of Religious Gerontology, and Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine. He has authored over 130 scholarly publications, and over 120 conference presentations and invited lectures and addresses, mostly on the role of religion in physical and mental health and aging. He has published four other books: God, Faith, and Health: Exploring the Spirituality-Healing Connection, Religion in Aging and Health: Theoretical Foundations and Methodological Frontiers, Faith Matters: A Festschrift in Honor of Dr. David B. Larson, and Essentials of Complementary and Alternative Medicine. He is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and lives in rural Kansas.
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 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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