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

The essential reference for rabbis, cantors, and laypeople who are called to spiritually accompany those encountering joy, sorrow, and change now in paperback. 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 comprehensive resource provides you with the latest theological perspectives and tools, along with basic theory and skills for assisting the ill and those who care for them, the aging and dying, those with dementia and other mental disorders, engaged couples, and others, and for responding to issues such as domestic violence, substance abuse, and disasters.

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Perspective, inspiration and direction for living fully and well as you age.Whether you are fifty-five or seventy-five, growing older brings you into uncharted terrain. Unprecedented longevity brings remarkable opportunities but also wrenching difficulties. With any luck, you will have ample time to reinvent yourself, finish unfinished business and have adventures. But you will also inevitably face loss, change and limits. Our contemporary culture is filled with the dread of aging and so offers us few clues to living fully and well as we age. How will you find your way to grow, make meaning and flourish amid such daunting challenges?Rabbi Dayle A. Friedman, a pioneer in reinventing and revaluing aging, mines ancient Jewish wisdom for values, tools and precedents to frame your new callings and beginnings, shifting family roles, and your experiences of illness and death. She shows that Jewish tradition has for millennia approached aging with a healthy combination of reverence and realism. Its practices, narratives and norms offer inspiration and guidance to help seekers of all faiths find radiance and resilience as they grow older.

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

The essential reference for rabbis, cantors, and laypeople who are called to spiritually accompany those encountering joy, sorrow, and change now in paperback. 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 comprehensive resource provides you with the latest theological perspectives and tools, along with basic theory and skills for assisting the ill and those who care for them, the aging and dying, those with dementia and other mental disorders, engaged couples, and others, and for responding to issues such as domestic violence, substance abuse, and disasters.

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Discover the Jewish tradition s insights on growing older and eldercare in this groundbreaking resource the only one of its kind

Judaism can be tremendously] powerful for those searching for new meaning and roles, for perspective on life s profound questions, and for solace amid the inevitable loss and change of later life . It is time to forge a new paradigm for the Jewish response to aging. "from the Introduction "

From the rapidly changing retirement years to the sometimes wrenching challenges of dementia and chronic illness, spiritual questions and needs among today s elders and caregivers are central. This rich resource probes Jewish texts to offer solutions and suggestions for finding meaning, purpose and community within Jewish tradition.

With timely and timeless wisdom, this rich resource probes Jewish texts, spirituality and observance, uncovering a deep, never-before-realized approach to responding to the challenges of aging with a refreshing and inspiring vitality. The insights spanning textual analysis and spiritual and pastoral perspectives provide practical guidance in spiritual care and communal programming to dynamically engage and serve elders and their families.

Accessible and honest, Jewish and non-Jewish clergy, chaplains, elder- and healthcare professionals, volunteers and family members will find this guide an invaluable asset as they explore how to empower elders and their families through daily spiritual and communal life.