Description
Book SynopsisA collection of caregiving tools combining the values of Jewish tradition and self-relationsuseful for practitioners of ANY faith!
Self-relations, a powerful framework for doing respectful and humane caregiving for oneself and for others is here brought into relationship with Jewish thought.
Jewish Relational Care A-Z: We Are Our Otherâs Keeper is an extensive resource for caregiving tools and approaches. Using Jewish tradition and Self-Relations as take-off points, experts from many fields provide insightful perspectives and effective strategies for caregiving.
In the language of self-relations each of us is not referred to as a Self. Instead, each of us is more accurately described as a relationship between selvesrelationship is the basic psychological and religious unit! Jewish Relational Care A-Z: We Are Our Otherâs Keeper sensitively centers on relationships and the healing process, using the understanding that to spark healing in others, a loving, respectful relationship must first be present between every aspect of our selves. Thirty-six categories of caregiving are comprehensively presented, allowing its use as a helpful resource for any clergy considering any of the included topics. Each authorâs personal reflections, and personal experiences using care tools clearly illustrate how love-respect relationships within oneself can transcend into effective care for others.
Jewish Relational Care A-Z: We Are Our Otherâs Keeper provides helpful tools and explores:
- the use of language as a relational care tool
- time management for optimum performance for oneself and for others
- compassion fatigue, the need for self-care, and nurturing your own spiritual and psychological development
- purposeful visiting as a sacred task
- silence as an important part of spiritual care
- the profound difference made in lives through relational listening
- music as sacred powera communion between humans and the Divine
- chanting as an intimate expression of the soul
- creative ritual in relational healing
- spontaneous prayer, and its place in relational care
- relational care with other faiths inside and outside of the community
- care for those going through divorce
- care when a pregnancy is unwelcome
- relational care for sexual orientation and gender identity issues
- successful caring for those who donât care about you
- dealing with traumatic loss
- care for those who have sinned sexually
- fragile relationships
- care with the healthy aging
- relational care and retired clergy
- care for those traumatized by sexual abuse
- care for the cognitively impaired, mentally ill, and developmentally disabled
- care for the final moments of life
- care for the sick and dying
- care within the grieving process
Jewish Relational Care A-Z: We Are Our Otherâs Keeper is practical, insightful reading for clergy and caregivers of all denominations, educators, students, and lay people who care about clergy and their work.
Table of Contents
- About the Editor
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- A Guide for the Reader (Jack H Bloom)
- THE ABCS OF JEWISH RELATIONAL CARE
- 1. Premises of Jewish Relational Care (Jack H Bloom)
- 2. Language As a Relational Tool: Using Your Mouth with Your Head? (Jack H Bloom)
- CARING FOR THE CAREGIVER’S RELATIONAL SELF
- 3. Taking Care of Ourselves: It’s About Time! (David J. Zucker)
- 4. Managing Compassion Fatigue (David J. Stern)
- 5. Maintaining Balance: The Kabbalah As a Resource (Susan Gulack)
- HEALING MUSES FOR JEWISH RELATIONAL CARE
- 6. The Muse of Visiting (David J. Zucker and Bonita E Taylor)
- 7. The Muse of Silence (Jeffery M. Silberman)
- 8. The Muse of Relational Listening (Samuel Chiel)
- 9. The Muse of Music and Song (Shira Stern)
- 10. The Muse of Chanting (Bonita E Taylor)
- 11. The Muse of Creative Ritual for Relational Healing (Marcia Cohn Spiegel)
- 12. The Muse of Spontaneous Prayer for All the [TzelemÛN’shamah] Relationships (Charles P. Rabinowitz)
- HOW SPACIOUS IS OUR TENT?
- 13. Caring for the Non-Jews Within Our Community (Gordon M. Freeman and Stuart Kelman)
- 14. Caring for Non-Jews Outside Our Community (Judith B. Edelstein)
- 15. What We Gentiles Need in Jewish Relational Care: A Minister’s Perspective (Richard L. Rush)
- WHEN LIFE CHALLENGES OUR HUMAN BEING
- 16. Caring for and Supporting Those Going Through Divorce (Judith Levitan)
- 17. When a Pregnancy Is Unwelcome (Bonnie Margulis and Douglas Maben)
- 18. Caring for Those Whose Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Vary (Nancy H. Wiener)
- JEWISH RELATIONAL CARE WHEN THE RELATIONSHIP IS FRAGILE
- 19. Relating to and Caring for Those Who Don’t Care About You (Stephen Bayar)
- 20. Blessing Those We Have Trouble Blessing (Jack H Bloom)
- 21. A Story of Brokenness and Healing: The Relationship of Rabbi and Congregant (Rena Halpern Kieval and Dan Ornstein)
- 22. T’Shuvah in Sexual Violations with Direct Implications for Other Situations: Relational Care for Those Who Have Sinned and Wish to Return (Jack H Bloom)
- 23. Jewish Relational Thinking and a Difficult Text: Amalek and Us (Jack H. Bloom)
- JEWISH RELATIONAL CARE IN THE GOLDEN YEARS
- 24. Jewish Relational Care with the Healthy Aging (Richard F. Address)
- 25. Jewish Relational Care and Retired Clergy (Jack H Bloom)
- JEWISH RELATIONAL CARE WITH THE TRAUMATIZED
- 26. There and Back AgainJourney into the Death Zone: Jewish Relational Care and Disabilities (Judith Z. Abrams)
- 27. When the Rabbi Needs Care (Andrew R. Sklarz)
- 28. Caring for Those Violated by Child Sexual Abuse and Incest (Rachel Lev)
- JEWISH RELATIONAL CARE WITH THE IMPAIRED
- 29. Relating Gently and Wisely with the Cognitively Impaired (Cary Kozberg)
- 30. Caring for the Mentally Ill (Judith Brazen)
- 31. Caring for the Institutionalized Developmentally Disabled (Bernie Robinson)
- JEWISH RELATIONAL CARE AT LIFE’S END
- 32. Relating to the Sick and Dying (Steven Moss)
- 33. The Vidui: Jewish Relational Care for the Final Moments of Life (Alison Jordan and Stuart Kelman)
- 34. Jewish Relational Care with the Grieving (Mel Glazer)
- Healing Notes. Frames for Blessing All Selves As [Breath-TakingÛModels of Divinity] (Jack H Bloom)
- Index
- Reference Notes Included
