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Books on Judaism and Health
A selection of books on Judaism, health, healing and illness, as well as bioethics, spirituality and
disease-specific writings, plus a few secular selections of import
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Abraham, Abraham S. (trans.). Nishmat Avraham, Vol. 1 and II (Orach Chaim and Yoreh
Deah). Mesorah Publications, Ltd., 2003.
Address, Richard F. and Person, Hara (eds.). That You May Live Long. Caring for Our Aging
Parents, Caring for Ourselves: Jewish Perspectives and Caregiving. UAHC Press, 2003.
Address, Richard F. (ed.). A Time to Prepare. Revised Edition. UAHC Press, 2002.
Address, Richard F. (ed.). Caring for the Soul: A Mental Health Resource and Study Guide.
UAHC Press, 2003.
Aiken, Lisa. Why Me God? A Jewish Guide for Coping With Suffering. Jason Aronson Inc.,
Northvale, NJ, 1997.
Bechoraf Hayamim. In the Winter of Life: A Values Based Jewish Guide for Decision Making
at the End of Life. Reconstructionist Rabbinical Press, 2002.
Berger, Natalie (ed.). Jews and Medicine: Religion, Culture, Science. The Jewish Publication
Society, 1997.
Berrin, Susan. A Heart of Wisdom: Making The Jewish Journey From Midlife Through The
Elder Years. Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, VT. 1997.
Bleich, J. David. Judaism and Healing. KTVA, 1981.
Bloom, Jack (ed.). Jewish Relational Care A-Z: We Are Our Other’s Keeper. The Haworth
Press, 2006.
Blumenthal, David R. Understanding Jewish Mysticism. KTAV Publishing House, Inc., New
York, 1978.
Brener, Anne. Mourning and Mitzvah. Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, VT 1993.
Brenner, Rabbi Daniel et al. Embracing Life & Facing Death: A Jewish Guide to Palliative
Care. CLAL, New York, NY, 2002.
Breslov Research Institute. The Empty Chair: Finding Hope and Joy. Jewish Lights
Publishing, Woodstock:,VT 1994.
Breslov Research Institute. The Gentle Weapon : Prayers for Everyday and Not-So-Everyday
Moments. Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, VT, 2001.
Broner, E.M. Mornings and Mourning – A Kaddish Journal. Harper San Francisco, 1994.
Brin, Ruth. Harvest: Collected Poems and Prayers. The Reconstructionist Press, 1986.
Bulka, Reuven P. Judaism on Illness and Suffering. Jason Aaronson Inc., 1998.
Buxbaum, Yitzhak. Jewish Spiritual Practices. Jason Aronson, Northvale, NJ, 1990.
Cardin, Rabbi Nina Beth. Tears of Sorrow, Seeds of Hope: A Jewish Spiritual Companion for
Infertility and Pregnancy Loss. Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, VT, 1999.
Cohen, Rabbi Jeffrey. Our Congregation as a Caring Community: A Rabbi Looks at Mental
Illness. Missouri Dept. of Mental Health, Jefferson City, MO.
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Cohen, Norman J. Self, Struggle and Change. Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock:, VT,
1995.
Cooper, David A. Silence, Simplicity and Solitude: A Guide for Spiritual Retreat. Bell
Tower. New York, NY. 1992.
Cytron, Rabbi Barry & Schwartz, Earl. When Life is in the Balance. United Synagogue of
Conservative Judaism, New York, 1994.
Cutter, William (ed.). The Jewish Mourner’s Handbook. Behrman House, NJ 1992.
Cutter, William (ed.). Healing and the Jewish Imagination. Jewish Lights Publishing,
Woodstock, Vermont, 2007.
Daimont, Anita. Saying Kaddish: How to Comfort the Dying, Bury the Dead and Mourn as a
Jew. Schocken Books, 1998.
Davis, Avram. The Way of Flame: A Guide to the Forgotten Mystical Tradition of Jewish
Meditation. Harper Publishing. San Francisco, 1996.
Dorff, Elliott N. and Newman, Louis E. (eds.) Contemporary Jewish Ethics and Morality: A
Reader. Oxford University Press, 1995.
Dorff, Elliot N. Matters of Life and Dealth. 1998
Dosick, Rabbi Wayne. When Life Hurts. Harper, San Francisco, 1998.
Fein, Leonard. Against the Dying of the Light: A Father’s Journey Through Loss. Jewish
Lights Publishing, 2001.
Frankel, Estelle. Sacred Therapy: Jewish Spiritual Teachings on Emotional Healing and Inner
Wholeness. Boston: Shambala, 2003.
Frankl, Victor E. Man’s Search For Meaning. Beacon Press, Boston, MA, 1992.
Freeman, David, M.D. and Abrams, Rabbi Judith. Illness and Health in the Jewish Tradition:
Writings From the Bible to Today. The Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, PA,
1999.
Friedman, Rabbi Dayle (ed.). Jewish Pastoral Care: A Practical Handbook from Traditional
and Contemporary Sources. Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, VT. 2001.
Gillman, Neil. The Death of Death: Resurrection and Immortality in Jewish Thought.
Woodstock, Vermont: Jewish Lights Publishing, 1997.
Glazer, Miriyam. Dancing on the Edge of the World: Jewish Stories of Faith, Inspiration, and
Love. Lowell House, Los Angeles, Ca., 2000.
Glazerson, Matit Yahn. Torah, Light, and Healing: Mystical Insights Into Healing. Jason
Aronson, Northvale, NJ, 1993.
Gold, Michael. And Hannah Wept: Infertility, Adoption, and the Jewish Couple. Philadelphia:
The Jewish Publication Society, 1988.
Gold, Michael. The Ten Journeys of Life: Walking the Path of Abraham, a Guide to Being
Human. Simcha Press. Deerfield Beach, FL. 2001.
Goldstein, Rabbi Harris. Being a Blessing: 54 Ways You Can Help People Living With
AIDS. Alef Design Group, Los Angeles, 1994.
Goldstein, Sidney. Suicide in Rabbinic Literature. Hoboken, New Jersey: Ktav Publishing
House, Inc., 1989.
Goodman, Rabbi Arnold. A Plain Pine Box. KTVA Publishing House, Inc., 1981.
Goshen-Gottstein, Esther. Surviving Widowhood. Jerusalem: Gefen Publishing House, 2002.
Greenbaum, Avraham. The Wings of the Sun: Traditional Jewish Healing in Theory and
Practice. Breslov Research Institute, Jerusalem, 1995.
Grollman, Rabbi Earl A. Living with Loss, Healing with Hope: A Jewish Perspective.
Beacon Press. Boston, MA. 2000.
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Hain, Marcia Glaubman. Twice Chai: A Jewish Road to Recovery. Coordinating Council on
Bikur Cholim of Greater New York. 1991.
Hammerschlag, Carl and Silverman, Howard. Healing Ceremonies, 1997
Heschel, Abraham Joshua. Maimonides: A Biography. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1982.
Ibn Ezra, Abraham. Sefer Hanisyonot: The Book of Medical Experiences Attributed to
Abraham Ibn Ezra. J.O. Leibowitz and S. Marcus (trans.). The Magnes Press at the
Hebrew University, 1984.
Isaacs, Rabbi Ron & Olitzky, Rabbi Kerry. A Jewish Mourner’s Handbook. KTAV
Publishing House, Hoboken, NJ, 1991.
Jakobovits, Immanuel. Jewish Medical Ethics. New York: Bloch Publishing Company, 1975.
Karnes, Barbara. Gone From My Sight: The Dying Experience. Tenth Printing. Stilwell, KA.
1986. (Pamphlet)
Kushner, Harold. The Lord is My Shepherd: Healing Wisdom of the Twenty-Third Psalm.
Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY 2003.
Kushner,Harold S. When Bad Things Happen To Good People. Schocken Books, New York,
NY, 1981.
Kushner, Lawrence. The River of Light: Spirituality, Judaism, Consciousness. Jewish Lights
Publishing, Woodstock, VT, 1990.
Lamm, Maurice. Consolation: The Spiritual Journey Beyond Grief. Jewish Publication
Society, Philadelphia, PA, 2004.
Lamm, Maurice. The Jewish Way in Death & Mourning.: Jonathan David Publishers, Inc.,
New York, NY, 1969.
Lamm, Maurice. The Power of Hope: The One Essential of Life and Love. Rawson
Associates, New York, 1995.
Lerner, Michael. Jewish Renewal: A Path to Healing and Transformation. Harper Perennial,
New York,NY, 1995.
Lev, Rachel. Shine the Light: Sexual Abuse and Healing in the Jewish Community. Boston,
Massachusetts: Northeastern University Press, 2003.
Levin, Jeff. God, Faith, and Health: Exploring the Spirituality-Healing Connection. NY: John
Wiley and Sons, 2001.
Levine, Robert N. Where Are You When I Need You: Befriending God When Life Hurts.
Harper, San Francisco, CA. 1996.
Levine, Stephen. Who Dies?: An Investigation of Conscious Living and Conscious Dying.
Anchor Books, 1982.
Levy, Naomi. Talking to God: Personal Prayers for Times of Joy, Sadness, Struggle and
Celebration. Alfred A. Knopf. 2002.
Levy, Naomi. To Begin Again. Ballantine Books, New York, NY, 1998.
Mackler, A. L. (ed.). Life and Death Responsibilities in Jewish Boimedical Ethics. Louis
Finkelstein Institute, Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 2000.
Matlins,Stuart M. (ed.). The Jewish Lights Spirituality Handbook. Jewish Lights Publishing,
Woodstock, VT, 2001.
Maimonides, Moses. Maimonides’ Medical Writings. Trans and annotated by Fred Rosner.
Maimonides Research Institute, 1988-1995.
Nuland, Sherwin B. How We Die: Reflections On Life’s Final Chapter. Vintage Books, 1995.
Ochs, Carol & Olitzky, Kerry. Jewish Spiritual Guidance: Finding Our Way To God. JosseyBass Inc., San Francisco, CA, 1997.
Olitzky, Kerry M. Grief in Our Seasons: A Mourners Kaddish Companion. Jewish Lights
Publishing, Woodstock, VT, 1988.
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Olitzky, Rabbi Kerry. Jewish Paths Toward Healing and Wholeness: A Personal Guide to
Dealing with Suffering. Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, VT., 2000.
Olitzky, Rabbi Kerry M. Renewed Each Day: Daily Twelve-Step Recovery Mediations Based
on the Bible (Vols. I & II). Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, VT, 1992.
Olitzky, Rabbi Kerry M. & Copans, Stuart A., M.D. Twelve Jewish Steps To Recovery.
Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, VT, 1991.
Ozarowski, Rabbi Joseph. To Walk In God’s Ways: Jewish Pastoral Perspectives On Illness
and Bereavement. Jason Aronson, Inc., Northvale, NJ, 1995.
Person, Hara E. (ed.). The Mitzvah of Healing: An Anthology of Essays, Jewish Texts,
Personal Stories, Meditations, and Rituals. Women of Reform Judaism/UAHC Press, 2003
Preuss, Julius. Biblical and Talmudic Medicine. Fred Rosner (trans.). Sanhedrin Press, 1978.
Raphael, Simcha Paul. Jewish Views of the Afterlife. Jason Aronson, Northvale, NJ 1994.
Rapoport, Nessa. A Woman’s Book of Grieving. William Morrow and Company inc., 1994.
Riemer, Jack. Jewish Insights on Death and Mourning. Schocken Books, New York, NY,
1995.
Riemer, Jack. (ed.). Jewish Reflections on Death. Schocken Books, New York, 1976. BC
Riemer, Jack. Wrestling with the Angel: Jewish Insights on Death and Mourning. Schocken
Books, New York, 1995.
Riemer, Jack & Stampfer, Nathaniel, (ed.). So That Your Values Live On – Ethical Wills and
How to Prepare Them. Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, VT, 1991.
Rosner, Fred. Modern Medicine and Jewish Ethics. Hoboken, New Jersey: Ktav Publishing
House, Inc. and New York: Yeshiva University Press, 1986.
Schulweis, Harold. Bringing Your Sadness to God. Life Lights, Jewish Lights Publishing,
Woodstock, VT, 2000.
Shifrin, Jennifer. Pathways to Partnership: An Awareness & Resource Guide on Mental
Illness for the Jewish Community. Pathways to Promise, St. Louis, MO.
Spitz, Rabbi Elie Kaplan. Does the Soul Survive?: A Jewish Journey to Belief in Afterlife,
Past Lives and Living with Purpose. Jewish Lights Publishing, 2001.
Twerski, Rabbi Abraham J., M.D. Living Each Week. Mesorah Publications, New York,
1992.
Weintraub, Rabbi Simkha. Finding Spiritual Strength in Pain or Illness. Life Lights, Jewish
Lights Publishing, Woodstock, VT, 2000.
Weintraub, Rabbi Simkha. Guide Me Along the Way: A Jewish Spiritual Companion for
Surgery. National Center For Jewish Healing, New York, 2001.
Weintraub, Rabbi Simkha. Healing of Soul, Healing of Body. Jewish Lights Publishing,
Woodstock, VT, 1994.
Wolfson, Ron. A Time to Mourn, A Time to Comfort. Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock
VT, 1996.
Wolpe, Rabbi David. Healer of Shattered Hearts: A Jewish View of God. Henry Holt, New
York, 1990.
Wolpe, Rabbi David. Making Loss Matter: Creating Meaning in Difficult Times. Riverhead
Books, 1999.
Zohar, Noam (ed.). Quality of Life in Jewish Bioethics. Lexington Books: Lanham, MD, 2006.
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