Sholom Stern

When Words Fail

A Religious Response to Undeserved Hurt

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• Verlag: Jason Aronson, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 597g
• ISBN-13: 9780765760937
• ISBN-10: 0765760932
• Artikelnr.: 22444543

Autorenporträt

Rabbi Sholom Stern, spiritual leader of Temple Beth El in Cedarhurst, NY, was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary in June 1966. A graduate of Yeshiva University, he is a trained pastoral counselor, having received a doctorate in pastoral counseling from the Hebrew Theological College in Skokie, Ill., in 1985. Currently he serves as honorary president of the Rabbi Isaac Trainin Coordinating Council of Bikur Cholim of Greater New York after having served as president for four years. The council promotes compassionate care for the sick, frail, and homebound, and serves as a national clearing house and resource center for the American Jewish Community in the area of bikur cholim (visiting the sick). Rabbi Stern is married to the former Batya Rabinowitz and they have two children, Eliyahu Etan and Danya Ronit.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. The Pastor in Judaism Speaking Authoritatively, but with a
Compassionate Voice Chief Actor in the Healing Drama 2. Give Me Friendship
or Death Health and Human Companionship Guilt and Mourning Case Study of a
Self-Indulgent Life Excommunication and Mourning Alone with God Sitting
Shivah without Any Visitors Beyond the Destroyed Temple Life and Dialogue
3. Enter the Comforter The Non-Professional in the Healing Process The
Therapist as a Friend Silence, A Prelude to Venting Anger Does job Express
a Death Wish? Shattering of Eternal Verities Bittush--A Hasidic Approach to
Recovery Never Letting Go of Guilt Feelings The Victim Interceding for
Friends 4. Listening Greatest Comfort, "Be Quiet, Let Me Speak" Jacob's and
Elkanah's Failures Everyman's Question--Is God Listening? The Lead Role
without a Word The Handmaid Acting as Sarah's Mother Listening with the
Third Ear 5. When Silence is Golden The Bible's Most Famous Silence Silence
Speaking Louder Than Words When Knowing Too Much Induces Silence Highest
Praise to God A Teacher's Silence The Loudest Noise in the World 6. Give Me
Your Hand: Reflections on Nonverbal Communication The Healing Touch Rabbi
Johanan's Therapy Eyes and Nose--The Silent Messengers Clothing and
Nonverbal Communication Cain's Body Language Semichah--Ordaining through
Touch 7. Responding to Tragedy Every Man Has His Breaking Point Asserting
Power in a Powerless Setting God Favoring the Pursued The Weakness of
Phyysical Power Feeling Superior through Laughter The Present Doesn't
Determine the Future Parallel between Job and Zion The Most Perfect
Thing--A Broken Heart Job, The Man with No History Life--A Pledge Returned
to God Can Evil Be Good? Creative Illness The Holocaust--Acquiring Special
Credit 8. Making Your Peace with God Where is My Father? Metaneeds More
Than Basic Needs I Know My Redeemer Lives Revealing Our Darker Side
Depression and Distancing Ourselves from God Fighting Death, Asserting Life
Our Humiliation and God's Tears Job's Healing without God's Answer
Liberated from Prison of Self-Centeredness Concluding Thoughts Bibliography
Index