The Midrash and Medicine conference highlighted leadership and innovation in the healthcare and Jewish healing fields. Presentations and interactive workshops drew from scholars of midrash, health and spiritual care providers, and artists who are creatively engaged in the landscapes of illness, wholeness, and spirit. Presenters at the conference included musician and performer extraordinaire, Debbie Friedman; noted expert in the field of Judaism, Health, and Healing with respect to Aging, Rabbi Dayle Friedman, and renowned scholars of Midrash from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Drs. Norman Cohen and Lewis Barth. Click here for audio
Sherut L'Am Award
As a part of the 2005 Partner Gathering, the Kalsman Institute and Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion presented Kalsman Partner Debbie Friedman with the Sherut L'Am Award in recognition of her contribution to the Jewish healing community. Click here to view video
Kalsman Institute Partner Gathering III
Professor Victor Fuchs at the 2005 Kalsman Institute Partner Gathering lectures on economics of medicine. Fuchs is the Henry J. Kaiser, Jr., Professor of Economics and of Health Research and Policy, Emeritus, at Stanford University. Click here to view video
Models
of Cooperation: Reflections on the Jewish Healing Movement
Along
with the Bay Area Jewish Healing Center. In December, 2003,
the Kalsman Institute presented a conference for the leadership
of the Jewish healing movement. Celebrating the 13th year
of this movement, the conference presented models for creating
interdisciplinary teams within communities to do health-related
work, and explored a vision for the future of the Jewish
healing world.
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click here (pdf)
Mining the
Jewish Tradition for its Healing Wisdom
May, 2003, Scottsdale
Arizona: an unprecedented gathering of 275 individuals eager
tto dig deeper into what Jewish text and tradition teach
about health and healing. The HUC-JIR Kalsman Institute on
Judaism and Helath and Temple Chai of Phoenix co-sponsored
this important milestone in the Jewish healing movement.
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view the conference program and faculty bios, click here (pdf)
Kalsman Institute Partner Gathering II
In January 2003, more than 80 Partners of the Kalsman Institute on Judaism and Health gathered in Southern California to assess the status of their healing work and formulate strategies for the future of their communities. Main presentations included: Thinking About Stigma: What the Health and Human Rights Movement and the Jewish Health and Healing Movement Can Learn From Each Other; Jewish Texts on Stigma; the Changing/Changed Jewish Community; and New Models of Collaboration.
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