Healing and the Jewish Imagination;
Spiritual and Practical Perspectives on Judaism and Health
Edited by Dr. William Cutter

This anthology, a first in the Jewish world, explores the Jewish tradition for providing comfort in times of illness and spiritual perspectives for the inevitable sufferings with which we live. Scholars, teachers, artists and activists examine the aspects of our mortality and the important distinctions between curing and healing.

With careful consideration, and embedded with passion, these celebrated thinkers push the boundaries of Jewish knowledge, investing the search for healing with new ideas and new ways to look at old texts. Through unique, sometimes controversial, perspectives, they show us that healing is an idea that can both soften us so that we are open to inspiration as well as toughen us–like good scar tissue–in order to live with the consequences of being human. Contributors include:

• Arnold Eisen, PhD	• Rabbi Arthur Green, PhD	• Tamara Eskenazi, PhD
• Rabbi Elliot Dorff, PhD	• Rachel Adler, PhD	• Rabbi Peter Knobel, PhD

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Quality of Life in Jewish Bioethics
Edited by Noam J. Zohar

This anthology of original essays by leading thinkers in the field gathers together in one place voices from diverse theological and practical commitments. Unlike other publications on Jewish bioethics, it adopts an explicitly pluralistic stance. The book addresses tension between the "quality of life" and the "sanctity of life" issues, and will be of interest to lay readers, undergraduate students of bioethics, and rabbis.

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