The following list of websites and articles contains additional resources and information in the areas of Jewish and General Chaplaincy and Pastoral Care:
Sacred Seasons, a project of Hiddur: The Center for Aging and Judaism offers unique tools to enable Jewish elders in nursing homes, assisted living facilities and retirement communities to celebrate Shabbat and Jewish holidays.
Especially featuring: Jewish Pastoral Care: A Practical Handbook from Traditional and Contemporary Sources, edited by Rabbi Dayle A. Friedman, MAJCS, MSW, BCC, (2nd edition, Jewish Lights Publishing, 2005)
PlainViews, an e-newsletter for chaplains and other spiritual care providers, strives to bring as much news as briefly as possible. Articles are grouped into four areas: Professional Practice, Advocacy, Education & Research, and Spiritual Development.
The chaplaincy page contains timely and useful materials and links.
The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania has a proud heritage of education and service, and pastoral care has always been an important part of its clinical healing mission. The main page contains general information on the Pastoral Care Department.
Many have found the listing of Joint Commission requirements on religion, spirituality, beliefs, and cultural diversity to be helpful.
Also of note is chaplain John Ehman’s annual bibliography of hundreds of articles in the medical literature on religion and spirituality.
NCJH was established in 1994 in response to a national upsurge of interest in reclaiming ancient Jewish spiritual wisdom and resources that foster wholeness, hope, comfort and connection in the face of illness and loss.
Appeared in The Wall Street Journal, December 6, 2011
Appeared in the American Jewish Archives Journal, 2010 no. 2
Appeared in the Journal of Jewish Communal Service in 1997
To suggest additional links or to link a site to NAJC.org, contact resources@najc.org
The Reconsructionist Rabbinical College has a variety of materials that relate Jewish Chaplaincy. Below are a few that may be of interest:
One of the first rabbis to take CPE, Israel Gerber, describes his experience at Massachusetts General Hospital in two 1948 articles in the Reconstructionist Journal.
* Reprinted from the Reconstructionist Journal, 1948, by permission.
