Monday November 13 10am-3:15 pm
Dr. Michelle Friedman is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst in private practice, chair of Pastoral Counseling at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.
Dr. Friedman has been involved in bridging religious life and mental health issues for over 30 years. She has spearheaded educational initiatives on a variety of topics, including religious identity, postpartum depression, and sexuality. Dr. Friedman is the author of a pastoral counseling curriculum that prepares Modern Orthodox rabbis to meet the challenges of contemporary community leadership. Her recent book, The Art of Jewish Pastoral Counseling: A Guide for All Faiths co-authored with Dr. Rachel Yehuda comes out of her teaching experience and her ongoing contact with graduates of rabbinical seminaries.
Distributive Justice in Health Care with Dr. Laurie Zoloth, Professor of Religious Studies, Professor Bioethics and Medical Humanities, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
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Ethics for Jewish Chaplains with Rabbi Peter Knobel, Chaplain Karen Lieberman, and Rabbi Joe Ozarowski Audio Text
Rabbi Simkha Weintraub of The Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services (JBFCS) of New York on “The Torah of Chronic Illness”: Audio 1 Audio 2
Dr. Robert Galatzer-Levy, Rabbi Michael Balinsky
Rabbi Earl Grollman
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“Fathers and Sons,” a reading of the Akedah by Professor Kalman J. Kaplan, Ph.D. with Elizabeth Jones, M. Div.
“A Biblical Approach to Mental Health” is a 36-hour continuing education course—all online—for professionals currently working in the mental health field, sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation. This course highlights the intersection between spirituality and mental health. One of the hallmarks of Dr. Kalman Kaplan’s work is comparing the Greek narratives, on which traditional psychology and psychotherapy are built, with selected Biblical narratives. This course is non-theological.and de-situates Biblical narratives into the arena of modern mental health. The Greek narratives are tragic, deterministic and fatalistic, with no possibility for change, whereas the Biblical narratives (although showing family dysfunction and conflict) have a hope-filled component and a positive outlook towards life. The Biblical narratives have the opportunity and possibility for change and redemption, with the hand of a loving, caring Divine Therapist/Creator available. The website for our course is www.rsmh.org .
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Rabbi Julie Pelc, Assistant Director of The Kalsman Institute at HUC, at the Chaplain’s Yom Iyun held in Milwaukee, WI.
The Kalsman Institute unites spiritual leaders, healthcare providers and Jewish community members.
WS310041.mp3 – “The Suffering and the Servant: Who is Job?” – Text here
WS310042.mp3 – “On Sitting With Suffering: Who Are Job’s Friends” – Text here
Sessions included a shiur from Rabbi Gedaliah Dov Schwartz on Patient Autonomy and a Roundtable on Prayer with the Patient featuring Rabbi Norman Lewison, Cantor Jan Mahler and CPE Supervisor Phyllis Toback, moderated by Rabbi Joseph Ozarowski.
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