Jewish Visions for Aging: A Professional Guide for Fostering Wholeness
By Rabbi Dayle Friedman, Jewish Lights Publishing

Rabbi Dayle Friedman’s newest book gives clergy, chaplains and elder-care professionals fresh visions and concrete tools to engage and nurture elders they serve. Elders face unprecedented spiritual questions today—from the rapidly changing retirement years to the sometimes wrenching challenges of dementia and chronic illness. This rich resource probes Jewish texts and spiritual wisdom to help find meaning, purpose and community within Jewish tradition.

Readers will deepen their understanding and encounter new ways of thinking about aging in the context of individual, family and community life. Read reviews from the Jewish News Weekly of Northern Califorina, Kolel.org and the Intermountain Jewish News.


Jewish Pastoral Care: A Practical Handbook from Traditional and Contemporary Sources 
Edited by Rabbi Dayle Friedman, Jewish Lights Publishing

This is the essential reference for rabbis, cantors and laypeople who are called to serve the spiritual needs of those experiencing change, both joyful and sorrowful. The volume draws upon both Jewish tradition and the classical foundations of pastoral care and is the definitive handbook for counseling with an understanding of Judaism.

Offering insight on technique, theory and theological implications, the contributors to Jewish Pastoral Care are innovators in their fields and represent all four contemporary Jewish movements. The book is a resource for assisting the ill and those who care for them, the aging and dying, and engaged couples, and for responding to issues such as domestic violence, substance abuse and disasters.