Spiritual Resources
Jewish Perspectives on End of Life Care
- “End-of-life: Jewish perspectives” by Rabbi Elliot Dorff
- “Reflections on Palliative Care from the Jewish and Islamic Tradition“ by Rabbi Michael Schultz, Kassim Baddarni and Dr. Gil Bar-Sela
- “Bridging with the Sacred: Reflections of an MD Chaplain,” by Bruce Feldstein
- “Chaplains & Physicians,” by Dr. Jason Mann
- “Jewish Law (Halachah) and Medical Decision-Making,” AJAS Journal on Jewish Aging
- Prolonging Life in the Shadow of Death: Where Halacha Guidelines and Medical Expertise Meet
- “Increasing Access to Palliative Care for the Orthodox Jewish Community”
- MJHS Guidebook: Caring for Holocaust Survivors with Sensitivity at the End of Life
- “Halachic Pathway” and Chayim Aruchim (Center for Culturally Sensitive End of Life Advocacy and Counseling)
Spiritual Leadership
- Facing the End Like a Mensch by Rabbi Janet Marder
- Initiating Palliative Care Conversations: Lessons from Jewish Bioethics
- Mishkan R’fuah: Where Healing Resides
- Ceremony for Entering a Nursing Home, Rabbi Cary Kozberg
- A Collection of Jewish Quotes on Visiting the Sick, Sh’ma
- Medicine’s Growing Spirituality by Laura Landro
Facilitating Conversations
- Talking about Dying, by Rabbi David Tetsch
- Jewish Sacred Aging: A Jewish community forum dedicated to discussing issues for Boomers and their parents
- Give Me Your Hand: Traditional and Practical Guidance on Visiting the Sick
- Beforef Hayamin: In the Winter of Life: A Values-Based Jewish Guide for Decision-Making at the End of Life
- Congregation Rodeph Sholom’s “End of Life Preparation and Consolation: A Jewish Guide to the End of Life
Professional Resources/Associations
- Jewish Sacred Aging: A Jewish community forum dedicated to discussing issues for Boomers and their parents
- The New Old Age The New York Times Blog: Exploring the intergenerational efforts to care for our aging parents
- The National Association of Jewish Chaplains
- Making Sacred Choices at the End of Life and Making Decisions at the End of Life
- Jewish Lights Publishing searchable listing of their publications
