As a community, we have made some significant advances over the last decade in the area of equal access and membership for people with disabilities, but much work remains to be done. This is true both in terms of our institutions—our synagogues, schools, and camps—and in the area of halakhah. I would divide the halakhic […]
Redefining Categories and Acts: The Next Frontier in Disabilities Halakhah Read More »
This summer, as I sat on a plane waiting to take off for Tel Aviv, the “Homefront Command” alarm suddenly blared from my phone—a real-time warning of incoming rocket fire. Passengers froze. Some called loved ones; others checked the news. My spouse and I reached out to our daughters. Minutes later, the tension eased and
We Need a Jewish Language for Trauma, Not Only a Clinical One Read More »
Mental health has gone through unbelievable changes in the last 150 years. It would be beyond the scope of this article to enumerate those changes, but suffice it to say that the field has gone from being vague and mysterious to being fairly well-defined and quantitatively assessed. Where before there was no clarity on how
The Emerging Role of the Rabbi in Mental Health Issues Read More »
As two women whose professional and spiritual lives are rooted in public health, medicine, and Torah, we are honored to introduce this powerful issue of the JOFA Journal, dedicated to the many dimensions of women’s health in Jewish life. One of us, Mindy, approaches this work as a public health researcher, committed to understanding the
Toward a Community of Healing Read More »
