Jewish Relational Care A-Z

We Are Our Other's Keeper

A collection of caregiving tools combining the values of Jewish tradition and self-relations-useful for practitioners of ANY faith!

Self-relations, a powerful framework for doing respectful and humane caregiving for oneself and for others is here brought into relationship with Jewish thought.

Jewish Relational Care A-Z: We Are Our Other’s Keeper is an extensive resource for caregiving tools and approaches. Using Jewish tradition and Self-Relations as take-off points, experts from many fields provide insightful perspectives and effective strategies for caregiving.

In the language of self-relations each of us is not referred to as a Self. Instead, each of us is more accurately described as a relationship between “selves”-relationship is the basic psychological and religious unit! Jewish Relational Care A-Z: We Are Our Other’s Keeper sensitively centers on relationships and the healing process, using the understanding that to spark healing in others, a loving, respectful relationship must first be present between every aspect of our “selves.” Thirty-six categories of caregiving are comprehensively presented, allowing its use as a helpful resource for any clergy considering any of the included topics. Each author’s personal reflections, and personal experiences using care tools clearly illustrate how love-respect relationships within oneself can transcend into effective care for others.

Jewish Relational Care A-Z: We Are Our Other’s Keeper provides helpful tools and explores:

• the use of language as a relational care tool

• time management for optimum performance for oneself and for others

• compassion fatigue, the need for self-care, and nurturing your own spiritual and psychological development

• purposeful visiting as a sacred task

• silence as an important part of spiritual care

• the profound difference made in lives through relational listening

• music as sacred power-a communion between humans and the Divine

• chanting as an intimate expression of the soul

• creative ritual in relational healing

• spontaneous prayer, and its place in relational care

• relational care with other faiths inside and outside of the community

• care for those going through divorce

• care when a pregnancy is unwelcome

• relational care for sexual orientation and gender identity issues

• successful caring for those who don’t care about you

• dealing with traumatic loss

• care for those who have sinned sexually

• fragile relationships

• care with the healthy aging

• relational care and retired clergy

• care for those traumatized by sexual abuse

• care for the cognitively impaired, mentally ill, and developmentally disabled

• care for the final moments of life

• care for the sick and dying

• care within the grieving process

Jewish Relational Care A-Z: We Are Our Other’s Keeper is practical, insightful reading for clergy and caregivers of all denominations, educators, students, and lay people who care about clergy and their work.