Mourning & Mitzvah: A Guided Journal for Walking the Mourner’s Path Through Grief to Healing (25th Anniversary Edition)
Fully revised with a new author's preface, epilogue, and over a dozen new guided exercises, Anne Brener brings us an innovative integration of Jewish tradition and modern professional resources in this 25th anniversary edition of a modern classic.
Mourning & Mitzvah gives spiritual insight and healing wisdom to those who mourn a death, to those who would help them, and to those who face a loss of any kind Mourning & Mitzvah teaches you the power and strength available to you in the fully experienced mourning process.
When the temple stood in the ancient city of Jerusalem, mourners walked through the gates and into the courtyard along a specifically designated mourner’s path. As they walked, they came face to face with all the other members of the community, who greeted them with the ancestor of the blessing, “May God comfort you among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.” In this way, the community embraced those suffering bereavement, yet allowed for unique experiences of grief.
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Book details
- Author
- Anne Brener
- Imprint
- Jewish Lights, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Religion › Judaism › Rituals & Practice
Self-Help › Death, Grief, Bereavement
Self-Help › Journaling - Topics
- grief and bereavement · Jewish mourning rituals · journaling for healing · Judaism · spiritual healing · loss and recovery · Jewish tradition
- ISBN-13
- 9781683366737 (Paperback)9781683366744 (Hardcover)
About the author
RABBI ANNE BRENER, MAJCS, MA, LCSW, ordained by Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion in 2008, is a Los Angeles-based psychotherapist, spiritual director, and Professor of Ritual and Spiritual Development at the Academy for Jewish Religion, California. She is the author of Mourning & Mitzvah: A Guided Journal for Walking the Mourner’s Path Through Grief to Healing, now in its third edition.
Brener holds graduate degrees in Communications, Social Work, Jewish Communal Service, and Hebrew Letters, as well as an Honorary Doctorate in Jewish Communal Service. She has contributed chapters to numerous publications on Jewish spirituality and healing.
When she’s not writing, Brener trains rabbinic, cantorial, and chaplaincy students, and previously served as a bereavement chaplain for Skirball Hospice in Los Angeles. Her work consistently addresses grief, mourning, spirituality, and healing.
Anne lives in Los Angeles.