Rabbi Joel H Baron

RABBI JOEL H. BARON is a rabbi and hospice chaplain ordained in 2014 at age 71 by Hebrew College in Newton, Massachusetts. He is the co-translator and annotator, with Rabbi Sara Paasche-Orlow, of Deathbed Wisdom of the Hasidic Masters: The Book of Departure and Caring for People at the End of Life.

According to an informal survey by Hebrew College, Baron was the oldest newly ordained rabbi in North America at the time of his ordination. Before entering the rabbinate, he served as publisher of the North American edition of The Lancet and the New England Journal of Medicine.

Baron has served as hospice chaplain at Hebrew SeniorLife Hospice Care in Boston and as interfaith chaplain at Orchard Cove in Canton, Massachusetts.

Rabbi Joel H Baron’s books are published by Jewish Lights, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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