Facing Illness, Finding God: How Judaism Can Help You and Caregivers Cope When Body or Spirit Fails
Find spiritual strength for healing in the wisdom of Jewish tradition.
Whether you are facing illness yourself, serving as a caregiver, providing pastoral care, or simply wondering where God is when we get sick, the teachings and wisdom of Jewish tradition can help you cope with the difficulties of illness and infirmity.
With a format designed to accommodate the stressful life of people dealing with illness, Rabbi Joseph B. Meszler helps you focus on spiritual well-being as an essential aspect of physical healing and wholeness. He provides comfort and inspiration to help you maintain personal balance and family harmony amid the fear, pain, and chaos of illness. Combining the stories of real people with insights from Jewish sources, he offers practical advice and spiritual guidance for:
- Reaching inward to the soul when the body fails
- Reaching outward to provide strength, comfort and compassion to the ill or infirm
- Reaching upward to God through prayer and daily gratitude
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Book details
- Author
- Rabbi Joseph B. Meszler
- Imprint
- Jewish Lights, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 208
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Religion › Judaism
Self-Help › Spiritual - Topics
- Jewish spirituality · illness and healing · caregiving · coping with illness · pastoral care · spiritual well-being
- ISBN-13
- 9781580234238 (Paperback)9781683365464 (Hardcover)
About the author
RABBI JOSEPH B. MESZLER is the rabbi at Temple Sinai in Sharon, Massachusetts, and the author of A Man’s Responsibility: A Jewish Guide to Being a Son, a Partner in Marriage, a Father and a Community Leader, Witnesses to the One: The Spiritual History of the Sh'ma, and Facing Illness, Finding God: How Judaism Can Help You and Caregivers Cope When Body or Spirit Fails. He is also coauthor of The JGuy’s Guide: The GPS for Jewish Teen Guys.
Meszler serves as an instructor at the Kehillah Schechter Academy.
When he is not writing, Meszler speaks publicly on topics including the spiritual history of the Sh'ma, Jewish male identity, and Judaism’s approach to illness and caregiving. These themes run directly through his books for Jewish adults and teens.