Preface to the Second Edition
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Livui Ruchani: Spiritual Accompaniment
Rabbi Dayle A. Friedman

SECTION I
Foundational Concepts for Jewish Pastoral Care
Wresting Blessings: A Pastoral Response to Suffering
Rabbi Myriam Klotz
Complexity and Imperfection: A Theology of Jewish Pastoral Care
Rabbi Rochelle Robins
PaRDeS: A Model for Presence in Livui Ruchani
Rabbi Dayle A. Friedman
Bikur Cholim: A Paradigm for Pastoral Caring
Rabbi Joseph S. Ozarowski
Seeking the Tzelem: Making Sense of Dementia
Rabbi Dayle A. Friedman

SECTION II
Basic Tools for the Jewish Pastoral Caregiver
Foundations of Jewish Pastoral Care: Skills and Techniques
Barbara Eve Breitman
Prayer and Presence
Rabbi Anne Brener
The Power of Custom-Made Prayers
Rabbi Bonita E. Taylor
From the Depths: The Use of Psalms
Rabbi Simkha Y. Weintraub
God Is in the Text: Using Sacred Text and Teaching in Jewish Pastoral Care
Rabbi Sheldon Marder
Spiritual Nurture for Jewish Pastoral Caregivers
Rabbi Nancy Flam

SECTION III
Jewish Pastoral Care for Specific Needs and Settings
Jewish Spiritual Care in the Acute Care Hospital
Rabbi Jeffery M. Silberman
Preparing for the Chupah: Premarital Counseling
Rabbi Ellen Jay Lewis
Responding to Domestic Violence
Gus Kaufman, Jr., Wendy Lipshutz, and Rabbi Drorah Setel
Confronting Addiction
Marcia Cohn Spiegel and Rabbi Yaacov Kravitz
Loving the Stranger: Accompanying Individuals with Chronic Mental Disorders
Rabbi Karen Sussan
Letting Their Faces Shine: Accompanying Aging People and Their Families
Rabbi Dayle A. Friedman
Walking in the Valley of the Shadow: Caring for the Dying and Their Loved Ones
Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Grief and Bereavement
Simcha Paull Raphael
Jewish Spiritual Care in the Wake of Disaster
Rabbi Stephen Roberts
Para-Chaplaincy: A Communal Response to the Ill and Suffering
Rabbi David J. Zucker

Glossary
Index of Terms and Concepts
Index of Classical Sources Cited (Biblical and Rabbinic)