Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction To Revitalize the Spirit of God: Toward a Contemporary Practice of Jewish Spiritual Direction
Rabbi Howard Avruhm Addison and Barbara Eve Breitman
SECTION I
An Evolving Practice
Jewish Theologies and Jewish Spiritual Direction
Rabbi Jacob J. Staub
Creating Jewish Spiritual Direction: More Than an Act of Translation
Linda Rabinowitch Thal
Reciprocal Grace: The Vocabulary of Jewish Spiritual Direction
Rabbi Howard Avruhm Addison
SECTION II
Practicing Spiritual Guidance
Spiritual Direction as a Contemplative Practice
Rabbi Zari M. Weiss
Holy Listening: Cultivating a Hearing Heart
Barbara Eve Breitman
Berur: How Do You Know If It's God?
Rabbi Howard Avruhm Addison
Spiritual Types: One Size Doesn’t Fit All
Rabbi Shohama Harris Wiener
Spiritual Direction: No Inside, No Outside
Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg
Chavurat Ruach (A Fellowship of Spirit): Community for Spiritual Direction
Ann Kline
SECTION III
The Jewish Path
Spiritual Transformation: A Psychospiritual Perspective on Jewish Narratives of Journey
Barbara Eve Breitman
The Siddur: A Guide to Jewish Spiritual Direction
Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Live with the Times: Spiritual Direction and the Cycle of Holy Time
Rabbi Marcia Prager
Spiritual Companionship and the Passages of Life
Anne Brener
Soul-Traits in Classical Mussar and Contemporary Jewish Spiritual Direction
Alan Morinis
SECTION IV
New Dimensions in Spiritual Guidance
From My Flesh I See God: Embodiment and Jewish Spiritual Direction
Rabbi Myriam Klotz
New Horizons: Poetry and Spiritual Direction
Jennifer (Jinks) Hoffman
God Danced the Day You Were Born: Jewish Spiritual Direction and the Sacred Body
Julie Leavitt Kutzen
Opening Doors, Windows, and Vistas: Integrating Spiritual Direction and Visual Creativity
Laine Barbanell Schipper
Glossary
Where Do I Go from Here? Resources in Jewish Spiritual Guidance
Index of Terms and Concepts
Index of Classical Sources Cited (Biblical and Rabbinic)