Jewish Paths toward Healing and Wholeness or Understanding Crohn Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

Jewish Paths toward Healing and Wholeness: A Personal Guide to Dealing with Suffering

Author: Kerry M Olitzky

"Why me?"

Why do I suffer?

How can I heal?

"Spiritual suffering must be differentiated from physical pain, although the two are intertwined in such a way that it is nearly impossible to distinguish one from the other. We suffer spiritually when we do not grow from our illness, when we do not learn from the experience of physical and emotional pain."
-from the Introduction

Too many of us faced with bodily illness, whether our own pain or that of a loved one, feel lost. What do I do? How do I handle it? This inspiring guide helps us find the ways to deal with and heal from our suffering.

By sharing with us prayers, psalms, meditations and rituals-as well as insights gained from his own experience-Rabbi Kerry Olitzky helps us understand how, when we are confronted with suffering, we can take steps to heal the soul, a vital counterpart to healing the body.

This book helps us initiate a new kind of healing dialogue with God, and shows us the way to restoring our faith and enriching our spirit.

See also: Lymphedema or Hugs from the Refrigerator

Understanding Crohn Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

Author: Ronald S Vender

Zonderman, Jon is a medical writer and a freelance journalist. He is the author of Beyond the Crime Lab: The New Science of Investigation, as well as a number of books for children and young adults.

Vender, M.D., Ronald S. is the Chief of Gastroenterology at the Hospital of St. Raphael in New Haven, Connecticut, and Clinical Associate Professor of Gastroenterology at the Yale University School of Medicine. Zonderman has been under Vender's care for eleven years.