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Fully engaging in mourning means you will be a different person than before you began. For those who mourn a death, for those who would help them, for those who face a loss of any kind, Brener teaches us the power and strength available to us in the fully experienced mourning process. Guided writing exercises help stimulate the processes of both conscious and unconscious healing.

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Enthusiastically recommended as a valuable discussion of a universal experience. --Publishers Weekly A splendid resource for readers of any philosophical persuasion. --The Millennium Whole Earth Catalog This book is marvelous. It is a work that I wish I had written. It is the best book on this subject that I have ever seen. --Rabbi Levi Meier, PhD, chaplain, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; author, Ancient Secrets: Using the Stories of the Bible to Improve Our Everyday Lives Insightful and understanding.... A realistic guide which will help secure healing for those who have suffered loss. --Rabbi Lee Bycel, dean, School of Rabbinics, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion I feared it would be too much centered on the Jewish tradition to be meaningful for my situation, but not so at all. It spoke to me throughout. Your methods of healing are so basic and human that I believe they would be accessible to many groups, with or without their own religious traditions. --Libby Ingalls, a non-Jewish mourner My dad is gone and I will continue to deal with that for years to come, yet I feel peaceful and comforted by my encounter with Mourning & Mitzvah, and I am deeply grateful to Anne Brener for having written it. --Linda Zweig, Jewish mourner Wise and compassionate.... [Makes Jewish] wisdom explicit in a practical and insightful way. --Association of Jewish Libraries Newsletter An important book with the power to bring Jews closer to Judaism and closer to the Source of life and death. --Rabbi Sue Elwell, director, Los Angeles Jewish Feminist Center An excellent resource for those who need help during their time of mourning [to] find healing and understanding. --New York Board of Rabbis Bulletin As a rabbi who must deal on a daily basis with aspects of mourning, there are few books that I can turn to for guidance, let alone suggest to be read by those I am comforting.... I am unaware of a book that is as helpful or as complete.... Bridges the gap between Judaism and psychology.... Underscores the wisdom of the Jewish tradition and its understanding of the process of healing. --Rabbi Arthur Gross Schaefer, Congregation B'nai B'rith, Santa Barbara, Calif. A thoughtful and sensitive guide for doing the grief-work needed to emerge from the blackness of a profound loss. --Tikkun

Enthusiastically recommended as a valuable discussion of a universal experience. Publishers Weekly A splendid resource for readers of any philosophical persuasion. The Millennium Whole Earth Catalog This book is marvelous. It is a work that I wish I had written. It is the best book on this subject that I have ever seen. Rabbi Levi Meier, PhD, chaplain, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; author, Ancient Secrets: Using the Stories of the Bible to Improve Our Everyday Lives Insightful and understanding.... A realistic guide which will help secure healing for those who have suffered loss. Rabbi Lee Bycel, dean, School of Rabbinics, Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion I feared it would be too much centered on the Jewish tradition to be meaningful for my situation, but not so at all. It spoke to me throughout. Your methods of healing are so basic and human that I believe they would be accessible to many groups, with or without their own religious traditions. Libby Ingalls, a non-Jewish mourner My dad is gone and I will continue to deal with that for years to come, yet I feel peaceful and comforted by my encounter with Mourning & Mitzvah, and I am deeply grateful to Anne Brener for having written it. Linda Zweig, Jewish mourner Wise and compassionate.... [Makes Jewish] wisdom explicit in a practical and insightful way. Association of Jewish Libraries Newsletter An important book with the power to bring Jews closer to Judaism and closer to the Source of life and death. Rabbi Sue Elwell, director, Los Angeles Jewish Feminist Center An excellent resource for those who need help during their time of mourning [to] find healing and understanding. New York Board of Rabbis Bulletin As a rabbi who must deal on a daily basis with aspects of mourning, there are few books that I can turn to for guidance, let alone suggest to be read by those I am comforting.... I am unaware of a book that is as helpful or as complete.... Bridges the gap between Judaism and psychology.... Underscores the wisdom of the Jewish tradition and its understanding of the process of healing. Rabbi Arthur Gross Schaefer, Congregation B'nai B rith, Santa Barbara, Calif. A thoughtful and sensitive guide for doing the grief-work needed to emerge from the blackness of a profound loss. Tikkun

Enthusiastically recommended as a valuable discussion of a universal experience. -Publishers Weekly A splendid resource for readers of any philosophical persuasion. -The Millennium Whole Earth Catalog This book is marvelous. It is a work that I wish I had written. It is the best book on this subject that I have ever seen. -Rabbi Levi Meier, PhD, chaplain, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; author, Ancient Secrets: Using the Stories of the Bible to Improve Our Everyday Lives Insightful and understanding.... A realistic guide which will help secure healing for those who have suffered loss. -Rabbi Lee Bycel, dean, School of Rabbinics, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion I feared it would be too much centered on the Jewish tradition to be meaningful for my situation, but not so at all. It spoke to me throughout. Your methods of healing are so basic and human that I believe they would be accessible to many groups, with or without their own religious traditions. -Libby Ingalls, a non-Jewish mourner My dad is gone and I will continue to deal with that for years to come, yet I feel peaceful and comforted by my encounter with Mourning & Mitzvah, and I am deeply grateful to Anne Brener for having written it. -Linda Zweig, Jewish mourner Wise and compassionate.... [Makes Jewish] wisdom explicit in a practical and insightful way. -Association of Jewish Libraries Newsletter An important book with the power to bring Jews closer to Judaism and closer to the Source of life and death. -Rabbi Sue Elwell, director, Los Angeles Jewish Feminist Center An excellent resource for those who need help during their time of mourning [to] find healing and understanding. -New York Board of Rabbis Bulletin As a rabbi who must deal on a daily basis with aspects of mourning, there are few books that I can turn to for guidance, let alone suggest to be read by those I am comforting.... I am unaware of a book that is as helpful or as complete.... Bridges the gap between Judaism and psychology.... Underscores the wisdom of the Jewish tradition and its understanding of the process of healing. -Rabbi Arthur Gross Schaefer, Congregation B'nai B'rith, Santa Barbara, Calif. A thoughtful and sensitive guide for doing the grief-work needed to emerge from the blackness of a profound loss. -Tikkun

Enthusiastically recommended as a valuable discussion of a universal experience. -- Publishers Weekly A splendid resource for readers of any philosophical persuasion. -- The Millennium Whole Earth Catalog This book is marvelous. It is a work that I wish I had written. It is the best book on this subject that I have ever seen. --Rabbi Levi Meier, PhD, chaplain, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; author, Ancient Secrets: Using the Stories of the Bible to Improve Our Everyday Lives Insightful and understanding.... A realistic guide which will help secure healing for those who have suffered loss. --Rabbi Lee Bycel, dean, School of Rabbinics, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion I feared it would be too much centered on the Jewish tradition to be meaningful for my situation, but not so at all. It spoke to me throughout. Your methods of healing are so basic and human that I believe they would be accessible to many groups, with or without their own religious traditions. --Libby Ingalls, a non-Jewish mourner My dad is gone and I will continue to deal with that for years to come, yet I feel peaceful and comforted by my encounter with Mourning & Mitzvah, and I am deeply grateful to Anne Brener for having written it. --Linda Zweig, Jewish mourner Wise and compassionate.... [Makes Jewish] wisdom explicit in a practical and insightful way. -- Association of Jewish Libraries Newsletter An important book with the power to bring Jews closer to Judaism and closer to the Source of life and death. --Rabbi Sue Elwell, director, Los Angeles Jewish Feminist CenterAn excellent resource for those who need help during their time of mourning [to] find healing and understanding. -- New York Board of Rabbis Bulletin As a rabbi who must deal on a daily basis with aspects of mourning, there are few books that I can turn to for guidance, let alone suggest to be read by those I am comforting.... I am unaware of a book that is as helpful or as complete.... Bridges the gap between Judaism and psychology.... Underscores the wisdom of the Jewish tradition and its understanding of the process of healing. --Rabbi Arthur Gross Schaefer, Congregation B'nai B'rith, Santa Barbara, Calif. A thoughtful and sensitive guide for doing the grief-work needed to emerge from the blackness of a profound loss. --Tikkun

Enthusiastically recommended as a valuable discussion of a universal experience. --Publishers Weekly A splendid resource for readers of any philosophical persuasion. --The Millennium Whole Earth Catalog This book is marvelous. It is a work that I wish I had written. It is the best book on this subject that I have ever seen. --Rabbi Levi Meier, PhD, chaplain, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; author, Ancient Secrets: Using the Stories of the Bible to Improve Our Everyday Lives Insightful and understanding.... A realistic guide which will help secure healing for those who have suffered loss. --Rabbi Lee Bycel, dean, School of Rabbinics, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion I feared it would be too much centered on the Jewish tradition to be meaningful for my situation, but not so at all. It spoke to me throughout. Your methods of healing are so basic and human that I believe they would be accessible to many groups, with or without their own religious traditions. --Libby Ingalls, a non-Jewish mourner My dad is gone and I will continue to deal with that for years to come, yet I feel peaceful and comforted by my encounter with Mourning & Mitzvah, and I am deeply grateful to Anne Brener for having written it. --Linda Zweig, Jewish mourner Wise and compassionate.... [Makes Jewish] wisdom explicit in a practical and insightful way. --Association of Jewish Libraries Newsletter An important book with the power to bring Jews closer to Judaism and closer to the Source of life and death. --Rabbi Sue Elwell, director, Los Angeles Jewish Feminist Center An excellent resource for those who need help during their time of mourning [to] find healing and understanding. --New York Board of Rabbis Bulletin As a rabbi who must deal on a daily basis with aspects of mourning, there are few books that I can turn to for guidance, let alone suggest to be read by those I am comforting.... I am unaware of a book that is as helpful or as complete.... Bridges the gap between Judaism and psychology.... Underscores the wisdom of the Jewish tradition and its understanding of the process of healing. --Rabbi Arthur Gross Schaefer, Congregation B'nai B'rith, Santa Barbara, Calif. A thoughtful and sensitive guide for doing the grief-work needed to emerge from the blackness of a profound loss. --Tikkun Enthusiastically recommended as a valuable discussion of a universal experience. Publishers Weekly A splendid resource for readers of any philosophical persuasion. The Millennium Whole Earth Catalog This book is marvelous. It is a work that I wish I had written. It is the best book on this subject that I have ever seen. Rabbi Levi Meier, PhD, chaplain, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; author, Ancient Secrets: Using the Stories of the Bible to Improve Our Everyday Lives Insightful and understanding.... A realistic guide which will help secure healing for those who have suffered loss. Rabbi Lee Bycel, dean, School of Rabbinics, Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion I feared it would be too much centered on the Jewish tradition to be meaningful for my situation, but not so at all. It spoke to me throughout. Your methods of healing are so basic and human that I believe they would be accessible to many groups, with or without their own religious traditions. Libby Ingalls, a non-Jewish mourner My dad is gone and I will continue to deal with that for years to come, yet I feel peaceful and comforted by my encounter with Mourning & Mitzvah, and I am deeply grateful to Anne Brener for having written it. Linda Zweig, Jewish mourner Wise and compassionate.... [Makes Jewish] wisdom explicit in a practical and insightful way. Association of Jewish Libraries Newsletter An important book with the power to bring Jews closer to Judaism and closer to the Source of life and death. Rabbi Sue Elwell, director, Los Angeles Jewish Feminist Center An excellent resource for those who need help during their time of mourning [to] find healing and understanding. New York Board of Rabbis Bulletin As a rabbi who must deal on a daily basis with aspects of mourning, there are few books that I can turn to for guidance, let alone suggest to be read by those I am comforting.... I am unaware of a book that is as helpful or as complete.... Bridges the gap between Judaism and psychology.... Underscores the wisdom of the Jewish tradition and its understanding of the process of healing. Rabbi Arthur Gross Schaefer, Congregation B'nai B rith, Santa Barbara, Calif. A thoughtful and sensitive guide for doing the grief-work needed to emerge from the blackness of a profound loss. Tikkun

Enthusiastically recommended as a valuable discussion of a universal experience. Publishers Weekly A splendid resource for readers of any philosophical persuasion. The Millennium Whole Earth Catalog This book is marvelous. It is a work that I wish I had written. It is the best book on this subject that I have ever seen. Rabbi Levi Meier, PhD, chaplain, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; author, Ancient Secrets: Using the Stories of the Bible to Improve Our Everyday Lives Insightful and understanding.... A realistic guide which will help secure healing for those who have suffered loss. Rabbi Lee Bycel, dean, School of Rabbinics, Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion I feared it would be too much centered on the Jewish tradition to be meaningful for my situation, but not so at all. It spoke to me throughout. Your methods of healing are so basic and human that I believe they would be accessible to many groups, with or without their own religious traditions. Libby Ingalls, a non-Jewish mourner My dad is gone and I will continue to deal with that for years to come, yet I feel peaceful and comforted by my encounter with Mourning & Mitzvah, and I am deeply grateful to Anne Brener for having written it. Linda Zweig, Jewish mourner Wise and compassionate.... [Makes Jewish] wisdom explicit in a practical and insightful way. Association of Jewish Libraries Newsletter An important book with the power to bring Jews closer to Judaism and closer to the Source of life and death. Rabbi Sue Elwell, director, Los Angeles Jewish Feminist CenterAn excellent resource for those who need help during their time of mourning [to] find healing and understanding. New York Board of Rabbis Bulletin As a rabbi who must deal on a daily basis with aspects of mourning, there are few books that I can turn to for guidance, let alone suggest to be read by those I am comforting.... I am unaware of a book that is as helpful or as complete.... Bridges the gap between Judaism and psychology.... Underscores the wisdom of the Jewish tradition and its understanding of the process of healing. Rabbi Arthur Gross Schaefer, Congregation B'nai B rith, Santa Barbara, Calif. A thoughtful and sensitive guide for doing the grief-work needed to emerge from the blackness of a profound loss. Tikkun

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Rabbi Anne Brener, MAJCS, MA, LCSW, is a Los Angeles-based psychotherapist and spiritual director who has assisted institutions worldwide in creating caring communities. A prolific writer, she is the author of the acclaimed Mourning & Mitzvah: A Guided Journal for Walking the Mourner's Path Through Grief to Healing (Jewish Lights). She is a faculty member at the Academy for Jewish Religion, California, and the Morei Derekh program of the Yedidya Center for Jewish Spiritual Direction. Rabbi William Cutter, PhD, is author of Midrash and Medicine: Healing Body and Soul in the Jewish Interpretive Tradition, and is editor of Healing and the Jewish Imagination: Spiritual Perspectives on Judaism and Health. He has published widely on health and healing. He is former director of the Kalsman Institute on Judaism and professor of modern Hebrew literature and the Steinberg Professor of Human Relations at Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion. Rabbi Jack Riemer has helped many people record their values and spiritual legacies through ethical wills, conducting workshops and seminars to offer guidance in this inspiring tradition. A well-known author and speaker, he is rabbi emeritus of Congregation Beth Tikvah (now Shaarei Kodesh) in Boca Raton, Florida, and founded the National Rabbinic Network, a support system for rabbis across all denominational lines. He is editor of The World of the High Holy Days and Wrestling with the Angel and coauthor of Ethical Wills and How to Prepare Them.

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