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Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take

The Jewish Book of Grief and Healing

Stuart M. Matlins · 2016
74/100
👍 Worth It

This is a genuine spiritual companion for Jewish readers navigating loss — about five dozen essays from rabbis and scholars across denominations, tackling grief with honesty including the hard parts: doubt, silence, anger at God. Spirituality & Practice called it handy and helpful, and that understated praise fits: it is not a clinical workbook, it is wisdom literature, and for Jewish readers in mourning or those serving as pastoral companions, that is exactly what is needed. The anthology format means quality varies, and readers outside the Jewish tradition will find it less directly applicable.

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