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Get Yourself A Teacher - Acquire A Friend To Study With YouWhen I was new to CPE, and the thought of 1600 hours to complete the prerequisite for certification was ahead of me – the task seemed monumental and unreachable, especially as I was working full-time as a community chaplain during my training. Having become certified gave me a sense of how far I had come, but it also reminded me that I had much more to learn:, about chaplaincy, about the art of walking with my patients, and yes, about myself as well.

So I studied, and I attended seminars and I sat through every Grand Rounds offered

by the HealthCare Chaplaincy, where I worked. And when I was asked, I participated in several peer review committees, including my own. What I found was that no matter how experienced the chaplain, how well educated or insightful, every one learned something new from the experience.

I know you know this – whether you are certified, a regular member or an affiliate.

And I know you understand why, long before we joined forces with the other cognate groups, we at the NAJC has strict standards for learning on a continual basis. I am very proud of the yardstick we’ve established and maintained. Because of the work we did with the Council on Collaboration in creating Common Standards, accrediting organizations for hospitals, long term care facilities and hospices are recognizing the critical importance of having professional chaplains on staff as members of the healthcare team.

With that history comes the responsibility to ensure we are compliant. Two years ago Rabbis Moshe Abramowitz and Charlie Rabinowitz took the job of revamping procedures for collecting Continuing Education data information, and they have done a wonderful job.

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"The Eternal One is the Healer of the broken hearted And the One who binds their sorrow."

A Quarterly Newsletter of the National Association of Jewish Chaplains Vol. 20 No. 6 ~ Kislev/Tevet 5768/December 2007

NAJC:Rabbi Shira Stern, PresidentChaplain Sheila Segal, V.P.Rabbi Mitchell Ackerson,

TreasurerRabbi Robert Tabak,

SecretaryRabbi Joel Levinson,

Certification CommissionRabbi Sandra Katz &

Rabbi Ephraim KarpConference Commission

Cecille Allman Asekoff, National Coordinator

Rabbi Mark GoldfarbNewsletter Editor

Newsletter Deadline:February 19, 2008

Submit materials to Editorramblinrav@verizon.net

On The Inside:.....President's Message 1-2

.........Certification News 2.....NAJC Conference 08 2

.......Miracles In Judaism 3............A Father's Poem 3

Bet Avot Sfaradi, Haifa, ..............................Israel 4

A Presence In The Wake of .............Hurricane Katrina 5

New ~yrbx....................... 6..........With Our Members 6-7

......Chaplain Happenings 7-8.............Upcoming Events 8

Board Members ......................& Chairs 8

Message From The President...

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Certification NewsChevre,

This January we will have six candidates appear before certification panels. One of the challenges we face is having enough certified members willing to participate in the certification process. This is especially evident as regards certified members willing to volunteer to serve as chairs of committees or presenters.

Part of our responsibility as board certified members of the NAJC is our wilingness to participate and serve on certification panels so that candidates can be approved

through our rigerous certification process. We as an organization of professional chaplains become stronger and our voices carry more weight as our number of board certified chaplains increase.

I look forward to your committment and participation in our certification process.

Kol tuv,

Rabbi Joel LevinsonRabbi Joel Levinson, BCC Pastoral Solutions for Complex Times

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This year, we have had a nearly perfect response to letters asking for our annual records of study. So, in the future, when you are asked to send in the form before our annual conference, consider it the first order of business – the business of professional chaplaincy. We require that for certified chaplains with definite repercussions for those who do not show evidence of study, but we also ask that those of you who have not yet sat for committees consider this standard as a challenge to achieve best practices.

I learned from Joshua ben Perachya: reb'x ^.l hEn.qW b;r ^.l hef][ “Get yourself a teacher; acquire a

friend to study with you.’ (Pirkei Avot, 1:6.) And we can supply those friends with whom to learn. To start, make plans to attend the wonderful conference planned for Chicago in January. We promise you 25 hours of Continuing Education credits when you attend all the plenaries and workshops.

~'LUK d<g<n.K h'rAT dWm.l;t>w ~ Let’s learn together.

L’Shalom,

Rabbi Shira SternRabbi Shira Stern, BCC NAJC President

NAJC Conference '08In Chicago, Il.

When Ephraim Karp and I agreed to work on the 2007 and 2008 conferences, we were surprised (well, I was) at how often we agreed on priorities. We said that, as Steve Kaye had taught us, we wanted to “put in the big rocks first,” which meant a new emphasis on our worship services at the conference. We saw our conference as a unique opportunity to gather and do what we

could only do in person. Thus we emphasized integrative and interactive sessions over frontal presentations; we believed that the latter could reach members using the Internet or on conference call instead. We wanted to move toward a whole-chaplain orientation, reaching mind, heart and spirit. We also realized that some chaplains need basic information, while veteran chaplains would attend the conference to learn advanced skills, and all chaplains benefit from networking. We hope that the conference feels like an oasis on our journey.I am pleased that during my tenure as conference chair, we have sought to engage a national organization by holding our gatherings on the West Coast and in the Midwest. As Ephraim takes over the conference,

we will gather with our cognate colleagues in 2009 in Orlando, FL from February 1 to 4, and in 2010 our NAJC group will convene in beautiful Boston, MA.Because Ephraim and I started learning how to do this at the same time, I have asserted that my job is to make Ephraim look good in 2009 and 2010. He has served as a trusted colleague and friend as we have prepared our two conferences. I will look to him for leadership and vision as our conference moves into the future.

Rabbi Sandra KatzRabbi Sandra KatzConference Commission Chair

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Miracles In JudaismRabbi Robert Tabak, PhDStaff Chaplain, HUP

“Miracle” (sEn) can mean a number of things.

1) It can be an event affecting a great many people, often to demonstrate God’s power. Traditional Judaism accepted the idea of miracles as recorded in the Hebrew Bible. As far back as the Mishnah (2nd Century CE) there was an attempt to define suspension-of-nature miracles (such as splitting the sea) as a limited number of events created by God in the initial creation – that, is they were themselves part of the natural order. (Mishnah Avot 5:6.) Other events such as the exodus from Egyptian slavery and the defeat of Haman’s plot to exterminate the Jews of Persia (Book of Esther) are traditionally understood as miracles. These biblical and later events, real or

stories, tended to be collective experiences of the Jewish people. Allan Arkush notes that modern (non-Orthodox) Judaism “affirms the religious significance of the miracle stories without accepting their factual accuracy.” (in Cohn and Mendes-Flohr, eds. Contemporary Jewish Religious Thought, 1987, “Miracle” p.624)

2) A second meaning of “miracle” is finding the extraordinary in the seemingly ordinary. The Jewish daily liturgy includes a prayer (modim anachnu lach) thanking God “for the miracles that are with us daily.” Ancient commentators recognized that if this word only referred to one of a handful of extraordinary events – manna from heaven, splitting rocks with a staff— the prayer could not speak of daily miracles, “morning, noon, and night.” It must include the wonders of life, of eating, of breath, of the cycles of the sun and moon, of

rain falling on a dry land. Similarly, in a morning blessing (asher yatzar) Jews thank God for the gift of our complex bodies, praising the “Healer of all flesh who sustains our bodies with wondrous ways.”

3) A third meaning of “miracle” is a personal event of rescue or escape from danger. In general, these events can only be recognized in retrospect, from a sense of gratitude. “It was a miracle that she walked away from that car crash.” Many Jews experience survival despite predictions, the remission of disease, or a new diagnosis by a different medical team as a miracle. See the 2007 site http://www.aish.com/movies/blinkofeye.asp a brief video produced by an Orthodox group on a man’s remarkable survival despite living for years with Lou Gehrig’s disease.

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A Father's PoemIn the fall of 2001, my daughter was in the pediatric intensive care unit of one of the hospitals where I serve as a chaplain.  She was in very critical condition and the fear, anxiety and pain were overwhelming for me.  I wrote this poem at that time and have found it useful in other situations of struggle and loss as well.

I walk the night road            Full of stars that light up the sky                        Colored freckles that call out their distance

 

I need to grasp that star            To feel the burn of that light                        To know the glimmer is real

A faint hope            A doorway in the darkness                        A stitch that holds together the quilt                                    Of the framework of the universe

 

As the star fades            That universe unravels                        Is it the fire of destruction                                    Or just another sunrise

 

Would that the world could stop turning            For only a moment                        Alas as the star                                    Becomes a black hole

Rabbi Ephraim KarpRabbi Ephraim KarpEphraim@jewishmonmouth.org© 2001 Ephraim Karp

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Bet Avot SfaradiHaifa, Israel

I had visited this nursing home last November and was fortunate to return this past week to the home. Yaron Raz, the administrator, arranged for me to meet with several staff people. Last year, I had met with an entire group of staff and explained the concept of chaplaincy to them. The staff had asked many questions but were somewhat skeptical about the role of chaplain. At that time, I toured the facility and saw the Alzheimer’s unit, independent, assisted living, and skilled nursing facilities.

This year, when I visited, I learned that the staff had taken much of what I described as the work of chaplain quite seriously and had incorporated many of my ideas. Bela Edelstein, the social worker, took me to one of the areas in assisted living where the residents were all sitting together in a circle doing some recreational therapy and having snacks. I had a meaningful discussion with one of the residents who is a retired librarian from the Technion. She told me she was born in Egypt and came to Israel in 1950. She expressed her frustration at being physically compromised. She related her relationship with each of her children, explaining that she did not want to be dependent on them, but is quite satisfied living in the facility. Bela gave each resident her complete attention and interest. Moreover, she hugged and kissed most of the people with whom she interacted. I also spoke with nurses and other staff in the area.

I then met with Avraham Yisrael. He serves as mashgiach and is working on smicha. Last year, he was the most vocal skeptic of the group. This year, he showed me the kind of work he is doing with the residents, functioning as “rabbi/chaplain.” He gave me samples of the kinds of things he does at the center. He took me to the senior day center where I spoke with Rinat Maman, head of the senior day care. She told me about the program there. Approximately 35-45 people drop in three to five times per week. They spend from 8am -1:30pm, having breakfast and lunch and activities, including trips. This program is either paid for by the participant or subsidized. Transportation is included from home to center.

Avraham is involved with the seniors in the day program, teaching them parshat hashavua and other Jewish related programs. He provides services in the chapel there too. He is trying to incorporate chaplaincy skills into his work and has found it to be quite meaningful. He works with families who have had losses. There is also a yahrzeit memorial in the chapel. Some residents are observant, but even those less observant seem open to his visits.

I was invited to meet Yaron Raz, the director of the facility, who was at meetings earlier in the day. He was trying to work out several problems, not the least of which included sudden budget cuts from the government. I was invited to lunch and was surprised to learn that the facility makes 3,000 meals a day, serving its residents and staff. The food was quite good and all the

food is prepared in the facility. I plan to continue visiting Bet Avot Sfaradi when I go to Israel. The interest in chaplaincy is strong and the attitude of staff is positive. I interacted with several other residents there.

What is clear to me is that the care and intent of the staff is to provide the best care it can to its residents. This facility is very sunny, has a beautiful view of Haifa, has birds in various parts of the facility as well as fish. Although it is clear to me that no one plans to live in a nursing home, if there is no other alternative, this place certainly strives to provide the best possible care.

Rabbi Barbara SpeyerRabbi Barbara Speyer

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A Presence In The Wake of Hurricane Katrina

Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma devastated more than 120,000 square miles of land and possessions; they also shattered lives of people living along the Mississippi Gulf

Coast and those of us who watched from a media distance. Watching people on TV who either chose to ride out the storm or were so disadvantaged that they had no means to escape its ravages tore at our hearts and enraged us because of the inadequate response to a true humanitarian need. In actuality the magnitude of Katrina alone was 90,000 square miles, the size of Great Britain. No one institution or agency could have provided an adequate response. Among the lessons learned from these disasters are the absolute need to be prepared for disaster, have a plan of action, build relationships and alliances in community so that they could be activated in time of need.

The alliances are essential in the immediate follow-up and for long-term recovery.

In a matter of hours Katrina destroyed what could easily take 10 to 20 years to rebuild and repair. The Jewish community responded immediately. A network had been in operation prior to Katrina’s landfall. Five thousand Jewish households evacuated to Houston, TX among 250,000 evacuees. Other evacuees fled across America. United Jewish Communities in coalition with Jewish denominations, federations, community-based organizations were on-site to comfort and greet people as they fled the deluge. These organizations are also part of the short-term and long-term recovery efforts.

I was sent to the Coast on a two year grant. The position is: Rabbinic Pastoral/Trauma Chaplain – Hurricane Katrina Relief. I am employed through the New York Board of Rabbis working directly with Rabbi Stephen Roberts, past President and co-founder of NAJC, who administers the United Jewish

Communities grant. I live in Gulfport, MS and am chaplain to Jewish religious, professional and lay leadership in Mississippi and Louisiana.

The recovery is painfully slow. Segments of the population have successfully rebuilt structures, but everyone endures the vestiges of trauma and all still live among the debris. This chaplaincy work calls for compassionate listening, knowledge of trauma and its impact even on the unborn. Skills in hospice and end-of-life are helpful. Our professionals also suffered damage and yet they are giving caring attention to their constituencies. That is why this position is affectionately called “Caregiving to the Caregivers.” A poem written by a survivor offers a clue to what our colleagues were dealing with after the storm:

Let us see eyes of peace, eyes of wonder, eyes of joy, eyes of surprise.Let us see eyes of hurt, eyes of forgiveness, eyes of pain, and eyes of love.But never again, Lord; this I pray, never againLet us see eyes without hope.

Please join us for my session at the NAJC 2008 conference as we explore how this chaplaincy can bring Presence to people who struggle to rebuild their lives.

Rabbi Myrna Matsa

Rabbi Myrna Matsa, D. Min.Rabbinic Pastoral CounselorHurricane Katrina ReliefNew York Board of Rabbis in Partnership with  United Jewish CommunitiesPO Box 3082Gulfport, MS 39505228-229-9480

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~yabh ~ykwrbWe Welcome These New ~yrbx to the NAJC:

Members:Rabbi Daniel Coleman

New York, NYRabbi Fred Davidow

Havertown, PAChaplain Margaret Goldstein

Flushing, NYAllison Kestenbaum

San Francisco, CARabbi Charles Sheer

Bronx, NYCantor Deborah Tanzer- Cohen

East Norriton,PA

Affiliates:Rabbi Susan Friedman

Durham, NCRabbi Michael Kramer

Seaford, NYRabbi Louis Rieser

Windham, NH

Student Affiliates:Rabbi Bruce Cohen

White Plains, NYBetty Ann Miller

Weston, MARabbi Jacob Stauber

Brooklyn, NY

With Our Membersbwj lzmSincere and belated acknowledgement to the following chaplains who were certified in January, 2007:

Rabbi Judith EdelsteinRabbi David GoldstromRabbi Bruce PfefferRabbi Elena Stein

Shalom and Elise Plotkin on the birth of Elyana Chaya Fishel Plotkin on Shabbat Re'eh 8/11/07.

Rabbi Jim & Karen Michaels on the birth of their fifth grandchild and FIRST grandson whose name is Brody Michaels, son of Etzion and Danielle.

Zvi & Robin Karpel on the arrival of their FIFTH grandchild, Atara Tiferes, born to Rabbi Aaron & Malki Feigenbaum of Teaneck, N.J. on erev Rosh Hashanah 5768.

Zvi & Robin Karpel’s on the birth of their sixth grandchild, a boy, born on Simchat Torah to Chaim and Shira Karpel of Houston, Texas 

Susan Cowchock on the recent publication in Jewish Pastoral Care and Counseling, Fall 2007 of her article titled "The Controversy over Pastoral Care of Parents after a Stillbirth", under the name F. Susan Zengerle.  Susan was recently awarded provisional board certification through the APC, which will be awarded in November at the next meeting.  And, she also just started a post-doctoral fellowship at Duke University in the Center

for Spirituality, Theology, and Health!

Carolyn Herz on being appointed Spiritual Care Coordinator for the Central Vermont Medical Center.

Rabbi Sam Seicol on his new position as Rabbinic Advisor to MIT Hillel in Cambridge, MA.

Moshe & Cheryl Abramowitz on the birth of their seventh grandchild, a daughter, born to their son, Rabbi Doniel & Yael Abramowitz of Brooklyn, NY.

Rabbi David J. Zucker, Aurora, Colorado on the recent publication of his article  "The Mysterious Disappearance of Sarah," published in JUDAISM, Fall/Winter, 2006.

xwk rXyAllison Kestenbaum has started a

new position at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center as a CPE Supervisor in Training and a part-time Palliative Care chaplain.

Rabbi Sanford H. Shudnow delivered the invocation and benediction at the Department of Veterans Affairs 2007 Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration "Kick-Off Celebration" September 20, 2007 at the VA Central Office, Washington, DC.

dwbkh lkRabbi David Zucker whose article

"Women Rabbis (and Rebbitzins) in Contemporary Fiction" is published in the CCAR Journal, Summer 2007.

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Donate to the Kummer Fund!

Share your life’s events by helping others. Donations may be made to the Rabbi Howard Kummer Memorial Fund for Pastoral Education. Contact the office for more information.

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(With our Members, dwbkh lk cont.)

Rabbi David Zucker & Rabbi Bonita Taylor who contributed a chapter on "Spiritually, Suffering and Prayerful Presence within Jewish Tradition" In A Time for Listening and Caring: Spirituality and the Care of the Chronically Ill and Dying, (Oxford University Press, 2006). A Foreword to this book was written by His Holiness, the Dalai Lama. 

~xny ~wqmhElisheva Flamm-Oren whose father,

Rabbi Joseph Flamm entered eternity in October.

Rabbi Loraine C. Heller whose mother, Marion W. Heller entered eternity on Yom Kippur morning 5768.

Rabbi Alan Lefkowitz whose father,  Nathan Lefkowitz (Nachman ben Avraham v'Grunya) entered eternity.

Chaplain Happenings Gail Wallen,Ph.D. and two

Holocaust Survivors from Jewish Family and Children's Services of Southern Arizona, Inc. presented Holocaust history and education programs at Cory Station, Pensacola, Florida, and Hurlburt AFB, Fort Walton Beach, Florida.

Rabbi Joanne Heligman's artwork was featured in the Jewish Times, www.jewishtimes.com/news/6875.stm. Other examples of Joanne's artwork can be seen at www.picasaweb.google.com/jewishquilts/quilts.

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(Miracles, continued from page 2)

Many Orthodox Jews who survived the holocaust report their experiences in terms of “miracles.” (See Yaffa Eliach, Hasidic Tales of the Holocaust). Traditional liturgy includes a blessing to be recited on returning to the site where one experienced a miracle. (Most non-Orthodox prayer books do not include this prayer.)

Today, many liberal Jews are uncomfortable with the “miracle” language. However, Jews in most branches of Judaism follow a tradition of reciting a public prayer of thanksgiving (birkat ha-gomel) after recovery from illness, surviving an accident or danger, or after childbirth. This prayer expresses gratitude and does not imply that the natural order was suspended in the avoidance of a serious risk.

The Talmud (completed some 1500 years ago), which does include stories of miraculous occurrences, established the often-quoted principle, “ein somchin al ha-nes” “we may not rely on miracles.” (Pesachim 64b). The Talmud also says, "One should never stand in a place of danger and say 'a miracle will happen to me' since perhaps it will not happen, and if it does, it will be deducted from his merits." (Ta'anit 20b). Even if miracles affecting an individual or a group can occur, we can’t depend upon or expect them.

Many Jews share beliefs that prayer, community support, and spiritual practices can transform or even overcome illness, or can support and help people going through a process of suffering or

loss. This does not imply a belief in “miracles” (in the sense of suspension of natural order) even if one is hoping to overcome a negative diagnosis. See a variety of sources and links on the non-denominational National Center for Jewish Healing site, www.jewishhealing.org.

In Jewish folk belief, and in some parts of the Orthodox Jewish community, there is a belief in the power of intervention by certain rabbis and the presence of holy objects such as amulets or colored ribbons. Believers may point to these practices as providing miracles, particularly when a positive outcome such as ending infertility follows. Many other Jews—including the large majority of American Jews-- would reject and be alienated by such practices, particularly those that ascribe powers to a certain rabbi or holy man.

Prayer and hope in the face of crisis, disease, or chronic conditions can take many forms. Most American Jews do not expect miracles in the sense of suspension of natural processes. Even in the most traditional communities, and among those who hold to folk beliefs, these practices are almost always in addition to standard medical practice. The principle quoted above that “we may not depend on miracles” allows individuals, if they wish, to hope and to pray for them, but not to count on them.

Rabbi Robert TabakRabbi Robert TabakSeptember 2007

General reference: “Miracles,” Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd. Ed., 2007

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(Chaplain Happenings continued)

Rabbi Steven Moss has been selected to receive the New York Board of Rabbis' Maria and Joel Finkle "Rabbi of the Year" Award at a ceremony to be held at his synagogue in Oakdale, New York on December 10th.

Rabbi Ben Samson and a number of NAJC members participated recently in the 20th Annual Conference on Visiting the Sick entitled: “Comforting One, Caring for All: The Wisdom of Bikur Cholim”.

Rabbi David J. Zucker and Rabbi Bonita E Taylor co-authored (with their NACC colleague Rev. T. Patrick Bradley, who coincidentally offered presentations at the 2006 NAJC annual conference), an article entitled: "The Chaplain as an Authentic and an Ethical Presence."

Rabbi Shira SternMorganville, NJravshira@aol.com(908) 907-3728President, Personnel

Chaplain Sheila SegalMerion, PAssegal@abramsoncenter.org(215) 371-1818Vice President; Membership

Rabbi Robert TabakPhiladelphia, PARTabak@aol.com(215) 635-6862Secretary

Rabbi Mitchell AckersonBaltimore, MDackerson1@aol.com(410) 601-9161Treasurer

Rabbi Sandra KatzRochester, NYravsandra@hotmail.com585-427-7760Conference Commission Co-Chair

Rabbi Ephraim KarpDeal, NJrabbikarp@yahoo.com(732) 531-6200 x 222Conference Commission Co-Chair

Rabbi Joel LevinsonPatchague, NYrabbijoel@yahoo.com(631) 475-1882 Chair, Certification Commission

Rabbi Barbara Sachs Speyer Los Angeles, CAbjspeyer@yahoo.com(310) 471-2321Past President; Nominations Chair

Ms. Cecille Allman AsekoffWhippany, NJcasekoff@ujcnj.org(973) 929-3168

Cantor Andy BernardCharlotte, NCcantorb@carolina.rr.com(704) 366-1948

Rabbi Len (Yehuda) BlankNew York City, NY Rablenblank@aol.com

(212) 475-7755Resource Data Base

Rabbi Zahara Davidowitz-FarkasPhoenix, AZzdavidowitz@gmail.com(917) 514-8666Disaster Response Chair, Vatikim

Rabbi David GlicksmanSomerset, NJdglicksman@verizon.net(732) 873-2000Israel

Rabbi Nathan GoldbergNew York City, NYngoldber@chpnet.org(212) 420-5684

Rabbi Mark B. GoldfarbSeal Beach, CAramblinrav@verizon.net(562) 795-5087Newsletter Editor

Rabbi Rafael GoldsteinPhoenix, AZravrafael@earthlink.net(602) 441-4518Publications Committee, Journal

Rabbi Suzanne GriffelChicago, ILsgriffel@comcast.net(847) 556-1724

Rabbi Naomi KalishHoboken, NJnakalish@juno.com(212) 523-6920CPE Committee Co-chair

Rabbi Moe KaprowVirginia Beach, VAmkaye1@earthlink.net(757) 534-1659

Rabbi Lowell S. KronickVirginia Beach, VArlsk@cox.net(757) 728-7112

Rabbi Sam SeicolTampa, FLrebjif@rcn.com(813) 975-9193

Rabbi Anita SteinerAshkelon, Israelanita_st@netvision.net.il(972) 8 673-2111

The 2007-2008 Officers, Board & Committees

Please Note These Upcoming

Events:

Spiritual Care Conference in Israel, May 19-20 2008

Joint Conference of Spiritual Care Collaborative, Feb. 1-2, 2009 in Orlando, FL

NAJC Conference 2010: January, 2010 in Boston, MA