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world is beComing more spirituality-
based. So the concept of healing through
spirituality fits right into what I believe is
the next therapeutic wave."

Community Programs

The first program the Healing Center is
presenting for clinicians in the commu-
nity is a series of talks called "Eight
Rabbis, Eight Psalms." On selected
Thursdays through June, one rabbi will
discuss the healing implications of a dif-
ferent biblical psalm. The presenters
include Rabbis Amy Bolton, Bunny
Freedman, Marla Hornsten of Temple
Israel, Joseph Krakoff of Congregation
Shaarey Zedek, Norman Roman of
Temple Kol Ami, Charles Popke of
Congregation Beth Ahm, Dannel
Schwartz of Temple Shir Shalom and
Herbert Yoskowitz of Adat Shalom
Synagogue.
"Every human emotion is expressed in
the psalms," says Rabbi Freedman,
adding that when 50,000 Jews gathered
in New York City recently in support of
Israel, they came to say Tehillim (Psalms).
"Usually I can select a passage when visit-
ing a hospice patient that validates pain,
hope or the permanence of the soul,"
Rabbi Freedman adds.
"They're the words our ancestors
spoke," Rabbi Krakoff says, noting that
Jews said psalms when they left Egypt,
during the pogroms and in times of cele-
bration. While studying in Israel, he had
the moving experience of reciting psalms
with others after a suicide bombing.
"The 150 Psalms are a part of our
daily services," Rabbi Krakoff says. "On
some level, they're like mantras. The rep-
etition of reading them daily "demon-
strates the power of Hebrew words.
When we have no words to express

anguish, these words give us a voice. "
Social worker Barbara Haddad, pro-
gram director for Jewish Hospice and
Chaplaincy Network and Lifelinks
Program, attended the first "Psalm" dis-
cussion, which was conducted by Rabbi
Schwartz.
"It was amazing," she says. "I didn't
know what to expect. The rabbi went
over Psalm 121, A Song to the Ascents,
line by line." Rabbi Schwartz talked
about looking up and feeling the security
and safety of the Lord. Yet one also feels
vulnerable and asks for strength to do the
hard work of ascending, Haddad says.
"Like, during an illness," she says, "it's
sometimes the hardest time to ask for
help.
People can have access to programs
through the healing center "at any time
or in any state of their lives," Haddad
says. 'There's no concrete entrance or
exit point from our services."
She emphasizes the range of needs the
center's healing practitioners can address;
among them, providing guidance and
support to family members with a loved
one who is mentally ill, or helping some-
one grapple with issues of ( (Why me?"
long after the death of a parent.
"The healing process is about being
affirmed," Haddad says. "It's OK to be
asking all those questions." ❑

For information on the Center for
Jewish Healing, or for referrals to
healing practitioners, call Rachel
Yoskowitz at (248) 559-1500, ext.
275.

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