Judaism: Health

Excellent Books
Book: AntiCancer: A New Way of Lifeby David Servan-Schreiber, MD. www.AnticancerBook.com
Book: Healing Spices: How to Use 50 Everyday and Exotic Spices To Boost Health and Beat Disease by Bharat B. Aggarwal, PhD with Debora Yost.

Judaism: Health Resources/Information
Connect to Care from UJA:
Help during the recession: Employment and career-transition; Financial consulting, debt counseling, and budget guidance; Legal Help, Support: Counseling and Jewish spiritual care for those who have lost their job as a result of the Recession: http://www.ujafedny.org/connect-to-care Contact: connect-to-care@ujafedny.org or Call 1-877-UJA-NYJ11 (1-877-852-6951.)
National Center for Jewish Healing www.ncjh.org
Jewish Health and Healing Recovery Network www.Jhhrn.org
Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services www.JBFCS.org
Israel Cancer Research Fund: www.ICRFOnline.org
National Jewish Health: www.NationalJewish.org
Federation Employment and Guidance Services www.FEGS.org
Relief Resources: Mental Health Referrals and Help. Run by Two Rabbis in Brooklyn www.ReliefHelp.org
National Institute for Jewish Hospice www.NIJH.org
Books by Rachel Naomi Remen, MD : My Grandfather’s Blessing. Kitchen Table Wisdom.
Yeshivat Chovevei Torah. Articles by Naphtali Helfgot on Depression; Michelle Friedman, MD, etc.
Books by Rabbi Abraham J Twerski, MD: Such as Getting Up When You’re Down. (Depression, OCD, etc.)
England: JAMI: “A Positive Approach to Mental Health in the Jewish Community” www.jamiuk.org/
England: www.JewishMentalHealth.info
England: OCD-UK www.ocduk.org/index.htm
International OCD Foundation (USA) www.ocfoundation.org/
Yaakov Gerlitz LAc www.jewishhealing.com

Israel Center for the Treatment of PsychoTrauma: www.traumaweb.org/

Camp Simcha for Children with Cancer: “Waving Flags” for Childhood Cancer Awareness www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbdWrUJmT-0&feature=related.

Gift of Life: Bone Marrow Transplant Registry. Donate. Get Tested. Help Out. www.giftoflife.org/default.aspx.
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Judaism: Health Resources: Books and Articles:
Why Me, G-d? by Lisa Aiken, PhD
Illness and Health in the Jewish Tradition by David Freeman, MD and Rabbi Judith Abrams (editors)
If G-d is so Good, Why is the World So Bad by Rabbi Benjamin Blech
Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People by Rabbi Harold Kushner
And G-d Cried, Too: A Kid’s Book of Healing and Hope by Rabbi Marc Gellman and H Bliss.
Books by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
The Wings of the Sun by Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum (Azamra Institute) www.Azamra.org
The Hadassah Jewish Family Book of Health and Wellness
Jewish Paths toward Healing and Wholeness by Rabbi Kerry Olitzky
Book: Jewish Meditation by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan
Books by Rabbi Abraham J Twerski, MD
Books by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan
Books by Rabbi Naomi Levy:
Hope Will Find You.
To Begin Again: The Journey Toward Comfort, Strength, and Faith in Difficult Times
Books by Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
Talking to God: Personal Prayers for Times of Joy, Sadness, Struggle, and Celebration
Books by Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik
Books by Rebbetzin Blu Greenberg
Books by Rabbi Irving Greenberg
Book: Sanity and Sanctity: Mental Health Work Among the Ultra-Orthodox in Jerusalem by Dr. David Greenberg M.D. and Eliezer Witztum M.D.
Books: Getting Up When You’re Down: A mature discussion of an adult malady – depression and related conditions and Dear Rabbi, Dear Doctor: The renowned rabbi-psychiatrist gives straight answers to tough questions (Volumes 1 & 2)by by Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski, M.D.
Book: The Boy Who Couldn’t Stop Washing (J Rapoport) Has an Interesting case of OCD treatment and Judaism.