The Heart of Loneliness : : how Jewish Wisdom can Help you Cope and Find Comfort
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Part 1: Understanding loneliness. 1. The nature of loneliness: what it is, what it isn't, and why so many of us are lonely -- 2. The loneliness of love: finding, keeping, and losing it -- 3. The loneliness of leadership: how responsibility can drive us apart -- 4. The loneliness of sickness and loss: struggles across the life cycle -- Part 2: Loneliness as the building blocks of the Jewish faith. 5. Our lonely God: what the loneliest being in the universe can teach us about our suffering -- 6. Israel, the lonely people: how a nation can suffer alongside us -- Part 3: Coping with loneliness in ourselves and others. 7. From the depths: learning to cry out -- 8. Hearing the call: when another cries out -- 9. The communal response to loneliness: what we can do to create communities of openness and connection -- 10. Sacred searching: finding God, purpose, and self in times of loneliness -- Conclusion: The seeds of redemption and the roots of hope.
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PUBLISHED
Nashville, Tennessee : Jewish Lights Publishing, [2016]
Year Published: 2016
Description: xv, 168 pages ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781683366560
9781580238717
9781580238816
SUBJECTS
Loneliness.
Loneliness -- Judaism.
Faith (Judaism).