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NeshamaCastFinding Hope Beyond Your Diagnosis with Rabbi Rebecca KamilNeshamaCast is off for the summer, gearing up for an engaging Season 3. But in the meantime, we’re pleased to bring you this special bonus episode featuring NAJC’s Vice President Rebecca Kamil, BCC. Rabbi Kamil serves as a chaplain for the CLL Society in the Minneapolis area. The CLL Society supports and advocates for cancer patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and small lymphocytic lymphoma. Rabbi Kamil recently appeared on CareCast, the podcast of the CLL Society. Rabbi Kamil has rabbinic ordination from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion and is a Board Certified Chaplain through NAJC. Neshamacast is grat...2025-06-3042 min
NeshamaCastChaplain David Balto joins NeshamaCastDavid Balto is a volunteer chaplain at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C., the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington and Western Correctional Insitution, Maryland's maximum security prison. He and his wife Naomi are actively involved in bikur cholim (care for the sick) with Bikur Cholim of Greater Washington and are co-sponsors of the annual National Bikur Cholim Conference. David is also a volunteer for Ruach and a student in Aleph's program for spiritual direction.Rabbi Lynn Liberman, BCC, is Acting Co-President of NAJC. She works as the Jewish Community Chaplain of the Twin Cities. Ordained in 1993 from...2025-02-1336 min
NeshamaCastDefining and combatting antisemitism in the chaplaincy workplaceNAJC, as the Jewish chaplaincy organization, takes seriously our role in advocating for and supporting our membership, as well as in educating those in our field on how to identify and respond to antisemitism, particularly in light of its rise since October 7, 2023. Recently, NAJC hosted a panel discussion on "Defining and Combating Antisemitism in the Chaplaincy Workplace" that was held on September 17, 2024. Rabbi Rebecca Kamil, BCC, Vice President of NAJC, moderated the event that was held online before a live online audience. Panelists were: Scott Richman, ADL New York-New Jersey Region Director; Michelle Stravitz, CEO of American Jewish Medical As...2024-10-291h 18
NeshamaCastChaplains on CampusChaplain Hagar Ben-Eliezer, BCC, is a Chaplain and Wellness Therapist for Hillel at UC Berkeley. She previously worked in pediatric chaplaincy at both UCSF and Stanford hospitals. She teaches medical school students on Trauma Informed Care, Somatic Healing and has created workshops in veterinarian chaplaincy she leads for staff at animal hospitals. In the summer of 2024 Hagar served as the Hillel Birthright International Grief and Trauma Specialist in Israel. Chaplain Hagar is active in NAJC and serves on the board as well as co-chairs the conference committee and leads the fundraising committee. She is also a mentor to chaplains p...2024-08-2043 min
NeshamaCastLet's Talk: Interfaith Voices on Israel, Part 4 with Anila AliThis is Part 4 in the series: Let’s Talk: Interfaith Voices on Israel. In this series, Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn, President of Neshama:Association of Jewish Chaplains, engages in dialogue with diverse faith leaders across America to discuss their personal and religious connections to Israel in a series co-sponsored by NAJC, Moishe House, the International Rabbinic Fellowship and Congregation Netivot Shalom of Teaneck, NJ. Each virtual event in this series features a positive interfaith bridge-builder. In this program Rabbanit Alissa is in conversation with Anila Ali. A native of Pakistan, Anila Ali is a retired California public school teacher, Muslim ph...2024-05-201h 10
NeshamaCastLet's Talk: Interfaith Voices on Israel, Part 3This is Part 3 in the series: Let’s Talk: Interfaith Voices on Israel. In this series, Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn, President of Neshama:Association of Jewish Chaplains, engages in dialogue with diverse faith leaders across America to discuss their personal and religious connections to Israel in a series co-sponsored by NAJC, Moishe House, the International Rabbinic Fellowship and Congregation Netivot Shalom of Teaneck, NJ. Each virtual event in this series features a positive interfaith bridge-builder. In this program Rabbanit Alissa is in conversation with Dr. Jeffrey Chadwick. He serves as Professor of Archaeology and Near Eastern Studies at the Brigham Yo...2024-05-1058 min
NeshamaCastLet's Talk: Interfaith Voices on Israel, Part 2This is Part 2 in the series: Let’s Talk: Interfaith Voices on Israel. In this series, Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn, President of Neshama:Association of Jewish Chaplains, engages in dialogue with diverse faith leaders across America to discuss their personal and religious connections to Israel in a series co-sponsored by NAJC, Moishe House, the International Rabbinic Fellowship and Congregation Netivot Shalom of Teaneck, NJ. Each virtual event in this series features a positive interfaith bridge-builder. In this program Rabbanit Alissa engages in conversation with Erica Cohen Moore, Executive Director of the National Association of Catholic Chaplains. This program initially took pl...2024-03-2855 min
NeshamaCastLet’s Talk: Interfaith Voices on Israel, Part 1This is the first session in the series: Let’s Talk: Interfaith Voices on Israel. In this series, Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn, President of Neshama:Association of Jewish Chaplains, engages in dialogue with diverse faith leaders across America to discuss their personal and religious connections to Israel in a series co-sponsored by NAJC, Moishe House, the International Rabbinic Fellowship and Congregation Netivot Shalom of Teaneck, NJ. Each virtual event in this series features a positive interfaith bridge-builder. In this program Rabbanit Alissa engages in conversation with Bishop Kenneth Ulmer, PhD., of the Baptist tradition. This program initially took place before a...2024-03-1557 min
NeshamaCastTo Boldly Go into Chaplaincy: Rabbi Joe OzarowskiAbout our guest:Rabbi Dr. Joseph S. Ozarowski, BCCRabbi Joe has enjoyed a fulfilling career as a pulpit rabbi, educator, prolific author and board-certified chaplain for more than 40 years. He has worked full-time at JCFS Chicago since 2005 and presently serves as Rabbinic Counselor and Jewish Chaplaincy Services Chaplain.Rabbi Ozararowski serves as President of Neshama: The Association of Jewish Chaplains. A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Rabbi Joe completed his undergraduate (honors) work at Loyola University Chicago, was ordained with Semicha at Skokie’s Hebrew Theological College, and received a Doctorate from La...2023-09-0841 min
NeshamaCastIntroductionIn NeshamaCast, we will hear from a variety of Jewish chaplains in the field to share their stories describing Jewish spiritual care and why it matters. Our guests will offer their perspectives from the field on the impact Jewish chaplains have on the people we serve and related topics such as major trends in Jewish spiritual care, Jewish medical ethics, disaster chaplaincy, interfaith relations, the aging of our society, addiction and recovery and more. Please join us on our journey to bring healing to our world.
About our host:Rabbi Edward Bernstein, BCC...2023-09-0603 min