Stephen Fried
By Stephen Fried
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News Jews Must Take Mental Illness Out of the Shadows
Last spring, I was standing at the front of a prominent East Coast synagogue with Patrick Kennedy — the former congressman and brain health advocate with whom I had recently written a book — when I had a moment of clarity. We were discussing important national political issues in mental illness and substance use disorders,…
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News Breaking the Synagogue’s Silence on Mental Illness: What You Can Do
Much of the discussion in faith community efforts to improve diagnosis and treatment of brain diseases — and social support of those who have them — has lately focused on three areas: 1) Planning a Sabbath of Inclusion or “Mental Health Weekend of Faith” either for your local Jewish community or your city’s larger combined…
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Opinion How To Pick the Perfect Rabbi
I once spent three years of my life following what was supposed to be a one-year search for a new rabbi at one of the country’s biggest synagogues. It was one of the most fascinating, shocking and challenging experiences of my life — as a Jew and as a writer. And it made me entirely…
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News Wolpe’s Greatest Lessons as a Rabbi and Teacher Were Meant To Be Heard
What we will miss most is his voice. It was muscular and musical, with an accent that sounded vaguely British at first, but later revealed itself to be all-American, with leftover “aahs” from Boston. When Gerald Wolpe died May 18 at the age of 81, American Jews lost one of our greatest sermonizers, one of…
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