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A Resource Guide for Jewish Chaplains and Their Non-Jewish Supervisors
Nedarim 40a: “They Swept and Sprinkled the
Grounds Before Him”
Bikkur Cholim: Presence and Tasks
The tasks now include:
Baptism Referrals
Anointing
Sacraments
Praying
Services/Worship on Christmas and Easter
Sunday Services (Eccumenical/Interfaith)
Ash Wednesday
� Educate, assist, advise, and support our Jewish chaplaincy students and colleagues.
� Provide education and support to non-Jewish supervisors as they help develop their Jewish student’s pastoral identity and authority.
� Explore appropriate and open-minded clinical options when a cultural or religious boundary is in question.
� Create a code of understanding for non-Jewish supervisors, i.e., what is acceptable and not acceptable to require or encourage Jewish students/chaplains to do as part of their clinical functioning.
Jewish Chaplaincy Student
Roman Catholic Patient – Church main avenueof support
Chaplain offered prayer
What form of prayer should the studentchaplain offer?
� In the name of our ancestors, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah…
� And in the name of the Father, the Son, and Holy Ghost
� Return to Misheberach Format
� And in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, and let us say Amen.
� Student questions her prayer choice and seeks supervision and different perspectives.
� How would you respond to her considering
1) Your own opinion and belief system?
2) Your unbiased clinical educator perspective?
Non-Jewish CPE Supervisor
Answer: No
Concerned about the student not the patient
Orthodox
Answer: No
Invoking other deities
Conservative (x 2):
Answer: No
Answer 1: Sacrilegious
Answer 2: Bewildered
CPE Supervisor:
Answer: No
Representative of the Jewish people, utilizing Interdisciplinary team, universal language
� Contributors backing up specific perspectives on the clinical practice of a Jewish chaplain using Jewish text, behavioral science, history, and halachah
� Allowing room for organizational context and personal growth while promoting standards for Jewish professionals and their supervisors
� Jewish chaplain’s connection to broader Jewish community
� Relationship between halachah and Jewish spiritual care
� Education and Endorsement
� The role of the Jewish chaplain and supportive supervision
� Jewish identity
� Secularism
� Levels of observance
� Synagogues, the Jewish Community, and referrals (working with community clergy)
� Professional chaplaincy organizations and affiliation
� Prayer
� God Language
� Theology
� Non-Jewish chaplains serving the Jewish population
� Jews serving non-Jews
� The Hebrew and Christian Bibles – how we utilize text (non-systematic theology)
� Judaism and Eastern traditions� Israel� Christmas, Easter, and Ash Wednesday� Emergency baptism, anointing, and sacraments
� Authority and Hierarchy� Resistance� Autonomy
� Remaining a distinct people
� Universal Judaism
� Interfaith coalition building
� The Christian messianic movement
� Hebrew as an inclusive or exclusive language
� Other topics
� Your interest in writing
� Organization of the Guide