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Interviews with Estelle Frankel |
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 Read the "SF Gate" interview by David Ian Miller, Special to SF Gate (October 10, 2005) |
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| FINDING MY RELIGION Teacher of Jewish mysticism talks about the High Holidays, forgiveness and imperfection. |
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| Read the Olswanger.com review by Anna Olswanger (2004) |
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| Weaving Personal and "Sacred Narrative" A Conversation with Estelle Frankel |
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Reviews of Estelle Frankel's Sacred Therapy |
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| Read the Jewish Community Library Book review by Erik Gleibermann (August 22, 2005) |
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| "An ancient Kabbalist creation myth far different from the genesis version describes a universe born through divine fracture and needing cosmic healing...In Sacred Therapy, Berkeley psychotherapist and jewish educator Estelle Frankel applies this myth as her central metaphor for individual psychological healing work. " |
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| Read the "Jerusalem Post" review by Dr. Henry Abramowitz (August 22, 2005) |
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| "Frankel's approach to Jewish self-help offers readers a way to deepen their relationship with Jewish spiritual teachings and may encourage the same kind of emotional healing from which she benefited." |
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| Read the "Jewish Post and Opinion" review by Julie Bloom |
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| "At a time when many psychotherapists have concluded that spiritual teachings can be valuable companions of traditional counseling modalities, few books have been written as beautifully as Sacred Therapy." |
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| Read the "Spirituality & Practice" book review by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
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| "Frankel...does a good job of heralding humility as a spiritual resource..." |
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| Read the "Presence Magazine" review by Rabbi Amy Eilberg (December, 2004) |
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| "When Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi was on his way to Mezerich to study with Rabbi Dov Baer, the great Maggid, he was asked why he wasn't instead going to study with Rabbi Elijah, the Gaon (genius) of Vilna, the most illustrious Torah scholar of the generation. Shneur Zalman responded that one goes to Vilna to learn how to learn Torah; he, however, was going to Mezerich to learn how to become a sefer Torah (Torah scroll). (p. 282)" |
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| Read the "Library Journal" review by Stephen Joseph |
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| "Her use of Kabalistic cosmology to reflect on emotional pain, broken-heartedness, and separation is especially strong and moving... substantive..." |
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| Read the "Publisher's Weekly" review |
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| "There is nothing more whole than a broken heart, ..." |
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| Read the "Science and Theology News" review |
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| "...a practical exploration of how humans can heal and be whole... credibly researched, throughtfully written... applicable to all." |
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| The Gate to Pardes |
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| artwork by Dorit Bat Shalom |
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