Roundtable discusses basis for health, Judaism research

by Ryan e. smith, Contributing Writer

URL: http://www.jewishjournal.com/community/article/roundtable_discusses_basis_for_health_judaism_research_20110202/

Few would deny a connection between spirituality, Judaism and health, but how does it function and how would one prove it? The Kalsman Institute on Judaism and Health at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) gathered about 30 scholars, rabbis and doctors to plumb these questions as part of its 2011 Roundtable on Judaism and Health Research on Jan. 30 to Feb. 1 at the Brandeis-Bardin Institute in Simi Valley.

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