About this item
Connect with your family and friends in a meaningful way through the forever letter, a message to impart your values, articulate your feelings, and deepen relationships. Elana Zaiman transforms the little-known Jewish tradition of writing an ethical will into an important tool for anyone to use. This simple and engaging book shows you not only the origins of this tradition, but also gives specific, practical guidance and encouragement on writing your own letter. You'll discover the author's personal stories, examples from her forever letter workshops, and related wisdom from literature, philosophy, and psychology. This book will lead you on the path to profound change in how you see yourself and others.
About the Author
Elana Zaiman is the first woman rabbi from a family spanning six generations of rabbis. She began her rabbinic career at Manhattan's Park Avenue Synagogue and currently serves as a chaplain in Seattle's elder community.
Elana travels throughout the US and Canada as a scholar-in-residence, speaker, and workshop facilitator. She has received rave reviews for her keynotes and workshops in synagogues, churches, interfaith-gatherings, social service agencies, geriatric residencies, law firms, women's organizations, private salons, and elder-law and financial and estate-planning conferences.
Elana is a writer. Her essays, nonfictions, and fictions have been published in: The Gettysburg Review, The Sun, Post Road, The Beloit Fiction Journal, The Dalhousie Review, Hotel Amerika, Clackamas Literary Review, American Letters & Commentary, and other venues. In addition, she is the Ethics and Spirituality columnist for the magazine, Liv Fun.
Elana lives in Seattle, WA with her husband and son.
