The Hadassah Jewish Family Book of Health and Wellness

by Robin E. Berman and Arthur Kurzweil

The Jewish people have special concerns, approaches, and attitudes about health and wellness, due in part to certain illnesses known as "Jewish genetic diseases," such as Tay-Sachs, Niemann-Pick, Gaucher, and others. Beyond these genetic diseases, however, the entire range of topics and issues related to health and wellness has long been of great interest to the religious and secular Jewish community. Jewish tradition has developed many special approaches...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0787980714
• ISBN13: 9780787980719
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 503 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.3" x 9.5"