Welcome!ברוכים הבאים

“One Spirit, Many Paths,” The NAJC Conference, will be held May 11-14, 2025 in Chicago.

Do you have information relevant to Jewish chaplains you’d like to share? Submit a proposal to lead a workshop here! Direct questions to NAJC Executive Director Allison Atterberry at najcallison@gmail.com.

The conference has its own web page. You can jump to it HERE.

(added September 19, 2024) We are honored to share this special volume of readings, reflections, and images called Kol HaNeshamot — Voices of Jewish Spiritual Care:
Reflecting on October 7
. This curated collection of original articles includes submissions from spiritual care provider members from Neshama: Association of Jewish Chaplains (NAJC) for our colleagues.

     These reflections are designed to bring a message of hope and possibility in light of the challenges of this past year as we turn toward the New Year ahead.

     We hope that you share these spiritual care insights with your community and that they may serve as a resource and as a source of inspiration in the time ahead.

     We invite you to print and share this with your wider communities.

Please CLICK HERE to read Kol HaNeshamot — Voices of Jewish Spiritual Care

(added November 16, 2023) “The Strategic Partners in Spiritual Care, in partnership with the Association of Muslim Chaplains, have formed a task force to address Antisemitism and Anti-Muslim bias. This group will convene in November with the goal of providing a platform of support to our members to navigate the reality of Antisemitism and Anti-Muslim bias in chaplaincy. To view the complete statement, please CLICK HERE.”

 

An NAJC Guiding Value:  

“These are the obligations without measure …

To visit the sick …

To console the bereaved …

To perform acts of loving kindness …”

(From the morning liturgy, “Eilu D’varim,”

Based on Talmud, Shabbat, 127a, Translations excerpted from

Siddur Lev Shalom and Gates of Prayer)