Articles tagged with 'judaism' | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Felisa Pivko is still moved when she remembers how Rabbi Jason Weiner, PhD, BCC, senior rabbi and director of the Spiritual Care Department at Cedars-Sinai, went out of his way to get to know her husband, Jack, when he was in the hospital. How the …

The Jewish High Holidays, a time of reflection, repentance and new intentions, begins Oct. 2 at sundown with Rosh Hashanah—the Jewish New Year—and continues on Oct. 11 with Yom Kippur—the Day of Atonement and the holiest day of the year on the …

Cedars-Sinai remembers. On Yom Ha’Shoah, also known as Holocaust Remembrance Day, the medical center solemnly honored the six million Jews, and millions of others, who perished under Nazi rule, one of the darkest periods in history.Cedars-Sinai …

What can a Jewish hospital learn from World War II-era medical experiments carried out by Nazis?A lot, as it turns out.When the Center for Medicine, Holocaust and Genocide Studies was created at Cedars-Sinai two years ago, founding Director Sari J. …