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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>In 2004, Sherri Mandell won the National Jewish Book award for <em>The Blessing of the Broken Heart</em>, which told of her grief and initial mourning after her 13-year-old son Koby was brutally murdered.</p><p><br></p><p>Years later, with her pain still undiminished, Sherri trained to help others as a pastoral counselor, one of the first in Israel's hospitals.</p><p><br></p><p>Could a stranger offer comfort to patients and their families in the face of cancer? Could Sherri find comfort by comforting others?</p><p><br></p><p><em>Reaching for Comfort</em> is the moving memoir of an experience that was at turns painful, awkward, and funny, but always enriching.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>Sherri Mandell has done it again with this deeply personal and profoundly moving book about caring and compassion under the most trying of conditions. <strong><em>Reaching for Comfort</em></strong> will inspire readers with its compelling prose, riveting narrative, and uplifting spirituality.</p><p>-<strong>Michael Oren</strong>, author, <em>The Night Archer: and Other Stories</em>, former Israeli ambassador to the United States</p><p><br></p><p>"God wants the heart." Sherri Mandell's account of her journey in becoming a spiritual care professional (melavah ruchanit) is full of heart. </p><p>Having faced the most unimaginable trauma-the loss of her son Koby to a terrorist attack-Mandell sets out to accompany others through loss, illness and suffering. </p><p><br></p><p>The reader is gifted with a beautiful account of heart-opening-Mandell's, to be sure, and also those of the patients and family members she accompanies. </p><p><br></p><p>What a blessing to witness Mandell's and her patients' resilience!</p><p>-<strong>Rabbi Dayle Friedman</strong>, editor, <em>Jewish Pastoral Care: A Practical Guide from Traditional and Contemporary Sources</em></p><br>

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