Eating Disorder Awareness

How to Spot the Signs & Where to Get Help for College Students

Judith Ruskay Rabinor, Ph.D. The American Eating Disorder Center of Long Island jrrabinor@gmail.com Originally published in the book “What May I Do With My Body” Jewish Choices/Jewish Voices: Contemporary Ethics, Spirituality,...

Judith Ruskay Rabinor, Ph.D. (Originally published in Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention, Philadelphia: Routledge; Volume 6, Issue 2, Summer 1998.) “Help us find the courage, to make our...

Kate Miriam Loewenthal, Psychology Department Royal Holloway University of London Egham Surrey TW20 0EX UK c.loewenthal@rhul.ac.uk Important aspects of Orthodox Judaism. What are the most fundamental aspects of orthodox Jewish beliefs...

By Emily Kuriloff, Psy.D. A Jewish mother instructs a daughter in prayer, shows her how to fold the dough for rugalach, or the way to run a business. Other lessons are...

> One of the most defining features of Orthodox Jewish life is the Shabbos; a gold mine for both the restoration and growth of a person’s physical, spiritual, and psychological welfare....

By Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser Author of “Starving to Live” A major key in preventing the development of an eating disorder in a family member is to “know” them, to understand their...

Rabbi Cary A. Friedman The Talmud (Yoma 74b) teaches, “The blind eat but are not satisfied.” The commentators explain that a blind person cannot be truly satisfied by his food because...

Marjorie C. Feinson, Ph.D. Principal Investigator June 7, 2009 Overview & Selected Findings Domestic abuse and disordered eating (DE) are now recognized as major problems confronting the Jewish community. Yet, there...

Jennifer Daniel, MS, DTR and Susan Kleinman, MA, ADTR, NCC Reports of eating disorders among young orthodox women are rising at an alarming rate. A study of Orthodox Jewish girls in...