Overview

Inspired by the centuries-old Jewish tradition of the ethical will, the forever letter is a new kind of letter that not only shares our wisdom and values but opens the door to deepening, healing, and uplifting relationships. And we can write forever letters at any age to anyone we choose. We never know how much time we have to live--and forever letters give us the opportunity to connect with the people who matter most to us while we still can. Through empowering stories, sample letters, and writing tips, Elana Zaiman serves as your companion on a journey of self-discovery, encouraging you to make yourself known to the people you love.

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Praise for The Forever Letter: ""More than any time in our recent history, it's critically important for families to come together and share their love and support for one another. Elana Zaiman's The Forever Letter offers tools, guidelines, and examples for grandparents and parents to share their love, respect, and values with the next generation."" --Jack Canfield, co-author of The Success Principles(TM) and Chicken Soup For The Soul(R) ""I love this little book because it's about writing real letters, a lost art in our time. Even more important, it's about writing letters that matter to people who matter to us. What could be better than putting words to paper to tell people who we are and what we are becoming, and what it is that we cherish and value--thanking them for the way they helped point us toward our own North Star?"" --Parker J. Palmer, author of Let Your Life Speak and A Hidden Wholeness ""Elana Zaiman has a mission: She loves connection, deep and personal, and wants others to experience the sweet joy she has lived of shared truth-telling. Her forever letter embodies the passing on of wisdom, humbling experience, dreams, and love from one person to another. It is a beautiful concept that all of us should embrace."" --Julie Schwartz Gottman, PhD, co-founder of the Gottman Institute and author of Ten Principles for Doing Effective Couples Therapy ""Step by step, Elana guides us to bring the essence of who we are to the page."" --Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, Central Synagogue Manhattan ""The Forever Letter is an exceptional book. Rabbi Zaiman offers moving stories and profound insights that have the potential to enrich, even transform, your most important relationships. It's a book to read and give to members of your family."" --Michael Josephson, Founder, Josephson Institute of Ethics and CHARACTER COUNTS! ""The Forever Letter is one of those rare books that could change your life. It is chock full of stories--from the author's own life and from the lives of hundreds of people she's worked with--that will inspire readers of all ages to reflect on what and who is important to them and to express these values and this bond in a letter to a loved one. The author's gorgeous writing is mesmerizing and intimate and insightful and will get you writing even if you are no writer. Highly recommended."" --Priscilla Long, author of Fire and Stone: Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? ""In her beautiful book, The Forever Letter, Elana breathes critical life back into the healing art of letters. With joy and insight, she shows us how to use the written word to heal our relationships and live with greater intention. It is the perfect gift for our hectic and frenzied hearts."" --Susan Sparks, author of Laugh Your Way to Grace ""Here is a book to help you clarify your deepest values and transmit them. Rabbi Zaiman shows us how to leave not a legacy of possessions, but the legacy of a life."" --David Wolpe, author of David: The Divided Heart ""One of the most important ways to support wise aging."" --Rachel Cowan, co-author of Wise Aging: Living with Joy, Resilience, and Spirit ""The Forever Letter is an invaluable resource for anyone involved in the estate planning area. I plan to recommend Elana's book to my clients as a matter of course. If more people composed thoughtful forever letters in conjunction with their estate plans, I believe many painful will and trust disputes could be avoided."" --William L. Flem

Author Information

Elana Zaiman loves connecting with people. In her book, she encourages us to deepen, heal, and uplift our relationships with the people who matter to us most. Elana is the first woman rabbi from a family spanning six generations of rabbis. She serves as an inspirational speaker, a scholar-in-residence, and a workshop facilitator to audiences throughout North America. She's a chaplain at a retirement community in Seattle; a certified Wise Aging instructor (IJS), and adjunct faculty at a local hospital's CPE Program. For ten years she served as the Ethics and Spirituality columnist for LivFun, a publication for Leisure Care retirement facilities in 10 states. She has also been published in The Gettysburg Review, The Sun, Post Road, American Letters & Commentary, and elsewhere. Close to her heart is the Seattle Limbe Sewing Circle, which Elana helped to expand beyond the walls of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Seattle. The Seattle Limbe Sewing Circle is an intergenerational and interracial community which brings together Jews, Muslims, and Christians to create feminine hygiene kits for girls in Cameroon, Africa. Elana lives in Seattle, Washington with her husband and son.

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