Chaplain David Balto joins the NeshamaCast team and shares a clip of Rabbi Lynn Liberman's presentation at the 2025 Bikur Cholim Conference on managing challenging times.
David Balto is a volunteer chaplain at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C., the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington and Western Correctional Insitution, Maryland's maximum security prison. He and his wife Naomi are actively involved in bikur cholim (care for the sick) with Bikur Cholim of Greater Washington and are co-sponsors of the annual National Bikur Cholim Conference. David is also a volunteer for Ruach and a student in Aleph's program for spiritual direction.
Rabbi Lynn Liberman, BCC, is Acting Co-President of NAJC. She works as the Jewish Community Chaplain of the Twin Cities. Ordained in 1993 from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Lynn worked over 20 years in congregations before moving into full-time chaplaincy. In addition to her Community Chaplain position, Lynn also works as a Per Diem Chaplain at two area Hospitals, including a Trauma One Center, and has been a volunteer Police/Fire Chaplain for 25 years. Lynn has proudly served on the NAJC board for four years. She and her spouse live in St. Paul, MInnesota.
Click here for information on the National Bikur Cholim Conference, including links to recordings of past programs.