Rabbi Bruce J. Pfeffer, MAHL, BCC

Rabbi Bruce J. Pfeffer, MAHL, BCC

Chaplain
System Chaplaincy
Indiana University Health

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About

Rabbi Bruce J. Pfeffer has been a rabbi and chaplain since 2000. He works part-time as a chaplain at IU Health. Among his many roles as chaplain, he worked several years in the Neurology Movement Disorders Clinic and has also worked as an interventionist in chaplaincy research. Currently he is working as a CCN (Congregational Care Network) chaplain in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Rabbi Pfeffer leads congregations in prayer at Temple Beth El, in Muncie, Indiana, and at the DePauw University Hillel, in Greencastle, Indiana. He also teaches religious school students, where he enjoys challenging his students in all areas, including their understanding of the world, of Jews, of Hebrew, and of God.

At home he serves as chief cook and bottle washer.

He is a baker of bread, maker of yogurt, and student (and sometimes teacher) of crochet, origami, haiku, and bookbinding.

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Education

  • Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, MAHL (2000)
  • University of Bridgeport, BSIE (1986)

Representative Publications

  • Alexia M. Torke, Shelley E. Varner-Perez, Emily S. Burke, Tracy A. Taylor, James E. Slaven, Kathryn L. Kozinski, Saneta M. Maiko, Bruce J. Pfeffer, Sarah K. Banks, “Effects of Spiritual Care on Well-Being of Intensive Care Family Surrogates: A Clinical Trial,” Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 65.4 (April 2023).
  • “Haiku/Senryu” in CCAR Journal: The Reform Jewish Quarterly LXVII, No. 2 (Spring 2020): 279.
  • “Haiku/Senryu” in Modern Haiku 42.3 (Autumn 2011): 13.
  • “Haiku/Senryu” in CCAR Journal: The Reform Jewish Quarterly LVII, No. 1 (Winter 2010): 135.

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IU Health Chaplaincy Services
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