Rabbi Joseph H.Krakoff is the Senior Director of the Jewish Hospice and Chaplaincy Network inWest Bloomfield, MI.  He regularly offers seminars on a variety of spiritual topics with a particular focus on moral and ethical behavior, palliative and hospice care and end of life decision-making.

In creating Never Long Enough: Finding Comfort and Hope Amidst Grief and Loss - a unique book about the end of life, Rabbi Joseph H. Krakoff and artist Dr. Michelle Y. Sider brought together their many years of professional expertise with families. Krakoff drew on lessons learned in many years of counseling adults and children wrestling with death, grief and remembrance. Sider’s years working as an artist, arts educator and psychologist influenced her approach in creating evocative images that demonstrate how art can help to unlock emotions and heal the heart. Together, they crafted an interactive keepsake book for families and friends, complete with pages to add personal reflections thereby transforming the book into an individualized tribute to a loved one.  

After growing up in Los Angeles, Rabbi Krakoff graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA.  He earned a Masters Degree of Hebrew Letters at the University of Judaism in Bel-Air, CA and a Masters of Hebrew Letters at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New YorkCity where he was also ordained as a Conservative Rabbi in 1998.  After serving as a congregational rabbi for sixteen years, Rabbi Krakoff continues to actively officiate at a whole host of life cycle events while helping individuals and families realize their best selves.  He is author of the newly published book, “Never Long Enough: Finding Comfort and Hope Amidst Grief and Loss.”