A similar class will be offered on Wednesday, December 10. Contact Laura Kramer if you would like more information about this class and future addiction recovery events. I was so excited when educator Beth Huppin asked if I wanted to collaborate with her to offer classes exploring Jewish text through the lens of addiction and…
Experiencing Alzheimer’s
Esther Altshul Helfgott kept a diary as her husband’s Alzheimer’s advanced, both to process her emotions and to help keep her husband’s memory alive. In her works Dear Alzheimer’s: A Caregiver’s Diary & Poems and Listening to Mozart: Poems of Alzheimer’s, she chronicles her experiences as caregiver and grieving spouse. I, who have experienced the…
What Does Social Justice Mean to You?
“Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other’s welfare, social justice can never be attained.” – Hellen Keller What is social justice? Social evokes concepts of networks, relationships and community while justice speaks to rights, fairness and equality. Here at JFS, we often discuss this…
Following Along in the Food Bank
Nathan Hale High School student Isaac Alter spent two spring days at JFS as part of an “Author of Change” school project. Hale sophomores shadow people in the community who are working to make a social difference, and then the students write reflective papers about their experiences. Alter chose JFS because of family connections to the agency….
Turning Toward More Intentional Parenting
The Jewish New Year is a time self-reflection, and working in schools for many years reinforced autumn as a time of new beginnings and goal setting for me. Many years ago, I decided to use this time of year to set goals for spiritual and relationship growth. On Yom Kippur, we ask forgiveness for our…
Catching Up on Lost Years
My favorite classes in Iraq were geography, history and sociology. I always wanted to study other countries’ civilizations, especially how they lived. My teachers were not great. Our curriculum was pretty outdated. There was special treatment of those students who could pay for additional classes. But like the other kids, I found the subjects that…
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