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Expand Your Reach Through Networking

  • Monday, July 14, 2025 + 3 more dates

  • 10am, 11am and 2pm sessions available

Whether you connect in person, online, in groups, at events or through your own personal relationships, doing it professionally and effectively is essential to your job search success. Networking afternoon workshops convene May 29, July 1, July 31 and August 28 at 2pm with morning sessions on June 19 at 10am, July 14 and August 13 at 11am.

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Boys Group

  • Monday, July 14, 2025 + 9 more dates

  • 4:30-6pm
  • Abe and Ida Cooper Center 6639 N. Kedzie Ave Chicago, IL 60645 View Map

Boys Group creates a space for boys to engage socially through play and other structured activities that support communication, problem solving, and emotional regulation. Through individual and joint activities such as story-telling, building, and physical play, boys will develop their capacity to interact effectively in their daily lives.

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LinkedIn 101

  • Wednesday, July 16, 2025 + 4 more dates

  • 10am, 11am and 2pm sessions available

Learn the basics of LinkedIn with tips and ideas on how to put your profile together. LinkedIn is a critical tool in your networking toolbox and this workshop will help you get started. LinkedIn workshops convene in the afternoons on June 9, July 3, July 28 and August 26 at 2pm. Morning sessions are available June 18 at 11am, July 16 and August 14 at 10am.

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Support Group For Difficult Times

A virtual drop-in group for those in the Chicagoland Jewish Community who are seeking connection, support, and coping strategies to get through these difficult times. The group meets on Wednesdays, 12 – 1pm via Zoom. Please contact Bracha Jakofsky, LCSW at 847.745.5430 for more information and to obtain the Zoom link.

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Hope and Support in Difficult Times: Jewish Wisdom for Facing Cancer and Chronic Illness

Life’s challenges often leave us searching for meaning, comfort, and strength. Join Rabbi Joseph S. Ozarowski, D. Min., BCC, Rabbinic Counselor and Chaplain at JCFS Chicago, for a webinar exploring Jewish teachings on suffering, resilience, and hope. Drawing from the Torah and Talmud, Rabbi Ozarowski will share insights on navigating illness with faith.

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Winning the Interview

  • Thursday, July 17, 2025 + 4 more dates

  • 10am and 2pm sessions available

Preparation is key! It may be virtual, in-person, with a group or over numerous follow-up sessions, but interviewing comes with the job search. Learn and practice how to interview in any setting to secure your next job! Morning Interview workshops convene June 17, July 17 and August 12 at 10am with afternoon workshops available June 4, July 2, July 30 and August 25 at 2pm.

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Ready Set Grow

  • Thursday, July 17, 2025 + 11 more dates

  • 9:15-10:30am
  • Abe and Ida Cooper Center 6639 N. Kedzie Ave. Chicago, IL 60645 View Map

Join us for our 2 - to 3 - year-old play group, designed to develop communication, language, and social skills. Waiting, turn-taking, following directions, and transitions are incorporated into preschool activities, like circle time, art, and pretend play. Our Speech-Language Pathologist will incorporate monthly themes to enhance vocabulary development, knowledge of early basic concepts, and pre-literacy skills.

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Girls Expressive Arts Therapy Group (6-8 years old)

  • Thursday, July 17, 2025 + 10 more dates

  • 4:30pm
  • Abe and Ida Cooper Center 6639 N. Kedzie Ave Chicago, IL 60645 View Map

Girls Expressive Arts Therapy Group provides opportunities for alternative avenues of self-expression and social connection. There will be a group experience with emphasis on developing skills for emotional regulation, communication, and deepening social relationships. Girls are encouraged to use art, drama, and play to express themselves and connect with one another in a small group.

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Preschool Socialization Group (3-5 years old)

  • Thursday, July 17, 2025 + 10 more dates

  • 4:15-5:45pm
  • Abe and Ida Cooper Center 6639 N. Kedzie Ave Chicago, IL 60645 View Map

Preschool Socialization Group offers children additional support in their social interactions with peers. Through small and large group play activities, children will learn to identify their feelings in social situations and understand the consequences of their behavior. Sessions run weekly on Thursdays at 4:15pm, from July 10 - September 18 at the Abe and Ida Cooper Center, 6639 N. Kedzie Ave in Chicago.

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Reflections in Recovery: What Adoptees Can Teach Us

Adoption carries both connection and loss. For many adoptees, early separation and identity disruption can increase vulnerability to hyper-vigilance, unhealthy coping behaviors, and addiction. Learn the brain science behind early loss and addiction, strategies for meaningful support, and how to set boundaries that promote healing and trust. Adoptive parents, adoptees, professionals, and anyone touched by adoption will find value in this impactful session. This program is generously funded by the Rubens Family Foundation and is open to the community.

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The Club - Group for Teens

  • Thursday, July 17, 2025 + 4 more dates

  • 2:15-3:15pm
  • Elaine Kersten Children's Center 255 Revere Drive Suite 200 Northbrook, IL 60062 View Map

Join peers at "The Club House" for this fun summer social speech-language group. We will work together to complete puzzles, games, cooking, sports, and art. Specific activities may include- games: Pirate Pop Up, Trouble, Kerplunk; art- painting, stickers, glitter; sports- football toss.

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