BeTween: Growing Healthy Jewish Girls
BeTween helps Jewish girls strengthen and support their bodies, minds, and spirits through fun programs with other Jewish girls. The adults in their lives – parents, teachers, coaches –access information and resources to help girls navigate the turbulent pre-teen years with confidence and understanding about their bodies, relationships, and roles in their communities.
BeTween supports Jewish girls in grades 3 through 8, and is administered by JCC Chicago. Programs for girls are offered by Response for Teens, JCC and other partner organizations. Response for Teens and JCFS Chicago offer parenting programs and support groups. Visit our calendar for all dates and times.
Response for Teens offers engaging, interactive workshops and presentations for schools, synagogues, youth groups, and other settings. Healthy Relationships, Boundaries and Consent, Bullying, Team-building, Pregnancy and STI Prevention, and other topics can be tailored to your needs.
In the areas of dating violence and healthy relationships, we offer two powerful programs:
- The Clothesline Project is an interactive, immersive experience to create awareness and education around relational and gender-based violence and sexual assault.
- In Their Shoes tackles the issue of sex trafficking by asking participants to walk the paths of those who become involved in this modern-day slavery
Both of these programs can be brought to your school, synagogue, community center, library, or other location.
Professional and parent/community training is also available on many of the same topics.
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Support Groups
4th Wednesday of each month |
Support Groups
Please join us for an in-person monthly grief support group for adults who have experienced the death of a loved one within the past two years. The group meets on the 4th Wednesday of each month from 7:00-8:30 pm and is co-sponsored by Temple Beth-El in Northbrook. |
Support Groups
3610 Dundee Road |
Support Groups
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Children & Adolescents
Mondays from 6-7pm (no session on 9.25.2023) |
Children & Adolescents
Looking for a fun way to learn social awareness, communication skills, and self-regulation? The Social Superhero Training Academy is open! In this speech-language pathologist-lead group, children will learn strategies to be flexible-thinking superheroes. Practice these new social superhero powers by reading stories, playing games, making crafts, and more! This 8-week group will be offered in-person at our clinic! |
Children & Adolescents
Elaine Kersten Children's Center |
Children & Adolescents
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Children & Adolescents
Mondays from 6-7pm (no session on 9.25.2023) |
Children & Adolescents
Looking for a fun way to learn social awareness, communication skills, and self-regulation? The Social Superhero Training Academy is open! In this speech-language pathologist-lead group, children will learn strategies to be flexible-thinking superheroes. Practice these new social superhero powers by reading stories, playing games, making crafts, and more! This 8-week group will be offered in-person at our clinic! |
Children & Adolescents
Elaine Kersten Children's Center |
Children & Adolescents
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Support Groups
10:30am-12pm |
Support Groups
This drop-in grief support group is for older adults who have experienced the death of a spouse or partner within the last two years. The group meets the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month, 10:30am -12:00 pm. Supported by the Lauri S. Bauer Foundation for Sudden Loss. For more information and to receive the Zoom link, please contact Marsha Raynes, LCSW. |
Support Groups
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Support Groups
Marsha Raynes
847.745.5408
For more information and to receive the Zoom link, please contact Marsha Raynes, LCSW. |
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Children & Adolescents
Mondays from 6-7pm (no session on 9.25.2023) |
Children & Adolescents
Looking for a fun way to learn social awareness, communication skills, and self-regulation? The Social Superhero Training Academy is open! In this speech-language pathologist-lead group, children will learn strategies to be flexible-thinking superheroes. Practice these new social superhero powers by reading stories, playing games, making crafts, and more! This 8-week group will be offered in-person at our clinic! |
Children & Adolescents
Elaine Kersten Children's Center |
Children & Adolescents
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Children & Adolescents
Mondays from 6-7pm (no session on 9.25.2023) |
Children & Adolescents
Looking for a fun way to learn social awareness, communication skills, and self-regulation? The Social Superhero Training Academy is open! In this speech-language pathologist-lead group, children will learn strategies to be flexible-thinking superheroes. Practice these new social superhero powers by reading stories, playing games, making crafts, and more! This 8-week group will be offered in-person at our clinic! |
Children & Adolescents
Elaine Kersten Children's Center |
Children & Adolescents
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Support Groups
7-8pm |
Support Groups
A free monthly drop-in group for adults in the Jewish community and beyond who are navigating the world after the loss of a loved one to suicide. The group is held online. Please contact Tracey Kite for the Zoom link and to ensure your ability to access the event. Co-led by experienced clinicians Tracey Kite, LCSW and Wendy Dolin, LCSW, a survivor of suicide loss. |
Support Groups
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Support Groups
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Support Groups
2-3pm |
Support Groups
For older adults who are grieving the loss of an adult child. This group is being run in partnership with the Chicago Mitzvah Campaign beginning October 11 and will meet for the following 6 weeks on Wednesdays from 2pm-3pm. Please contact Leah Shefsky to register. |
Support Groups
Chicago Mitzvah Campaign |
Support Groups
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Children & Adolescents
Mondays from 6-7pm (no session on 9.25.2023) |
Children & Adolescents
Looking for a fun way to learn social awareness, communication skills, and self-regulation? The Social Superhero Training Academy is open! In this speech-language pathologist-lead group, children will learn strategies to be flexible-thinking superheroes. Practice these new social superhero powers by reading stories, playing games, making crafts, and more! This 8-week group will be offered in-person at our clinic! |
Children & Adolescents
Elaine Kersten Children's Center |
Children & Adolescents
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Children & Adolescents
Mondays from 6-7pm (no session on 9.25.2023) |
Children & Adolescents
Looking for a fun way to learn social awareness, communication skills, and self-regulation? The Social Superhero Training Academy is open! In this speech-language pathologist-lead group, children will learn strategies to be flexible-thinking superheroes. Practice these new social superhero powers by reading stories, playing games, making crafts, and more! This 8-week group will be offered in-person at our clinic! |
Children & Adolescents
Elaine Kersten Children's Center |
Children & Adolescents
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