Stress Busters Club is a group for adults with disabilities to talk about stress and anxiety, learn new coping strategies, and try them out together. Group meets every Tuesday from March 12-April 16.
Registration is required. Join us! To register and receive fee information for the series, contact Jess Jankowski. Space is limited.
Please join us on March 5th at 7:30pm as we gather to nourish ourselves and engage in a life affirming discussion and community bonding experience.
The dinner table is the most forgiving place for difficult conversation. The ritual of breaking bread creates warmth and connection and puts us in touch with our humanity. It is in this environment in which we choose to honor our precious mortality and open conversations about the end of life.
In partnership with Base LNCLN
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Whether you are a Jewish insider, more on the margins, or Jewish-adjacent, we welcome you to tap into age-old Jewish wisdom on living and dying well.
Cosponsored by JCFS Chicago, Moishe House, Reboot and Base LNCLN and generously sponsored by the Lauri S. Bauer Foundation for Sudden Loss.
The memories of loved ones who have passed and experiences of grief shape who we are as people and shift our paths in life in innumerable ways.
This is a special Shabbat dinner to hold nourishing space for those of us in our 20's and 30's who have lost a parent, sibling, or partner. While the losses that bring us together are painful, we hope to create a gentle, joyful, and even fun (dark humor anyone?) space to be together with folks who get it. And of course, you can expect delicious food, drink, and Shabbat vibes.
In partnership with Base LNCLN
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The program is generously sponsored by the Lauri S. Bauer Foundation for Sudden Loss.
Explore the world of Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) with certified psychedelic-assisted therapy provider Jordan Dobrowski, LCSW. Learn what it is and how it differs from other higher levels of care. There are important roles a therapist plays around KAP. Learn how to evaluate clients as appropriate referrals to KAP. Develop the skills needed to collaborate as a primary therapist with your patients' KAP treatment team.
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Cost: $60 includes 3.0 CEU’s for social workers, psychologists, and counselors.
Presenter: Jordan Dombrowski, LCSW (she/they) is a Certified Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Provider with experience providing psychotherapy to youth and adults in both English and Spanish. She received her Master’s in Social Work with certificates in Trauma-Informed Care and Culturally Responsive Mental Healthcare for Immigrant Families from the University of Chicago in 2018. Jordan has worked for several ketamine-assisted psychotherapy clinics as well as two psychedelic-assisted therapy training centers. They run a small group practice and are also an active member of the Illinois Psychedelic Society.
Learning Objectives:
1. Be able to screen clients using inclusion and exclusion criteria for Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP).
2. Develop a brief elevator speech for how to introduce KAP to clients and other providers.
3. Practice basic skills for integration therapy and harm reduction.
For assistance or more information, call us at 855.275.5237 or email us at Ask@JCFS.org.
Students
Teachers & School Staff
Parents
PACS (Partners Aligned for Child Safety) is an alliance of JCFS Chicago, Associated Talmud Torahs and Upward Community to coordinate and streamline efforts to prevent child abuse in Chicago area Orthodox day schools.
For more information about Safer Schools programs, contact Bracha Jakofsky, MSW, Abuse Prevention Coordinator and Mental Health Educator.
To report suspicions or knowledge of child abuse or neglect, call the DCFS Hotline at 1.800.25.ABUSE (1.800.252.2873)
For assistance or more information, call us at 855.275.5237 or email us at Ask@JCFS.org.
Clergy, staff and other leaders increase their understanding of the impacts of abuse, mental health, addiction and recovery in the Jewish community, including the legal obligations to intervene. Congregants learn more about community resources and how to feel more comfortable turning to the rabbi and other synagogue leaders for support and guidance. Our staff can guide a congregation in reviewing and development of individualized programs, policies, protocols and best practices.
For more information contact Elizabeth Ury, MAJPS, Director of Jewish Community Engagement, 847.745.5421.
Topics Addressed
Safer Synagogues has been facilitated in over 35 Chicago area synagogues since its inception.
Boundaries, Abuse and Supporting Communities Training
JCFS offers training for religious school educators, b’nai mitzvah tutors and other synagogue staff and volunteers on establishing and maintaining healthy boundaries, the signs and symptoms of child abuse and neglect, and responding to disclosures or suspicions of abuse and neglect.
To report suspicions or knowledge of child abuse or neglect, call the DCFS Hotline at 1.800.25.ABUSE (1.800.252.2873)
For assistance or more information, call us at 855.275.5237 or email us at Ask@JCFS.org.
The Empty Chair is a virtual workshop for those mourning the death of a loved one during Passover. Holidays can make a loved one's absence, no matter how long they've been gone, feel especially present.
Please join us for a meaningful text study, gentle guidance and reflection on navigating loss during the Passover season, and supportive conversation about making space for remembrance, honoring traditions, and finding moments of comfort and connection at the Seder table and beyond.
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Facilitated by:
Rabbi Joseph S. Ozarowski, D. Min., BCC Rabbinic Counselor and Chaplain
Ally Frank, Social Work Intern
Meditation can help us develop inner peace and other healing responses for hard times, including grief and loss. In this workshop we will learn, discuss, and practice a Jewish meditation based in ancient traditional Jewish prayer practices. After the workshop you will have everything you need to continue practicing the meditation on your own.
All are welcome; no meditation experience, particular type or level of Jewish observance or Hebrew literacy is required.
Presenter: Beth Fishman, Ph.D. is a licensed Clinical Health Psychologist and the Program Manager of addiction services at JCFS Chicago. For over 30 years Dr. Fishman has created and taught Jewish spiritual practices to support individuals experiencing bereavement, chronic illness, addiction recovery, and mental health challenges.
The program is generously sponsored by the Lauri S. Bauer Foundation for Sudden Loss.
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