Adoptees and adoptive parents have individual and unique perspectives and struggles that aren’t usually seen side by side.  Join us to hear from adoptive mother Julie Etter and son Isaac as they share a candid look into their real-life challenges, lessons learned, and moments of joy in navigating identity across different life stages. Rabbi and adoptive parent D'ror Chankin-Gould will also offer insights through a Jewish lens and moderate the Q&A session. This is a virtual event.

Join us for an in-person workshop with Kristen McCray, Art Therapist with Midwest Refuah, to explore your grief process by creating ceramic artwork. This workshop will explore how creating art can be a tool in our grief. Art involvement can be cathartic; help you feel less isolated and communicate for you when it’s hard to know what to say.

Materials will be provided, and artwork may be taken home that evening.

Join this monthly drop-in space for those in our community who are struggling with infertility, pregnancy loss, the process of adoption, fostering, and other challenges in building a family. This group will be held on the third Monday of each month.

Co-sponsored by: JCFS Chicago, Anshe Sholom B’nai Israel, Anshe Emet Synagogue, Base Silverstein, Chicago Sinai, Mishkan Chicago, and Temple Sholom of Chicago.

If you are interested in participating or learning more, contact Andrea Jacobs, AndreaJacobs@JCFS.org

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 3rd Wednesday of each month from 7:00-8:30 pm and is co-sponsored by Temple Beth-El and Congregation Beth Shalom in Northbrook.

Please contact Marsha Raynes, LCSW for more information and to register.

Have you lost a loved one over the past year? Will this years' Holidays be difficult for you? Please join Rabbi Dr. Joseph S. Ozarowski, BCC, and Marsha Raynes, LCSW, for suggestions on dealing with loss over the Jewish High Holidays, some Torah Study and a chance to heal during this period.

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Join this monthly drop-in space for those in our community who are struggling with infertility, pregnancy loss, the process of adoption, fostering, and other challenges in building a family. This group will be held on the third Monday of each month.

Co-sponsored by: JCFS Chicago, Anshe Sholom B’nai Israel, Anshe Emet Synagogue, Base Silverstein, Chicago Sinai, Mishkan Chicago, and Temple Sholom of Chicago.

If you are interested in participating or learning more, contact Andrea Jacobs, AndreaJacobs@JCFS.org

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 3rd Wednesday of each month from 7:00-8:30 pm and is co-sponsored by Temple Beth-El and Congregation Beth Shalom in Northbrook.

Please contact Marsha Raynes, LCSW for more information and to register.

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 3rd Wednesday of each month from 7:00-8:30 pm and is co-sponsored by Temple Beth-El and Congregation Beth Shalom in Northbrook.

Please contact Marsha Raynes, LCSW for more information and to register.

Join this monthly drop-in space for those in our community who are struggling with infertility, pregnancy loss, the process of adoption, fostering, and other challenges in building a family. This group will be held on the third Monday of each month.

Co-sponsored by: JCFS Chicago, Anshe Sholom B’nai Israel, Anshe Emet Synagogue, Base Silverstein, Chicago Sinai, Mishkan Chicago, and Temple Sholom of Chicago.

If you are interested in participating or learning more, contact Andrea Jacobs, AndreaJacobs@JCFS.org

Join this monthly drop-in space for those in our community who are struggling with infertility, pregnancy loss, the process of adoption, fostering, and other challenges in building a family. This group will be held on the third Monday of each month.

Co-sponsored by: JCFS Chicago, Anshe Sholom B’nai Israel, Anshe Emet Synagogue, Base Silverstein, Chicago Sinai, Mishkan Chicago, and Temple Sholom of Chicago.

If you are interested in participating or learning more, contact Andrea Jacobs, AndreaJacobs@JCFS.org