JFCS and Adath Jeshurun Congregation will host a five-week class, “Powerful Tools for Caregivers.” The class is designed to provide you with a wealth of self-care tools that will help you take care of yourself while taking care of others. You will learn to reduce stress, improve your self-confidence, balance your life, better communicate your feelings, and increase your ability to make tough decisions. Facilitated by Annette Sandler, MA, JFCS Director of Aging Services, and Rachel Wolk, MA Wednesdays, March…
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Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Minneapolis (JFCS) and The Jewish Recovery Network (JRN) invite you to the annual FREEDOM SEDER: Celebrating our Freedom from Addiction and our Exodus from Slavery MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2020 6 – 9 P.M. SEDER (Registration begins at 5:30pm) BETH EL SYNAGOGUE (5225 W. Barry Street, St. Louis Park 55416) Suggested donation: $18 per person (no one will be turned away due to inability to pay) Full Non-Alcohol Seder Meal, Special JRN Haggadah For further…
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TBD - Check back to see about event details... Join PJ Library, Talmud Torah of Minneapolis, and Heilicher Minneapolis Jewish Day School for a meaningful day of service. Families will work on a variety of service projects benefiting local nonprofit organizations, including JFCS neighbor agency, PRISM (prismmpls.org). A light dairy Kosher lunch will be provided. This is a drop-in event, so please come at your convenience. The $18 registration fee will help cover the costs for essential items used…
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Featuring Dr. Irit Felsen Thursday and Friday, April 30 and May 1 Free and Open to the Public Dr. Felsen, herself a child of Survivors, studied in Israel, Germany and Yale University. She is a member of the Yale Trauma Study Group, an adjunct professor at Columbia University and Yeshiva University, and the co-convener of the Trauma Working Group of the NGO Committee on Mental Health in the UN. She has published widely about survivors and about inter-generational transmission in…
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