Jewish Bereavement Support Groups and Other Services
The Shira Ruskay Center, www.shiraruskay.org of The Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services offers 8 session groups individually formed to allow participants an experience of being with others facing a similar loss. Receive support, psychological insight, and practical coping strategies in groups that draw upon shared experiences as well as Jewish traditions. Continuously forming groups for the loss of a parent or a spouse/partner are co-facilitated by a Rabbi and Social Worker. Groups are held at JBFCS offices, JCC in Manhattan, and other locations in NYC. For more information about the groups, including fees, meeting times and locations, please call 212 399-2320 ext 211.
New York Jewish Healing Center, www.jcprograms.org/nyjhc, of The Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services, offers on-going group meetings once or twice a month, co-led by a rabbi and a mental health professional for adults who have lost an adult child or a young child. The groups provide interpersonal support, psychological insight and practical coping strategies, drawing on Jewish stories, songs, poetry and prayer for guidance, comfort and strength. Please call 212-399-2320, ext. 215 for fees and further information.
M'Kom Shalom: A Place for Peace
For Jewish survivors of a close ones' suicide, a monthly meeting on the second Wednesday of the month. To confirm group meeting and details call Rabbi Simkha Y. Weintraub, LCSW, Rabbinic Director, New York Jewish Healing Center of The Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services at 212-399-2320, ext. 215.
Support for Bereaved Children
Through its Loss and Bereavement Program for Children, The Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services offers programs designed to help children cope with the loss of a parent or caregiver. Contact Randi Anderson at 212-632-4692.
Compassionate Friends
A self help support group for bereaved parents and siblings.
212-217-964
Support at the JCC in Manhattan Open, community based Jewish holiday bereavement workshops facilitated by staff of The Shira Ruskay Center/JBFCS.
Call for upcoming schedule.
334 Amsterdam Ave at 76th street, New York, New York 10023
Ph:646-505-4444
www.jccnyc.org
Meditation
Join gifted meditation teachers from a variety of approaches for daily instructed meditation. Each session will include teaching as well as sitting. (Please check www.jccmanhattan.org)
Legal/Financial
Since 1990 New York Legal Assistance Group has provided free legal services to individuals in the New York City area.
For more information call: 212-750-0800
Other Information on Available Social Services
UJA-Federation Resource Line is available should you need additional help.
For more information call: 212-753-2288 or e-mail: resourceline@ujafedny.org
A bereavement program for adults of all ages who have recently lost a spouse or partner is a program of New York Service Program for Older People, Inc. (SPOP). Our trained, widowed volunteers provide individual peer counseling and time-limited bereavement support groups. We also provide information on bereavement, as well as referrals to other programs in the New York area. There is NO FEE for our services. Please call Barbara Danish, Program Director at 212-787-7120x520.