| The Shira Ruskay Center | |
| The Shira Ruskay Center, 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 | |
| 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. | |
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