When the COVID-19 pandemic finally ends and we look back at this very sad period in human history, there will be a few takeaways that will benefit us down the line. Platforms like Zoom and Microsoft Teams head the list. They have certainly made an enormous impact on my life, notably in my role hosting a video show for Suburban On Air and my role as a communications professional and a city councillor.
I have met too many people to mention whose businesses have been decimated by the pandemic. Others are only surviving thanks to federal government assistance. For
Marcie Balaban, COVID-19 could have spelled the end of her stellar quarter century career as a motivational speaker and business matchmaker. The latter represents the co-ordinated pairing of entrepreneurs and corporations by arranging small boardroom meetings with various owners or upper management of companies that Balaban, via her company Letâs Get Going, believes are good matches. Instead of blindly talking to unknow
By JLNJ Staff | April 29, 2021
(Courtesy of Congregation TBDJ) The third annual Community Mental Health Awareness Shabbat, spearheaded by Congregation Tifereth Beth David Jerusalem in Montreal, Quebec, will take place Thursday-Sunday, May 6-9. It will be fully virtual, with a mental health symposium on Thursday evening, a Friday workshop for high school students, and a Sunday morning mental health workshop. Cities across North America will be participating as well.
This program coincides with Canadian Mental Health Week (https://mentalhealthweek.ca) and Mental Health Month in the United States. Dr. Rachel Goodman and Yair Meyers are the program co-chairs. “Our goal is for as many synagogues as possible across the entire Jewish community here, across Canada and the United States to dedicate that Shabbat as part of the Community-Wide Mental Health Awareness Shabbat,” said Goodman, a psychologist in private practice. Over 50 shuls across North America have joined, i
Nearly 100 Jewish day school educators join Hidden Sparks program addressing mental health during the pandemic
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The educators came from nine U.S. states.
Nearly 100 Jewish day school joined Hidden Sparks seminar
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(March 4, 2021, NEW YORK, JNS Wire) The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a negative toll on so many aspects of everyday life, including the ongoing anxiety of students and teachers in the classrooms. Hidden Sparks, a nonprofit focusing on training teachers and providing them with the tools to support struggling students in mainstream Jewish day schools, recently convened a virtual conference to address this challenge. Nearly 100 Jewish educators from nine states came together to collaborate on developing their skills and toolboxes for creating positive and stable experiences for their students.