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