BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//35.223.60.253//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-FROM-URL:https://www.jfskc.org X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RDATE:20241103T020000 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20250309T020000 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-10795@www.jfskc.org DTSTAMP:20240329T000703Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Chaplaincy\,Counseling and Mental Health CONTACT:Annette Fish\; 913-327-8226\; afprogram@aol.com\; https://www.kcrab bi.org DESCRIPTION:This year’s Tisha B’Av observances will include a virtual discu ssion at 4 p.m.\, July 18: From Destruction to Redemption: Personal Storie s of Addiction and Recovery hosted by the Rabbinical Association and Jewis h Family Services of Greater Kansas City.\nHear from members of the commun ity who have suffered personally or have a loved one who has suffered from addiction. The program will also include reflection of the path from addi ction to recovery as a form of transition from destruction to redemption. \nParticipants will include: Rabbi David M. Glickman\, Congregation Beth S halom\, who will share the story of his brother’s struggles with addiction \; Mia Cohen\, a recording artist and social media branding specialist cur rently working for Jewish Family and Career Services in Atlanta\; a colleg e student\; an adult who has struggled with addiction\; and Marla Kauffman \, executive director and founder of Jewish Addiction Awareness Network (J AAN)\, whose son is in a long-term recovery from substance use disorder. K auffman has been active in the Seattle Jewish community since relocating t here with her husband\, Joe\, in November 2019.\nSarah Link Ferguson\, dev elopment officer at First Call and member of Congregation Koi Ami\, will m oderate the discussion. Ferguson is also a member of the recovery communit y and has written about her experience as a Jewish person in recovery for outlets such as Tablet magazine and the Temper. She is passionate about de stigmatizing issues such as mental illness and substance use disorder espe cially within the Jewish community.\n“We are excited to hold this importan t community discussion especially at this time. Talking about addiction ha s always been somewhat of a taboo subject in the Jewish community\, but th e number of individuals with substance abuse disorder has dramatically inc reased due to the pandemic\,” said Rabbi Jonathan Rudnick\, Community Chap lain at Jewish Family Services and co-organizer of the event. “We are hopi ng this will be the beginning of many more discussions and a pathway to he lp for many individuals.”\nRegister for the virtual program : https://docs .google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSer_AM1wqqIJlc75r4FTpuiercPI_eRPrjOM9rBJK28LR cDsQ/viewform.\nTisha B’Av (The nineth day of the Hebrew month of Av) is a day of national mourning. The holiday primarily commemorates the destruct ion of the 1st and 2nd Temples\, but also other tragedies of the Jewish pe ople. The community Tisha B’Av observance will be held at 9:30 p.m. July 1 7 at Beth Shalom and online.\nFor more information\, visit kcrabbi.org or contact Annette Fish\, Rabbinical Association Administrator/Program Direct or at afprogram@aol.com or 913-327-8226. DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210718T160000 LOCATION:virtual SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Personal Stories of Addiction and Recovery Focus of Tisha B’Av Obs ervance URL:https://www.jfskc.org/event/personal-stories-of-addiction-and-recovery- focus-of-tisha-bav-observance/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.jfskc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06 /Addiction-photo-300x251.jpg\;300\;251\,medium\;https://www.jfskc.org/wp-c ontent/uploads/2021/06/Addiction-photo-300x251.jpg\;300\;251\,large\;https ://www.jfskc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Addiction-photo-300x251.jpg\;3 00\;251\,full\;https://www.jfskc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Addiction- photo-300x251.jpg\;300\;251 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n
\\nThis year’s Tisha B’Av observances will include a vi
rtual discussion at 4 p.m.\, July 18: From Destruction to Redemption: Pers
onal Stories of Addiction and Recovery hosted by the Rabbinical Associatio
n and Jewish Family Services of Greater Kansas City.
\nHear from memb
ers of the community who have suffered personally or have a loved one who
has suffered from addiction. The program will also include reflection of t
he path from addiction to recovery as a form of transition from destructio
n to redemption.
Participants will include: Rabbi David M. Glickma n\, Congregation Beth Shalom\, who will share the story of his brother’s s truggles with addiction\; Mia Cohen\, a recording artist and social media branding specialist currently working for Jewish Family and Career Service s in Atlanta\; a college student\; an adult who has struggled with addicti on\; and Marla Kauffman\, executive director and founder of Jewish Addicti on Awareness Network (JAAN)\, whose son is in a long-term recovery from su bstance use disorder. Kauffman has been active in the Seattle Jewish commu nity since relocating there with her husband\, Joe\, in November 2019.
\nSarah Link Ferguson\, development officer at First Call and member of Congregation Koi Ami\, will moderate the discussion. Ferguson is also a m ember of the recovery community and has written about her experience as a Jewish person in recovery for outlets such as Tablet magazine and the Temp er. She is passionate about destigmatizing issues such as mental illness a nd substance use disorder especially within the Jewish community.
\n“We are excited to hold this important community discussion especially at this time. Talking about addiction has always been somewhat of a taboo sub ject in the Jewish community\, but the number of individuals with substanc e abuse disorder has dramatically increased due to the pandemic\,” said Ra bbi Jonathan Rudnick\, Community Chaplain at Jewish Family Services and co -organizer of the event. “We are hoping this will be the beginning of many more discussions and a pathway to help for many individuals.”
\nReg ister for the virtual program : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQL Ser_AM1wqqIJlc75r4FTpuiercPI_eRPrjOM9rBJK28LRcDsQ/viewform. p>\n
Tisha B’Av (The nineth day of the Hebrew month of Av) is a day of n ational mourning. The holiday primarily commemorates the destruction of th e 1st and 2nd Temples\, but also other tragedies of the Jewish people. The community Tisha B’Av observance will be held at 9:30 p.m. July 17 at Beth Shalom and online.
\nFor more information\, visit kcrabbi.org or contact Annette Fish\, Rabbinical Association Administrator/Prog ram Director at afprogram@aol.com or 913-327-8226.
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