Unless otherwise noted, all events are virtual. Some events require an RSVP or enrollment in our programs, so please confirm your spot in advance. Please check directly with JFS on program dates, as dates may change.
Our very own Laura Gilman, JFS’s Director of Social Work, will speak at Senior Care Solutions Team’s Third Thursday Talks on November 18, 2022. Senior Care Solutions Team is a collaborative of 11 Kansas City Area businesses focused on providing the best services to seniors.
There will be a happy hour and hors d’oeuvres for Social Workers, Case Managers, and Nurses followed by a CEU-accredited presentation from one of our members or a watch party for well-known presenters from across the country. Laura will lead attendees in conversations that will identify relevant community resources for aging in place as well as how to access them.
There are more than 46 million Americans age 65 and older; in the Kansas City metro, almost 320,000 are considered older adults. At JFS, sustaining quality of life throughout the aging journey is everything. A 2014 AARP Study found that out of a representative sample of Americans 50 and older, 87 percent wanted to age in their own homes. Knowing that you want to age in your home is one thing. Actualizing it is another. JFS wants you to know you do not have to do it alone!
Aging in your home takes intention, flexibility to adapt as needs change and evolve, and connection to resources. Learn about cutting-edge aging trends and interventions with local aging experts and alongside one another.
You can register for this event on Eventbrite.
JFS is excited to partner with Jewish Experiences and the Jewish Book Council to welcome Adam Stern, MD as our guest for the November 17 edition of the Acclaimed Authors Series.
Adam Stern, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and the Director of Psychiatry at BIDMC’s Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation. He has written extensively about his experiences as a physician in several publications including The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The New England Journal of Medicine, The Journal of the American Medical Association, and The American Journal of Psychiatry. During the Covid-19 pandemic, he appeared on CNN as a psychiatric expert.
Adam recently released his book, Committed: Dispatches from a Psychiatrist in Training. The memoir brings readers along with Stern during his residency, as he and his fellow doctors’ work rounds in psychiatric wards, grapple with impostor syndrome, navigate their personal lives, and experience love and loss. Stern pulls back the curtain of what it’s like to be a doctor tasked with healing the mind. This memoir celebrates human connection through the eyes of a new doctor.
Our own Sondra Wallace, JFS’s Director of Mental Health Services, will moderate the conversation. This edition of the Acclaimed Author Series is a hybrid event. Register here to attend!
Did you know that each month, Jewish Family Services provides more than 800 families with food and non-perishable items through the two locations of its food pantry? Food drives help ensure our guests have a wide variety of items to select from and keep expenses down.
While JFS is happy to accept any shelf-stable food or personal care items, for the most needed items for November, we are asking donors to assemble Thanksgiving Meal Kits. The meal kits consist of:
1 box of stuffing
2 cans of pumpkin pie filling or canned fruit filling
2 cans of green beans (have enough on hand for pick-up to share)
1 can of mushroom soup
1 bag or box of mashed potatoes
1 to 2 cans of sweet potatoes or yams
2 boxes of macaroni and cheese
1 bag/box of rice
1 roll or cornbread mix
1 jar or gravy packet
1 package of french fried onions.
On Sunday, November 20, 2022, from 10 a.m. to Noon, JFS will hold its monthly community-wide food drive at the Jewish Community Center campus. Please drop off donations with volunteers who will be located in the front circle drive.
Donations can also be dropped off in the JFS barrel in the Jewish Community Campus lobby during business hours or at the Brookside office with an appointment by calling 913-327-8250. Donors may also purchase items for the food pantry directly through the JFS Pantry Wish List on Amazon.
JFSKC’s Mental Health Programs Team is pleased to announce that it will continue to offer the free virtual Mindful Mondays program from 11:30 AM to Noon.
Julia Billquist, LMLP, JFS Therapist will lead our Mindful Mondays sessions. Mindfulness is an evidence-based practice and focused on being aware of what an individual is sensing and feeling in the moment without interpretation of judgment.
Mindful Mondays are free, but registration is required. Once registered, participants will receive a confirmation email containing a link to join each session. Participants may attend one or all virtual sessions. This is a new registration link starting in January, 2024. If you were previously registered, you will need to register again to be able to participate.
For more information, please contact Julia Billquist, LMLP at jbillquist@jfskc.org.
“A mindfulness practice means that we commit fully in each moment to be present; inviting ourselves to interface with this moment in full awareness, with the intention to embody as best we can an orientation of calmness, mindfulness, and equanimity right here and right now.” – Jon Kabat-Zinn
JFSKC’s Mental Health Programs Team is pleased to announce that it will continue to offer the free virtual Mindful Mondays program from 11:30 AM to Noon.
Julia Billquist, LMLP, JFS Therapist will lead our Mindful Mondays sessions. Mindfulness is an evidence-based practice and focused on being aware of what an individual is sensing and feeling in the moment without interpretation of judgment.
Mindful Mondays are free, but registration is required. Once registered, participants will receive a confirmation email containing a link to join each session. Participants may attend one or all virtual sessions. This is a new registration link starting in January, 2024. If you were previously registered, you will need to register again to be able to participate.
For more information, please contact Julia Billquist, LMLP at jbillquist@jfskc.org.
“A mindfulness practice means that we commit fully in each moment to be present; inviting ourselves to interface with this moment in full awareness, with the intention to embody as best we can an orientation of calmness, mindfulness, and equanimity right here and right now.” – Jon Kabat-Zinn
Join Rabbi Jonathan Rudnick, Lezlie Zucker, and Rabbi Mark Glass for this expressive and supportive gathering as we share traditional and contemporary prayers, songs, and readings in preparation for the upcoming Hanukkah season.
All are welcome and masks are required. Please RSVP to chaplaincy@jfskc.org. Include your name, number in your party & email address.
JFSKC’s Mental Health Programs Team is pleased to announce that it will continue to offer the free virtual Mindful Mondays program from 11:30 AM to Noon.
Julia Billquist, LMLP, JFS Therapist will lead our Mindful Mondays sessions. Mindfulness is an evidence-based practice and focused on being aware of what an individual is sensing and feeling in the moment without interpretation of judgment.
Mindful Mondays are free, but registration is required. Once registered, participants will receive a confirmation email containing a link to join each session. Participants may attend one or all virtual sessions. This is a new registration link starting in January, 2024. If you were previously registered, you will need to register again to be able to participate.
For more information, please contact Julia Billquist, LMLP at jbillquist@jfskc.org.
“A mindfulness practice means that we commit fully in each moment to be present; inviting ourselves to interface with this moment in full awareness, with the intention to embody as best we can an orientation of calmness, mindfulness, and equanimity right here and right now.” – Jon Kabat-Zinn
JFSKC’s Mental Health Programs Team is pleased to announce that it will continue to offer the free virtual Mindful Mondays program from 11:30 AM to Noon.
Julia Billquist, LMLP, JFS Therapist will lead our Mindful Mondays sessions. Mindfulness is an evidence-based practice and focused on being aware of what an individual is sensing and feeling in the moment without interpretation of judgment.
Mindful Mondays are free, but registration is required. Once registered, participants will receive a confirmation email containing a link to join each session. Participants may attend one or all virtual sessions. This is a new registration link starting in January, 2024. If you were previously registered, you will need to register again to be able to participate.
For more information, please contact Julia Billquist, LMLP at jbillquist@jfskc.org.
“A mindfulness practice means that we commit fully in each moment to be present; inviting ourselves to interface with this moment in full awareness, with the intention to embody as best we can an orientation of calmness, mindfulness, and equanimity right here and right now.” – Jon Kabat-Zinn