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.
Please join Jewish Family Services’ Priya program for an engaging, interactive discussion about the future of women’s health from the Jewish perspective. This special event will be held online at 6:30 p.m. on July 20, 2022.
Our expert panel will discuss fertility treatment, women’s healthcare and rights in the wake of Roe v Wade being overturned. Hear the perspectives of a local doctor, reproductive lawyer, Rabbi and a past Priya client.
This virtual program will be moderated by Molly Hess, Program Manager of Priya, and is sponsored by JFS, Priya, Congregation Beth Torah, and the National Council of Jewish Women. Registration is required.
If you would like to watch the webinar with community members, Congregation Beth Torah will host a live viewing.
Panelists:
Christina Miller, JD – Attorney Managing Member of Reproductive Family Law Center
Rabbi Monica Kleinman – Director of Lifelong Learning – Congregation Beth Torah
Lindsey Lipsky – Sasone Program Director and Priya grant recipient
Dr. Bret Gordon, DO Obstetrics and Gynecology
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, the most needed things for August are canned veggies, canned and dry fruit, canned chicken, and baby wipes. On Sunday, August 21, 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.
JFS is excited to partner with both the Kansas City Public Library and PJ Library to present Caring Through Play, a Parenting Skills Workshop. Kerry Scott, JFS Clinical Therapist, will teach attendees about Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT). PCIT is a skill-based perspective that allows parents to enter a child’s world to explore ways to connect.
This program is designed for adult education and children ages three and under are welcome. Childcare will not be provided. For more information, please email Jodi Perelmuter, JFS’s Family Life Educator at jperelmuter@jfskc.org.
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!