happenings around town Iyar 7 5780/May 8th, 2020 May 10th and beyond Monday, May 11th and Thursday, May 14th, Sunday, May 10th, 9:30am– Coping with COVID-19, an 8pm– Calm Amid Corona: OU Mental Health online discussion about coping with mental health Series. Monday’s session features Bracha issues during the current pandemic and what we can Hollander– Goldfein, Phd, LMFT, “Shifting learn from these challenges, featuring David H. Perspectives: Confusion As The New Norm.” Rosmarin, PHD and Rabbi Yakov Horowitz. To join the Thursday’s session features Rabbi Sholom Baum event, go to bit.ly/MentalHealthAddiction, password and Shira Kaufman Danzig, Phd, “Riding The (if prompted) welcome. Rollercoaster: Managing Emotions And Uncertainty In Stressful Times.” View both sessions Sunday, May 10th, 9:30am- Project S.A.R.A.H. (Stop live at ou.org/mentalhealth or fb.com/ Abusive Relations at Home) will hold its annual OrthodoxUnion. breakfast via Zoom. Leah & Rabbi Daniel Z. Feldman, Medina & Charles Popper, and the Kahal Tzedakah Tuesday, May 12th, 5pm- On Lag B’Omer, Yaakov Organization at Yeshivat Frisch will be honored. Join Shwekey, Mordechai Ben David, and Ishay Ribo Susie Fishbein for a special breakfast cooking session. will be performing a global live stream concert. The program will also feature statements by Dr. David The concert will be hosted by Migdal Ohr and will Pelcovitz, Senator Loretta Weinberg, Attorney Susan benefit Magen Yisrael - Israel Shield, Migdal Ohr’s Weisen, and Pamela Jacobs. Register online at Covid 19 Relief Fund. Spearheaded by Migdal Ohr https://jfsclifton.org/projectsarah and you will receive together with the Government of Israel and in the Zoom password. Donations are urgently needed partnership with the IDF, Magen Yisrael is at this difficult time of quarantine and isolation, when providing critical support to families and seniors in “being SAFE at home” may mean just the opposite for dire need. Magen Yisrael plans to deliver bi- suffering families. monthly relief packages containing weeks’ worth of food and essential goods to 40,000 people who Sunday, May 10th, 9:30am- Communities Confronting find themselves without desperately needed forms Substance Abuse and Refa’enu invite you to an online of financial and nutritional support due to the discussion about coping with mental health pandemic. The concert will air live NY time with issues during the current pandemic. 100% of the proceeds raised going directly to the Rabbi Yakov Horowitz is the founder and dean of fund. Viewing passes can be purchased for $18. Yeshiva Darchei Noam of Monsey, and Founder/ Director of Project Y.E.S. (Youth Enrichment Services). Thursday, May 14th, 11am -12:30pm—NEW David H. Rosmarin, PhD is the Founder/Director of the Bereavement Support Group for individuals who Center for Anxiety and an Assistant Professor in the have lost a spouse/partner to Covid19, led by a Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. licensed clinician from Jewish Family and To join the event: bit.ly/MentalHealthAddiction Children’s Services of Northern New Jersey (JFCS). Password (if prompted): welcome. Join the event The group will meet via Zoom. There is no fee to from your computer or mobile phone. Audio will be join this group. Registration is required - call 201- available through your laptop or mobile speakers — 837-9090 or send an email to [email protected] no dial-in is needed. If you are joining from a mobile phone, you must first install the WebEx Meeting app. For more information, go to www.time2talkaddiction.org happenings around town Sunday, May 17, at 9:30 a.m., Project S.A.R.A.H. (Stop Abusive Relations at Home) will hold its annual breakfast via Zoom. Leah & Rabbi Daniel Z. Feldman, Medina & Charles Popper, and the Kahal Tzedakah Organization at Yeshivat Frisch will be honored. Join Susie Fishbein for a special breakfast cooking session. The program will also feature statements by Dr. David Pelcovitz, Senator Loretta Weinberg, Attorney Susan Weisen, and Pamela Jacobs. Register online at https://jfsclifton.org/projectsarah and you will receive the Zoom password. Donations are urgently needed at this difficult time of quarantine and isolation, when “being SAFE at home” may mean just the opposite for suffering families. Project S.A.R.A.H. (Stop Abusive Relationships At Home) provides services and resources for Jewish victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse throughout the state of New Jersey. Their services help victims to process the traumas they have experienced, enabling them to work towards happier and more productive lives. They connect Talleisim for Burial—Jewish men are generally buried victims and survivors with a broad array of services in a tallit. There is currently a campaign by the Hebrew including individual and group therapy by our highly Free Burial Association (“HFBA”) to collect talleisim for trained clinical staff. They offer community the burial of Jews whose talleisim cannot be located or education workshops, prevention programming, the did not have their own. The HFBA arranges respectful world-renowned Magen Yeladim Child Safety levayaot and burials for Jews whose families cannot Programs for schools, a middle school cyber safety afford to do so. There is a bin in front of 1136 program, and a broad array of professional trainings Korfitsen Road, New Milford, where the talleisim, in any condition can be dropped off. This is a video that Shabbos Take out is available again this week. We demonstrates what they are facing with Covid- offer Shabbos Specials/Packages and a full line of 19: https://youtu.be/cRw63XDcyMs items. Please order thru our website Kosherexperience.net. Orders must be in by Yeshiva University Archives would like your help! We Thursday at noon. All deliveries will be Thursday are collecting material relating to the coronavirus evening & Friday morning. In honor of teacher pandemic and the Jewish community, focusing on appreciation week, we would like to thank all of our Jewish communities in North America. Examples hard working teachers, when you place your order include community notices, announcements by please mention your school and you will receive a rabbinic organizations, synagogues, schools and other free dessert. Thank you to all of our customers for Jewish organizations and businesses, and rabbinic your support during these difficult times. responsa. How was this Passover different from all other Passovers? Did you keep a journal or write a happenings around town social media post relevant to the situation you’d like How you can help: to share? We are currently gathering electronic 1. Monetary Donations - We are experiencing material for an online digital collection. In the future increased call volumes and increased operating we would be interested in physical items as well. costs due to the extra personal protective Please send material in digital format (or provide equipment and sanitizing equipment needed. We links or forward original emails – please don’t cut are a volunteer non-profit and paste) or any questions 2. Critical Supplies Donation - We are looking for to: [email protected]. the following new/unused items: N95 or surgical masks, Protective goggles, Gowns/Tyvek suits, Self- New non-perishable food Gemach will be opened in contained respirators with filters the garage at 65 Thames Blvd. in Bergenfield for the Please contact us at next few weeks. It will be open daily for drop-off and [email protected] to arrange for pick-up from 10am to 10pm daily. Feel free to a drop-off or pickup. donate post-Pesach food or even grocery items you 3. Follow all Medical Guidance. As you have all may get from deliveries that you don’t want. You can heard by now, it is of utmost importance to stay at also donate toiletries that are full or unopen, that home and observe social distancing in order to your family doesn’t need. You can also leave puzzles, prevent the spread of the virus. Should you need games or small items that you think could be helpful medical assistance please follow these guidelines: to others. Please respect social distancing and wait If you are experiencing mild symptoms such as outside if someone is inside. Please wear gloves and fever, chills, or cough, you should contact your mask if possible. physician. If you are experiencing life threatening symptoms A message from Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance such as difficulty breathing, call 9-1-1 and be sure to Corps. (TVAC) - As you all know, our community at notify the dispatcher of any flu-like symptoms. large is going through a very challenging time. Thank you in advance for helping us with covering Teaneck has been named the epicenter of the COVID our operating costs and with our supply needs so -19 virus outbreak in the state of New Jersey and we that we can continue saving lives at this difficult at the Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps (TVAC) time. Your continued support and assistance at this are on the front lines of this battle. Our volunteers challenging time is greatly appreciated. have already transported dozens of COVID-19 cases Support Holy Name’s Fight Against Covid-19 - and as always, we continue to work around the clock Protect our healthcare workers and keep us on the to provide free EMS service to the Township of frontlines of this pandemic. Teaneck. Our volunteers have been putting in extra At the epicenter of the pandemic in New Jersey, hours to help keep up with the additional call Holy Name Medical Center is playing a leading role volume, to ensure our trucks are properly sanitized in the fight against COVID-19. We are working between calls and to procure the extra personal round-the-clock caring for patients and modifying protective equipment now required to be used on all medical units with new construction.