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Young People’s Mental Health Advocates – Nationwide Opportunities – 4 Sessions p.a.
We are recruiting peers to champion mental health and wellbeing for young people in our communities. A small group will work with the Wellbeing and Inclusion Manager to develop resources and deliver sessions on mental health to help meet our objective of ensuring that our communities are aware of how to support the mental health needs of young members. You will need experience of creating, developing and delivering informal educational sessions ideally either within a synagogue or to a youth group. The successful candidate must have an understanding of teenagers and their preferred learning styles. With your knowledge of safeguarding…
Reform Judaism mourns Jeffery Rose z”l
Reform Judaism mourns Jeffery Rose z"l, who has died. He was 93. Jeffery's contribution to Reform Judaism, together with his late wife, Joyce z"l, was remarkable. He chaired RSGB (now Reform Judaism), Alyth, the European Region of the World Union for Progressive Judaism (now EUPJ), Leo Baeck College and the Reform Foundation Trust. He served as Treasurer of the College and of the Centre for Jewish Education. He held many of the other major lay posts in each of these organisations. He was a regular leader of services and Torah reader at Alyth and conducted Pesach sedarim at Jewish Care…