Jewish Women’s Aid Shabbat 2023
Today is Jewish Women’s Aid Shabbat – our community’s annual Shabbat to raise awareness of domestic abuse.
Communities that Care Conference
The first post Covid ‘Communities that Care Initiative Conference’ took centre stage at the new Finchley Reform Synagogue. The message, to encourage and build connections to promote wellbeing and inclusion throughout our Reform communities.
Singing for body and soul in later life
Thea Jacob is a community musician and a member of Sinai Synagogue in Leeds Many know about the positive effects of singing and music for people living with numerous conditions however what can we, as a Jewish community, do to…
Prayer for Mental Health Awareness Shabbat
When we gather as a community for Shabbat on any given week, approximately 1 in 6 people will have experienced a common mental health problem that week. This Shabbat has been designated as Mental Health Awareness Shabbat by Jami, the…
JAMI Mental Health Awareness Shabbat
Each community can choose how they wish to use this opportunity to raise awareness and educate about mental health and to promote wellbeing within their community. JAMI have produced an excellent pack with ideas and resources which you can download…
Hamakom Cheder Wellbeing Event
Reform Judaism ran a mental health and wellbeing morning for Hamakom – the joint cheder of Kol Chai and Mosaic Synagogues. Our Mental Health Advocates ran activities for all the children, aged 6 -14, looking creatively at the links between…
It’s good to talk: Reform Judaism introduces Mental Health Advocates
Reform Judaism is excited to introduce a team of Mental Health Advocates to get young people talking about mental health and wellbeing. Advocates run informal, creative, bespoke sessions on a variety of mental health-related topics, with Jewish perspectives. Their aims…
The world’s biggest Mindful Moment
On Friday 10 May at 11am primary schools across the world will be participating in the largest ever Mindful Moment – bringing mindfulness to a generation of children. The event is being launched by Jonny Benjamin, MBE, a mental health…
Communities unite to support wellbeing at ‘Working Together for Mental Health’ panel
The Communities that Care Initiative hosted a panel on ‘Working Together for Mental Health’ which looked at the roles of the statutory and voluntary sector, as well as what communities can do in this important area. We were pleased to…
World Mental Health Day – Wednesday 10th October
Our understanding of Mental Health has grown and we now recognise that, just as we all have physical health, we all have mental health as Sharon Daniels, RSY-Netzer's Well-being and Inclusion Manager explains. At our June AGM, Reform Judaism and…