| Dear
Healing Center Friend,
Please find below our upcoming programming. Our Passover materials
can be found at http://www.jewishhealingcenter.org/passover.htm.
We wish you a good holiday. Please find our current programming
below.
Warmest regards,
Bay Area Jewish Healing Center
ADVANCED
DIRECTIVES
We have free copies of our Advanced Directives publication
available, in cooperation with the Institute on Aging. If you
would like to receive a free copy of Five Wishes, please
email us your snail mail address at jewishhealing@ioaging.org.
SPIRITUAL SUPPORT
GROUPS
Grief is an normal response to loss and sometimes it helps to
be with others. These groups will provide a supportive context
with both general and specifically Jewish resources for the mourning
process. Ideal participants are those who have lost loved ones
in the past year. These will be closed (rather than drop-in) groups,
requiring pre-registration with one of the co-facilitators.
Date/Time: Meets every Tuesday from 7pm - 9pm
Beginning April 29, 2008 for 10 weeks
Location: Congregation Sha'ar Zahav, 290 Dolores
Street (@16th), San Francisco, CA 94103
Cost: $100, with scholarships available
Date/Time: Meets every Tuesday from 6pm - 8pm
Beginning June 17, 2008 for 8 weeks
Location: Bay Area Jewish Healing Center, 3330
Geary Blvd., 3rd Floor West, San Francisco, CA 94118
Cost: $100, with scholarships available
To register or for more information about our support groups,
please contact Bay Area Jewish Healing Center at jewishhealing@ioaging.org
or call (415) 750-4197.
INDIVIDUAL
SPIRITUAL CARE
Our rabbis provide individual spiritual counseling, spiritual
direction and chaplaincy services, regardless of synagogue affiliation
or the ability to pay.
Contact: jewishhealing@ioaging.org
or call (415) 750-4197
AZKARAH MEMORIAL
SERVICE OF HEALING
Wednesday, May 14th at Congregation Sha’ar Zahav,
290 Dolores Street (at 16th Street)
at 6pm with an informal discussion about the losses in our lives,
followed by the service at 7pm. You are invited to attend either
or both parts of the program.
The evening is designed to offer comfort and support to people
who have suffered personal losses. The Azkarah gives us an opportunity
to honor our loved ones and acknowledge our losses, as we also
affirm life in the context of community.
The service is free and open to the public; friends and family
members are welcome.
If you are unable to attend, please call Bay Area Jewish Healing
Center at (415) 750-4197 or jewishhealing@ioaging.org
to add the name of a loved one to those read at the service.
RSVP’s are appreciated but not required.
The Azkarah services are co-sponsored throughout the year by
Congregation Sherith Israel, Congregation Sha’ar Zahav,
Congregation Emanu-El, and the Northern California Board of Rabbis.
This service is provided, in part, by the gracious tzedakah of
Sinai Memorial Chapel and The Bernard Osher Jewish Philanthropies
Foundation.
INTERNATIONAL JEWISH HEALING
RETREATS (IJHR)
Three non-profit organizations - Life's Door-Tishkofet (LDT),
The JBFCS National Center for Jewish Healing (NCJH) and The National
Association of Jewish Chaplains (NAJC) - have come together to
sponsor an International Jewish Healing Retreat which takes place
this summer in Israel, for individuals and their loved ones facing
a life-threatening illness. The retreat will provide a supportive
healing environment, a respite from the stresses of a life beset
by a serious illness, and support for spiritual growth and renewal
in the context of caring relationship.
For more information, please click on the links below:
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Kol Haneshama: Jewish End of Life Care,
in collaboration with the Zen Hospice Project
We are currently seeking hospice volunteers for our Kol Haneshama
Spring training. For more information and to apply for our next
training, please contact Rabbi Jon Sommer at jsommer@ioaging.org
or (415) 750-4198.
Next Training: August, 2008
Location: San Francisco
Cost: $200, with scholarships available
CLICK
HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION
Lead Services for Shabbat and Holy Days
as a Volunteer
Caring individuals are needed to volunteer with Jewish seniors
and the disabled through the Bay Area Jewish Healing Center.
The Bay Area Jewish Healing Center (BAJHC) has a
few available positions in Marin, San Francisco, and on the Peninsula
for service leaders. Senior and disabled Jewish adults in our
community are in desperate need of caring and concerned individuals
to lead Shabbat and holiday services at residential facilities.
You need not be a Rabbi or Cantor, just a compassionate
person who would like to help others maintain their connection
to Judaism. The BAJHC trains volunteers in all aspects of service
leadership.
To receive an application, or for more information
on this program, please contact Rabbi Jon Sommer at jsommer@ioaging.org
or 415.750.4198.
CLICK
HERE FOR VOLUNTEER APPLICATION
TORAH
REFLECTIONS
(Now on our website! CLICK
HERE)
These bi-weekly reflections, written by Jewish
colleagues nationwide, address the weekly Torah portion or Jewish
holidays throughout the year. Torah Reflections are a useful tool
to facilitate exploration of Jewish text and thought for all ages.
Thought-provoking and relevant, these Reflections aim to support,
teach and imbue one with hope.
We are now offering Torah Reflections to individuals
free of charge. Please e-mail us at jewishhealing@ioaging.org,
indicating the e-mail address where you would like to receive
the Reflections. If you are from an institution and would like
to share the Reflections with a larger audience, please contact
us to make arrangements.
This newsletter is
made possible, in part , by the generous tzedaka of the David
L. Klein Jr. Foundation, The Alexander M. and June L. Maisin Foundation,
Mount Zion Health Fund, and The Bernard Osher Jewish Philanthropies
Foundation of the Jewish Community Endowment Fund. |