BEINEINU NEWS & NOTES
July 24, 2014
INTERNATIONAL
Eleph Lamateh Eleph Lamateh Project To Daven For Israeli Soldiers---Family and friends of soldiers can put the Hebrew name(s) of these soldiers in the Eleph L’Mateh spreadsheet which can be accessed by anyone anywhere using this link. Likewise, those who wish to take on the individual responsibility to daven for one individual soldier should sign up on the ElephL’Mateh spreadsheet as well. Everything is anonymous and no one should be worried about identity theft or personal security. If your internet filter is blocking out virtual spreadsheet Eleph L’Mateh, please e-mail the Secretariat of the Bostoner Rebbe at
Those who need call in information by phone should contact the Secretary at 972-2-586-1179
Jewish Children’s Literature Needed---A teacher of visually impaired children is looking for quality Jewish reading material for her students which she can print out in Braille. If anyone has written stories suitable for 10-14 year olds, and is willing to have them printed out in Braille for use by blind children, please email to
USA
Anxiety And Depression---The Connections Program is a 16-week, spiritually-based treatment for worry, stress and depression developed by David H. Rosmarin, PhD. Throughout the program, participants learn concrete tools to strengthen relationships between body and soul, with others, and with G-d. The Center for Anxiety has conducted two open trials of the program, and results have found that participants have experienced statistically significant and clinically meaningful reductions in stress, worry, and anxiety sensitivity, and increased trust in G-d.
A FREE information about the 2014-2015 Connections Program will be held in the CFA Brooklyn conference room at 3692 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11229, on Wednesday, August 27th from 6:30-7:30PM. The information session is open to prospective participants, family members, practitioners, and clergy, but preregistration is required. Please call 646.837.5557 or email
ISRAEL
Alut Activities---Activities for the coming school year 5775 in Jerusalem, Modiin and for the Haredi sector.
The following are a number of activities they would like to launch as of September (Elul) already.
Support Group:
- Parents of children and adolescents in kitot tikshoret (communication classes) and individual mainstreaming, ages 6-12 and 12-18
- Parents of children and adolescents in special-ed schools, ages 6-12, 12-18
- Group for grandfathers/grandmothers
- Group for siblings ages 7-11, 12-15
Workshops:
- Social-sexual education – Ronit Argeman
- The Challenge of Mainstreaming – Gal Bachar
- "First" workshop for strengthening the family/marital system – Lizzie Zomer, Bar Ilan University
- "First" workshop for personal strengthening for siblings of children on the Autism spectrum – Lizzie Zomer, Bar Ilan University
- Personal advocacy workshop
- From dependency to independency – leisure time behavior – Vered Gonen
Lectures:
Lectures will take place once a month. Separate notices will be sent about topics, times and locations.
Activities for the Haredi Sector:
Parents who are interested in one of the groups mentioned above should contact us ASAP so that we can make the proper arrangements.
Activities will be launched based on number of registrations. Please register ASAP by Naomi, ALUT Center for the Family: Call 02-5635447 or 02-5665294.
All activities are in Hebrew
Kesher Hotline---KESHER now has a hotline in Hebrew, Arabic and Russian for families of children with special needs: For more information: 02-623-6116,
Goucher Therapy--You can now come to see Guy Granot, a psychologist who lives and works in Beer Sheva who also has Goucher's or colleagues at the Mashabim Institute to receive a therapy (up to 12 sessions) under the "Nohal Charada" project funded by the government. Contact Gil B. of the Gouchers association for more info: