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On Thursday evening, December 23, Chazaq hosted an event at Congregation Bet-El in Jamaica Estates with Rebbetzin Slovie Jungreis Wolff, author, lecturer, and daughter of the famous Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis a”h, on how to deal with pain and loss through the power of emunah. The shiur was given in memory of Liel Dinah bas Efrayim, a very special young lady who was tragically killed recently in a car accident.
On Tuesday evening, January 11, Navigating the Medical System featured an informative virtual lecture on Multiple Sclerosis (MS), hosted by Congregation Etz Chaim. Jai S. Perumal, MD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology and Neuroscience at Weill Cornell Medicine and Attending Neurologist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Queens, shared a detailed lecture on Multiple Sclerosis.
On Sunday evening, January 16, Let’s Get Real with Coach Menachem Bernfeld featured a lecture on dealing with trauma. Rabbi Joey Rosenfeld, LCSW, Director of Spiritual Programming at Harris House Treatment and Recovery Center in St. Louis, was the guest speaker.
On Motza’ei Shabbos, January 1, Chazaq, Torah Anytime, Daily Giving, and Chickens for Shabbos hosted “Turn Saturday Night into Motza’ei Shabbos,” featuring Dr. David Lieberman, PhD, a psychologist, author, and well-known speaker, and Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser, well-known speaker and author. This amazing program is featured every Motza’ei Shabbos at 8:30 pm on TorahAnytime.com/Live events.
On Sunday evening, January 9, Dr. Norman Blumenthal, PhD, Director of Trauma, Bereavement, and Crisis Intervention at OHEL Children’s Home and Family Services, and Education Director of the Bella and Harry Wexner Kollel Elyon and S’michah Honors Program at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS), spoke at a community-wide virtual event sponsored by the Vaad Harabonim of Queens, Ohel, and Nefesh.
On Sunday evening, January 2, Rabbi Dr. Jonathan Schwartz, PsyD, a clinical psychologist, licensed in New York and New Jersey, specializing in anxiety, spoke for Let’s Get Real With Coach Menachem. Coach Menachem Bernfeld began by sharing that we’re all performing in life. Sometimes we want to do something and we start feeling nervous so we stop doing it. “Life starts beyond your comfort zone.” It’s a good feeling after you are able to step out of your comfort zone. This is how we grow in life.
