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Chaplain Service – provided by the Rabbi for unaffiliated elders and a Healing Center for all. Rabbi is available to visit unaffiliated elderly in nursing homes, hospitals and assisted living residences. Also provides support on healing and bereavement issues. | |||
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Jewish Family Service of Bridgeport welcomes Rabbi Dana Bogatz as the newest member of the JFS professional staff. Rabbi Dana joins the agency as the Chaplain for Unaffiliated Elderly and the spiritual leader of Healing Services at the agency. As Chaplain, Rabbi Dana will visit seniors at Bridgeport Hospital as well as area nursing homes. She will provide pastoral counseling as well as Holiday programs. She will also co-facilitate Healing Services with JFS social workers. Rabbi Dana will provide the Jewish spiritual component and the JFS social worker will look at therapeutic issues. Rabbi Dana is presently the Rabbi at Congregation Sinai in West Haven. Prior to this position, she was the assistant Rabbi at Congregation Beth El in Fairfield. |
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LA-BREE-OOT: TO YOUR HEALTH A series of wellness programs are offered. All programs are open to the public. Suggested donation of $10 per program. In Our Own Voice – Living with Mental Illness”, sponsored by Jewish Family Service, the third in a series of Wellness Events. The public is invited to the In Our Own Voice-Living with Mental Illness program, sponsored by Jewish Family Service. The third in a series of Wellness Programs, attendees will hear stories from individuals who have moved from mental illness toward recovery. Learn from those who have been there, hear about their struggles and how they have walked the road back to purposeful lives in the community. This presentation is sponsored by NAMI, the Nation’s Voice on Mental Illness. Open to the public. It is appropriate for anyone whose life is touched by mental illness. Rabbi Dana Z. Bogatz will co-facilitate and through meditation, guided visualization and prayer will provide tools for conversing with one’s inner self and developing healthy coping skills. |
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Phone: (203) 366-5438 - Fax: (203) 366-1580 - Email: info@jfsct.org