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Chai Center - Support Groups
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Healing Hearts - Northwest Suburban Jewish Grief Support Group
In your time of need, we are here to bring you comfort and healing.
Pre registration is required. Group is led by Rosalie Greenberger, LCSW, a caring and compassionate facilitator of support groups in our community. Contact Rosalie at 224-625-2819 or RosalieGreenberger@jcfs.org for registration.
Healing Hearts is a partnership of Temple Chai, Congregation Beth Am, Congregation Beth Judea, Chicago Jewish Funerals, Goldman Funeral Group, Piser Funeral Servies and Shalom Memorial Funeral Home
Rainbows
RAINBOWS is the world’s largest, non-profit international organization dedicated to helping children ages 5 – 13 cope with pain casued by a life altering loss (due to a death, separation or divorce) in their families. This 14 week peer support curriculum meets at Temple Chai on Tuesday evenings from 7:15 – 8:15 PM from October through March and is open to both members and non-members. The Sisterhood of Temple Chai generously supports and funds the RAINBOWS program.
Now is the time to look into this program if you are a parent, relative or friend of such a child in need. Please call Edye Sylvan at 847-550-1402 or email esylvan100@comcast.net for more information.
Caring for Our Aging Loved Ones Support Group
Come join this special group to discuss your concerns and experiences. Meetings are open to both temple members and non-members. The meetings are held the first Tuesday of every month from 7:30 - 9:00 PM. The August meeting will be held on August 12th. The group is facilitated by Wendy Itzkowitz, M.Ed., LMFT. Please feel free to contact her with any questions at 847-459-1737 or wendy.itzkowitz@gmail.com.
Caring Community
The Caring Community is comprised of a group of dedicated and caring Temple Chai congregants. The mission of this group is to assist our family of congregants in times of need as well as to help celebrate their mitzvahs. We want to let our members know that their temple family is thinking of them and is here to help when they are faced with difficult challenges. Some mitzvahs that we perform include sending condolence cards, sending a “cheer me up" plant and visiting congregants in the hospital, providing meals for a family during a prolonged illness, delivering Remembrance Baskets during the High Holidays for those who have recently lost a loved one, providing transportation to doctor appointments, services, and programs at the temple, and sending congratulatory cards for births and marriages. If you would be interested in joining this very fulfilling committee, or would simply be interested in driving or cooking, please contact Cindy Kaplan.
NW Suburban Jewish Networking Group
During these challenging economic times, Temple Chai is pleased to be working together to host professional networking support meetings twice a month on Mondays from 10:00 a.m. – 12.00 p.m. The meeting location rotates among the four synagogues. Members provide information and discussion on job hunting in the 21st century, share “war stories”, interview tips, and circulate information on job sites, other networking groups, and open postings. Industry speakers attend various meetings to help our members learn what the business world is like in today’s environment and how best to handle the challenges they face. We are always looking for speakers/presenters to attend the group. We have had speakers in the past on networking, resumes, recruiting, interviewing, finances, etc. If you can offer your skills, advice, or guidance, we are open to just about anything that will provide further information to our members to assist them in negotiating the job search with the best possible supports we can provide. For more information contact Linda Kesselman at lkesselman3600@gmail.com. (Sponsored by Congregations Beth Am, Beth Judea, and Or Shalom, JCYS Northwest Family Center, Jewish Vocational Service, and Temple Chai)
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