Refuat Hanefesh News Today

(Courtesy of GOA) Golda Och Academy has received a $187,000 grant from The Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey for an important new initiative called Refuat HaNefesh: Post-Pandemic Expansion of Youth Mental Health Services.

“If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand forget itself.” (Sefer Tehillim) One of the most meaningful wedding gifts my husband and I received was a mezuzah case that contained some of the shards of broken glass from our chuppah ceremony. The breaking of the glass under the chuppah symbolizes two things. One, the destruction of the Beit Hamikdash and how no celebration can be complete without it. Two, it represents a marriage. Marriages contain both difficult and joyful times, and it ...

Removing the Mask From Postpartum Depression By Shelli Sussman | March 04, 2021 Being postpartum is a confusing experience. You’re overwhelmed by mazal tov texts, calls and visits; recovering from labor and delivery; and taking care of a newborn—all at the same time. It was December 2018, and this was baby No. 3 for me, but I had an inkling in the back of my mind that it was going to be more difficult than the others. The night we brought home the baby from th...