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Mosaic. I am honored to be your host this morning. We want to invite you into an important conversation about Mental Illness. In particular, about Mental Illness in the Jewish Community. An accepted statistical norm is that one in five families has a loved one diagnosed with Mental Illness. And because of that, it means that nearly every single one of us across the country has a loved one who has a diagnosed Mental Illness. There are many ways in which this issue is responded to but in particular in the faith community, the National Association of Mental Illness have faith based initiatives. T...

Penn state Fraternity Member speaking out about the night a pledge died at a frat party allegedly falling down a flight of stairs and saying his concerns fell on deaf ears. They said, no, youre overreacting. You dont know what youre talking about. And i said, no, i really do know what im talking about. He could have a concussion. More of what he saw that night as almost 20 students now face charges. And this morning, brush fires fueled by tinderbox conditions in the south. Flames coming dangerously close to roads. Helicopters called in to help. Mandatory evacuations and dense smoke advisories....

A former Penn State Fraternity member speaking out about the night a pledge died at a frat party. Allegedly falling down a flight of stairs. And saying his concerns fell on deaf ears. They said, no, youre overreacting. You dont know what youre talking about. I said, no, i really do know what im talking about. He could have a concussion. More of what he saw that night, as almost 20 students now face charges. And brush fires. Fueled by tinderbox conditions in the south. Flames coming dangerously close to roads. Helicopters called in to help. Mandatory evacuations and dense smoke advisories. The ...

National taffy day. We have some fog. We barely see buddy. 6 miles visibility at airport but less in lancaster, reading , trenton, pottstown where it is most foggy right now. That could slow you down this morning 61 degrees with the 5 mile an hour wind, not much wind, sunrise time is 5 39, this morning, we are, we may see some sunshine but we will see what happens. Fiftytwo in lancaster. Sixtyone here in the city as we go up to mount pocono, chillier 49 degrees, and heading down the shore 63 in ocean city after a high in the mid 60s yesterday. We will expect to rise in the 70s with a few showe...

Theres the faithbased initiative. There are other synagogues, churches and faithbased groups that deal with this issue in their own particular way. This morning we would like to invite you into a serious and important conversation. We have rabbi Stacy Friedman and joann foreman who is a member of the Mental Health initiative coordinator. Thank you so much for being here. Rabbi friedman, why do we jump in and ask why you consider this particular issue so important for your synagogue into the Jewish Community at large. When we decided this was a real need, i had been at the congregation for 25 y...