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2 Cultivating Gratitude 5:00 pm Cultivating Gratitude May 2 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Cultivating Gratitude: A Strong-Women Fellowship End-of-Year Celebration for Mental Health Awareness Month. Join Blue Dove Intern Lili Stadler, Strong Women Fellow and author of the Jewish Teen Gratitude Journal, and her mother, for an interactive De-Stigmatizing Mental Health 7:00 pm De-Stigmatizing Mental Health May 2 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets De-Stigmatizing Mental Health : Join Repair the World and The Blue Dove Foundation in conversation on Sunday, May 2nd from 7-8pm EST where we will hear from lived experiences of folks coping with mental health	3	4	5 Embedding Mental and Emotional Wellness within School Culture: A Dialog on Standards-Based Methodologies to Benefit all Stakeholders with Prizmah 11:00 am Embedding Mental and Emotional Wellness within School Culture: A Dialog on Standards-Based Methodologies to Benefit all Stakeholders with Prizmah May 5 @ 11:00 am Tickets Embedding Mental and Emotional Wellness within School Culture: A Dialog on Standards-Based Methodologies to Benefit all Stakeholders with Prizmah. In this 1-hour workshop, we discuss options and associated risks, while sharing triumphs and challenges. Participants	6 Jewish Approaches to Mental Wellness: An Exploration of Jewish Values and Prayer for Jewish Day School/Yeshiva Educators and Administrators with Prizmah. 11:00 am Jewish Approaches to Mental Wellness: An Exploration of Jewish Values and Prayer for Jewish Day School/Yeshiva Educators and Administrators with Prizmah. May 6 @ 11:00 am Tickets Jewish Approaches to Mental Wellness: An Exploration of Jewish Values and Prayer for Jewish Day School/Yeshiva Educators and Administrators with Prizmah. In this 1-hour workshop, Jewish school counselors and administrators will learn about Jewish values,	7 49 Steps Initiative – Limmud North America’s Day of Learning 49 Steps Initiative – Limmud North America’s Day of Learning May 7 all-day Tickets 49 Steps Initiative – Limmud North America’s Day of Learning Mental Health Shabbat 7:00 pm Mental Health Shabbat May 7 @ 7:00 pm Tickets Mental Health Shabbat – To kick off May Mental Health Awareness Month, we are encouraging everyone to UNDERSTAND mental illness. The theme of the first Shabbat of Mental Health Awareness Month is Education. This Shabbat, take	8
9	10	11	12 The Blue Dove Foundation Mental Wellness Workshops Part 1: Making Mental Wellness a Part of Your Community 1:00 pm The Blue Dove Foundation Mental Wellness Workshops Part 1: Making Mental Wellness a Part of Your Community May 12 @ 1:00 pm Tickets The Blue Dove Foundation Mental Wellness Workshops Part 1: Making Mental Wellness a Part of Your Community. Hope is one of the greatest resources we have to change the culture of silence and stigma around mental The Blue Dove Foundation Mental Wellness Workshops Part 1: Making Mental Wellness a Part of Your Community 1:00 pm The Blue Dove Foundation Mental Wellness Workshops Part 1: Making Mental Wellness a Part of Your Community May 12 @ 1:00 pm Tickets The Blue Dove Foundation Mental Wellness Workshops Part 1: Making Mental Wellness a Part of Your Community Hope is one of the greatest resources we have to change the culture of silence and stigma around mental	13 #QTS Book Night at the Jewish Book Council festival of Reading, PA 7:00 pm #QTS Book Night at the Jewish Book Council festival of Reading, PA May 13 @ 7:00 pm Tickets #QTS Book Night at the Jewish Book Council festival of Reading, PA	14 Mental Health Shabbat 7:00 pm Mental Health Shabbat May 14 @ 7:00 pm Tickets For the final Shabbat of mental health awareness week, our theme is gratitude. As we look back on everything we have learned this month, we must sit back and feel gratitude for the countless organizations	15
16	17 Shavuot Shavuot May 17 – May 18 all-day Tickets Shavuot – Check Out Our Shavuot Resources	18	19 The Blue Dove Foundation Mental Wellness Workshops Part 2: Recognizing When Someone Needs Help 1:00 pm The Blue Dove Foundation Mental Wellness Workshops Part 2: Recognizing When Someone Needs Help May 19 @ 1:00 pm Tickets The Blue Dove Foundation Mental Wellness Workshops Part 2: Recognizing When Someone Needs Help. Hope is one of the greatest resources we have to change the culture of silence and stigma around mental health issues in	20 #QuietingtheSilence Book Event at the Tidewater Jewish community’s Jewish Book Festival 7:30 pm #QuietingtheSilence Book Event at the Tidewater Jewish community’s Jewish Book Festival May 20 @ 7:30 pm Tickets #QuietingtheSilence Book Event at the Tidewater Jewish community’s Jewish Book Festival	21 NAMI FaithNet Introducing Blue Dove for Catholic University Academic Study 4:00 pm NAMI FaithNet Introducing Blue Dove for Catholic University Academic Study May 21 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets NAMI FaithNet Introducing Blue Dove for Catholic University Academic Study – Registration Link Coming Soon Mental Health Shabbat 7:00 pm Mental Health Shabbat May 21 @ 7:00 pm Tickets The theme of the third Shabbat of Mental Health Awareness Month is Inclusivity. When cultivating a community engaged with and sensitive to mental illness/wellness, you must be inclusive of those who are living with mental	22
23 Laughing Matters: Jewish Teens Tackle Mental Health 8:00 pm Laughing Matters: Jewish Teens Tackle Mental Health May 23 @ 8:00 pm Tickets	24	25	26	27	28 One Table and Blue Dove Foundation Post-Shavuot Jewish Guided Meditation One Table and Blue Dove Foundation Post-Shavuot Jewish Guided Meditation May 28 all-day Tickets One Table and Blue Dove Foundation Post-Shavuot Jewish Guided Meditation Mental Health Shabbat 7:00 pm Mental Health Shabbat May 28 @ 7:00 pm Tickets For the final Shabbat of mental health awareness week, our final theme is gratitude. As we look back on everything we have learned this month, we must sit back and feel gratitude for the countless	29
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Sharing the Burden: Reflections on Shavuot and Mental Health From a Parent’s Perspective

May 11, 2021

Shavuot, or the “Festival of Weeks” in Hebrew (חג השבועות‎, Chag HaShavuot‎), occurs fifty days after the second day of Passover. Although the holiday’s origins lie in the ancient grain harvest […]

With Outstretched Arms: Reflections On Passover and Mental Health from a Parent’s Perspective

March 22, 2021

Passover, or Pesach in Hebrew (פֶּסַח‎), is a major Jewish holiday that commemorates the biblical story of the enslaved children of Israel leaving ancient Egypt. From the most secular to the most […]

New Beginnings

March 17, 2021

I have always associated the start of spring with that of a new beginning. Some might argue their new beginning is when the ball drops at midnight at the start of a new year. But springtime has […]

What Bread Brings

March 17, 2021

Passover signifies a metamorphosis within the Jewish people. They go from serving as slaves in Egypt to being free men and women wandering the desert. After fleeing, they faced an incredibly […]

L’dor v’dor – Asking for Help for the First Time

March 11, 2021

I can talk to my mom about anything: my crushes, the drama at school, our shared gynecologist and so forth. We are open about our lives and have nothing to hide from each other. So it came as a […]

When is Enough, Enough Already?

March 2, 2021

As Pesach draws near, I am contemplating part of the Seder. In my family, as in so many others these days, we add to the singing of Dayenu the wonderful custom of smiting one another with […]

Atlanta Jewish Women and Girl’s Summit

February 24, 2021

The Blue Dove Foundation is teaming up with Making Jewish Places and PJ Library Atlanta to host two Atlanta-based workshops for Jewish Women and Girls ages 8-12. Read more about the summit and […]

Beyond the Palace Walls: Reflections on Mental Health for Purim

February 22, 2021

Image credit: Illustrated Megillah. Hamburg State and University Library, Germany, 1434. Purim (פּוּרִים) is the Jewish holiday commemorating when the Jewish people living in the ancient […]

Celebrating freedom on a Commemoration of Freedom

February 21, 2021

An excerpt from Lucie Waldman’s book, The Jots of Becoming: A journey of hope and recovery. Available on Amazon in Kindle and print editions. Passover starts out with posing the […]

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