Rabbi Edie Mencher talks about how to address the tenth anniversary of 9/11 with our children, from general advice to existential questions, for our youngest children to our teens.
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Bio
Rabbi Edythe Mencher LCSW serves as URJ’s Caring Community Specialist for Jewish Family Concerns. Rabbi Mencher writes for Reform Judaism magazine and presents regularly on issues related to leadership development,
spirituality, health and family life at congregations, schools and organizations
throughout North America. She recently served as Rabbinic Consultant to UJA
Federation of New York in developing programming for congregations relating to
mental health issues and wellness. She has previously served as the Associate
Director of the URJ's Department of Jewish Family Concerns and as Associate
Rabbi of Temple Israel in Westport, CT. She has also served as a staff
consultant to Gilda's Club of Westchester (a cancer support program) and has
been involved in supervision, mentoring and teaching at Hebrew Union
College-Jewish Institute of Religion, New York campus. Prior to her ordination
she was a member of the faculty of New York Hospital's Department of Psychiatry
and a child and adolescent therapist at the Jewish Board of Family and
Children's Services.
Rabbi Mencher was ordained by Hebrew Union
College-Jewish Institute of Religion (New York) in 1999. She received
certification from the Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and
Psychotherapy in 1989 and currently serves on the faculty of the Training
Institute. She earned her Master of Social Work degree from Hunter College
School of Social Work. She has participated in advanced training seminars on
reconnecting helping professionals with their core mission, promoting positive
child and adolescent development, pre-marital and marital counseling, supporting
bereaved children and adults, integrating mindfulness/meditation and emotional
regulation skills in managing depression and anxiety and on facilitating
empowering and calming responses to chronic and life threatening
illness.
A Time to Weep
Rabbi Edythe Mencher LCSW serves as URJ’s Caring Community Specialist for Jewish Family Concerns. Rabbi Mencher writes for Reform Judaism magazine and presents regularly on issues related to leadership development,
spirituality, health and family life at congregations, schools and organizations
throughout North America. She recently served as Rabbinic Consultant to UJA
Federation of New York in developing programming for congregations relating to
mental health issues and wellness. She has previously served as the Associate
Director of the URJ's Department of Jewish Family Concerns and as Associate
Rabbi of Temple Israel in Westport, CT. She has also served as a staff
consultant to Gilda's Club of Westchester (a cancer support program) and has
been involved in supervision, mentoring and teaching at Hebrew Union
College-Jewish Institute of Religion, New York campus. Prior to her ordination
she was a member of the faculty of New York Hospital's Department of Psychiatry
and a child and adolescent therapist at the Jewish Board of Family and
Children's Services.
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