As part of Mental Health Awareness Month

Join us for an important conversation with The Blue Dove Foundation as they discuss their book 
#QuietingTheSilence

In Partnership with Jewish Family Service

“WHOEVER SAVES A LIFE, SAVES THE WORLD”
- Source: Teachings of the Talmud

For the longest time, the Jewish community avoided talking about issues related to mental health. Even today, a stigma remains that prevents individuals from opening up and seeking help. #QuietingTheSilence: Personal Stories offers a chance for people to share stories and perspectives related to their own life-changing experiences involving mental illness and addiction. Through these personal stories of struggles and loss, we hope to show individuals that they are not alone and to work toward eliminating the shame and stigma many feel around these topics.

The Blue Dove Foundation was created to help address the issues of mental illness and addiction in the Jewish community and beyond.

The United Jewish Federation of Tidewater & the Simon Family JCC’s Lee and Bernard Jaffe Family Jewish Book Festival is held in coordination with the Jewish Book Council,
the only organization in the organized American Jewish community whose sole purpose is the promotion of Jewish books.