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Michelle (left) and Jeff Leopold remember their son Trevor in their home in Greenbrae, Aug 27, 2023. The Leopolds' son Trevor died four years ago at the age of 18 when he took an oxycodone pill he didn’t know was laced with fentanyl. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inBay Area

The fentanyl crisis is taking the lives of young Jews

by Dan Pine September 1, 2023July 12, 2024

Updated at 11:10 a.m., Sept. 5 Cameron Fuller and his father spoke on the phone nearly every day. So Eric Fuller worried last February when his son failed to return […]

Participants on a recent Birthright Israel addiction recovery trip dance in the streets of Tel Aviv, Israel. (Photo/RNS-Courtesy Israel Free Spirit)
Posted inNews

This Birthright trip brings Jews in addiction recovery to Israel

Michele Chabin (Photo/Courtesy) by Michele Chabin and RNS August 15, 2022
Michael, a patient at a Brooklyn methadone clinic for those addicted to heroin, displays a Hebrew tattoo of the "shema" prayer that he looks to in his fight with addiction. (Photo/Forward-Spencer Platt-Getty Images)
Posted inAnalysis

100,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2021. How should Jewish communities respond?

by Rudy Malcom and Forward May 12, 2022May 12, 2022
On Purim, what is festive to some can be a nightmare for others. (Photo/JTA-Robert Essel-Getty Images)
Posted inReligion

Staying sober on Purim: Jews with alcohol use disorder can be triggered during the drinking holiday

by Rachel Román and JTA March 14, 2022
Rabbi Michael Perice of Temple Sinai in Cinnaminson, N.J., shared his story of addiction and recovery with his congregants after celebrating 10 years of sobriety. (Photo/JTA-Rachael Perice)
Posted inHealth

This rabbi was addicted to opioids. Now he’s using his experience to help his congregants.

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA July 1, 2021
Fay Zenoff is the executive director of the Center for Open Recovery.
Posted inJewish Life

Q&A: This recovery leader is very open about her addiction

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller March 9, 2018March 9, 2018
they hold signs saying "addiction is not a crime"
Posted inTalking With ..., Jewish Life

Q&A: This one-time heroin addict gives back as head of substance abuse program

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller May 4, 2017May 4, 2017

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