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Posted inEditorial

The unseen mental toll of the pandemic

by J. Editorial Board April 16, 2021
photo illustration. a young white man in a hoodie is seen from the back in a city at night. he is enveloped and obscured by a multi-colored bubble.
Posted inHealth

A lost year: Teen mental health during the pandemic

by Gabriel Greschler April 16, 2021April 16, 2021
Based on detail from "Miriam Shut Out From The Camp" by James Tissot, ca. 1900, which shows a scene from this week's Torah portion.
Posted inColumns

This week’s Torah portion offers insights on suicide 

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan April 16, 2021April 15, 2021
Ronit Sholkoff, a 20-year-old junior at UC Berkeley, says she has been feeling “powerless” and “overwhelmed.”
Posted inHealth

‘Pandemic blues’ hitting young adults especially hard

by Gabriel Greschler September 22, 2020September 29, 2020
a smiling white woman in a red chef jacket
Posted inJewish Life

After wrestling with food issues, she now teaches kids healthy cooking

Elissa Einhorn by Elissa Einhorn July 8, 2020
Friendship Circle volunteer Jamie Sloves, 14, with her buddy Ben Kramer, 11, taking some quiet time on the playground. (COURTESY FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE)
Posted inHealth

How parents of kids with mental health issues are coping with shelter-in-place

Sue Barnett 2025 by Sue Barnett April 14, 2020May 5, 2020
Elizabeth Wurtzel (JTA/Neville Elder/Corbis via Getty Images)
Posted inHealth

‘Prozac Nation’ author Elizabeth Wurtzel dies of breast cancer at age 52

by Emily Burack and JTA January 8, 2020
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Posted inHealth

Keep your brain sharp at JCCSF cognitive fitness fair

by J. Staff June 17, 2019June 17, 2019
Developmental and clinical psychologist Diane Ehrensaft
Posted inPride

Q&A: A gender expert who stands up for nonbinary youth

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller June 10, 2019
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Posted inIsrael

An American-Israeli soldier died by suicide. She’s the third this year.

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA May 22, 2019May 21, 2019

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