Counseling:
Support Groups Calendar
Our ongoing, drop-in groups:
Community Connection
Join JFCS for conversations on Zoom: It is a space for anyone in the community to connect with others and share what’s on their mind. This group meets many Fridays at 10am on Zoom. Zoom link provided below.
Grief Connection
Grief affects every part of our lives and can be a lonely road to travel. Join us for our monthly grief-processing group for adults. In our virtual sessions, we will have the opportunity to share our own experiences with grief, connect with others, and learn strategies for moving through loss. This group meets on Zoom the first Friday of every month. Zoom link provided below. Click here to learn more.
2024 CALENDAR
September
Friday, September 6, 10am-11am
Special Community Support Connection
We are greatly saddened by the deaths of six Israeli hostages over the past weekend. May their memory be a blessing.
JFCS is providing a group community space for processing the array of emotional and physiological responses to this tragedy. You are invited to join us via Zoom on Friday, September 6, at 10 am. for a special session of our Community Connection series. This session is specifically designed to help us come together as a community and process this traumatic event.
Meeting ID: 832 2911 6953
Passcode: 927558
In recognition of this shared grief, the special session will replace the monthly scheduled Grief Connection group. We are here to support you during this difficult time.
Tuesday, 9/10 – Tuesday, 10/29
Walking Beside You: Fall 2024 Session – Dedicated to Partner Loss Begins
at Congregation Beth Israel. Registration is required, as space is limited. Click here or the graphic below for details.
Friday, September 13, 10am-11am
Community Connection
No registration required
Click here for Zoom link
Friday, September 20, 10am-11am via Zoom
Next Generations Group (NGG) & JFCS Community Connection Support Group
This group is open to Holocaust survivors and Next Generation Group members. To register and to receive Zoom link, please email Missy Fry.
October
Grief Connection
Note: Due to the Jewish high holidays, a Grief Connection group session will not be offered in October. Please join us for our next session on November 1st.
Friday, October 11, 10am-11am
Community Connection
No registration required
Click here for Zoom link
Friday, October 18, 10am-11am via Zoom
Next Generations Group (NGG) & JFCS Community Connection Support Group
This group is open to Holocaust survivors and Next Generation Group members. To register and to receive Zoom link, please email Missy Fry.
Sunday, October 27, 1pm-4pm
2nd Annual Schmoozapalooza: A Prom for Seniors 60 and Better
presented by JFCS and MJCC
Registration is required, as space is limited. Learn more here.
November
Friday, November 1, 10am-11am
Grief Connection
Join JFCS for Grief Connection, a monthly drop-in group for grief support and processing. No registration required
Click here for Zoom link
Thursday, November 7, 1pm-3pm
Medicare and Medicaid Reimagined – An Interactive Workshop
Hybrid event: Congregation Neveh Shalom and Zoom
Join JFCS and Mara Woloshin, an expert in Medicare and Medicaid healthcare services. In this interactive workshop, participants will have a chance to learn and ask questions about recent changes to Medicare and Medicaid benefits, how to switch Medicare plans and questions to ask, and about federal regulations and advocacy to support beneficiary health rights.
Registration is required to confirm in person attendance, as space is limited.
Stay tuned for registration information.
Friday, November 8, 10am-11am
Community Connection
No registration required
Click here for Zoom link
Friday, November 15, 10am-11am via Zoom
Next Generations Group (NGG) & JFCS Community Connection Support Group
This group is open to Holocaust survivors and Next Generation Group members. To register and to receive Zoom link, please email Missy Fry.
December
Friday, December 6, 10am-11am
Grief Connection
No registration required
Click here for Zoom link
Friday, December 13, 10am-11am
Community Connection
No registration required
Click here for Zoom link
Friday, December 20, 10am-11am via Zoom
Next Generations Group (NGG) & JFCS Community Connection Support Group
This group is open to Holocaust survivors and Next Generation Group members. To register and to receive Zoom link, please email Missy Fry.
For more information about any of our groups, contact the Counseling department at 503-226-7079, ext. 100 or by email.
Watch this short video above featuring JFCS’ clinicians discussing community need and their role in supporting clients’ mental health.
Missy Fry wins Rogoway Award
Congratulations to Missy Fry, behavioral health social worker, who was the 2022 recipient of the Laurie Rogoway Outstanding Jewish Professional Award, which recognizes a current Jewish communal professional in greater Portland.
With JFCS for 11 years, Missy was the first therapist to win this award in its eight-year history.
