Combating Compassion Fatigue – the Jewish Answer to “What’s Next?”
Closely following the holiday of Tisha B'Av, we observe Tu B’Av – the day we traditionally celebrate love, marriage and the continuation of life. This pairing of suffering with recovery and resilience is crucial to the survival of the Jewish people, and this cycle can teach us much about how we can cope and persevere in our own lives today. It can also be an opportunity to explore how we can cope and persevere and take care of ourselves when supporting the people we celebrate on Tu B'Av becomes too much for us.
- Relationship Building
- Self-care
- Mental Health
- Care
- Jewish Tradition
- Jewish Holidays (Chagim)
- Educator Training
- Congregational Learning
- Day Schools and Yeshivas
- Family Engagement
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The Jewish Education Project has partnered with Eastern Suffolk BOCES (BOCES) to assist the Jewish (and other non-public) day schools in all processes related to Regents answer sheets which are no longer provided by New York State Education Department (NYSED) in the test booklets.
This resource is an opportunity to reflect on your own compassion fatigue as an educator and think through strategies to support yourself.
This two-day lesson introduces students to the richness and complexity of Jewish identity.