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SUMMARY:Mental Health Challenges for New and Expecting Parents – How to Stay Connected After Baby
DESCRIPTION:The Luke Sklar Mental Health Initiative Presents: \n“Mental Health Challenges for New and Expecting Parents – How to Stay Connected After Baby.”\nWith Guest Speaker Aliza Shupac  \nRegistered Social Worker/Psychotherapist\, MSW\, RSW \nSunday\, April 26\, 2026\, 10:30 am to 12:00 pm\, in the Mishkan \nThe first year of parenthood is deeply meaningful\, and also\, deeply demanding. \nWhile welcoming a baby brings moments of joy and purpose\, it can also place new challenges and strains on a couple’s relationship. Sleep deprivation\, shifting roles\, hormonal changes\, and new responsibilities can leave partners feeling disconnected or stretched thin. If you’re feeling overwhelmed or unsure how to support one another\, you’re not alone. \nJoin Aliza Shupac\, MSW\, RSW\, for a talk aimed at new parents and couples who want to stay connected during this intense season. We’ll explore: \n\nPractical strategies for navigating challenges while staying on the same team\nHow to recognize the signs of perinatal mood or anxiety disorders\nKnowing when to reach out for professional help\nReaching out to your village for support\n\nThere’ll also be plenty of time set aside for questions at the end of the session. \nPlease join us in the Mishkan and feel the warmth of community and connection with other parents in a similar stage of life. \nEveryone is welcome to bring their little ones – a wiggle space will be provided in case you need to take them out. \nWhether you’re navigating pregnancy\, infancy\, or toddlerhood … we’ll learn together\, share together\, and enjoy delicious snacks during and after the program. \nFor anyone who can’t make it in person\, this event will also be livestreamed. The link to the livestream will be provided upon registration. \nPlease register here (whether attending in person or online) to join us. \n  \n\nAliza Shupac is a Registered Social Worker/Psychotherapist with a special focus on supporting parents from preconception to the postpartum period and beyond. She has advanced training in perinatal mental health and is a Certified EMDR therapist working with individuals\, couples\, and groups. She works with those struggling with fertility concerns and losses\, the transition to parenthood\, relationship challenges during this transition\, birth trauma\, and support and treatment for prenatal and postpartum mood and anxiety disorders. Aliza is the Founder and Director of MamaCare and MamaCare Community and a passionate advocate for reducing stigma around mental health challenges during the perinatal period. \nIf you can’t attend in person and have a question you’d like addressed by Aliza during the program\, in confidence\, please send it to: theLSMHI@gmail.com \n 
URL:https://holyblossom.org/event/mental-health-challenges-for-new-and-expecting-parents-how-to-stay-connected-after-baby/
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SUMMARY:HBTogether Ukulele Group
DESCRIPTION:HBTogether Ukulele Group\nSundays\, 10:30 am \nThe HBTogether Ukulele Group is a group of ukulele players and enthusiasts meeting weekly at the Temple on Sundays to practice our instruments and play music together. \nThe Ukulele Group is led by member Susan Baskin and runs weekly until mid-May. \nIf you would like to find out more or register\, please contact Marni in the Temple office at mturner@holyblossom.org or 416-789-3291 ext. 227 \n 
URL:https://holyblossom.org/event/hbtogether-ukulele-group/2026-04-26/
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SUMMARY:Book Launch and Signing: Ten Clear Days
DESCRIPTION:Book Launch and Signing: Ten Clear Days\nA novel by Eric Beck Rubin \nSunday\, April 26\, 11:00 am \nOn a Tuesday night in August 2018\, eighty-three-year-old Holocaust survivor\, Mary Beck is rushed by ambulance to the hospital. She wakes up to the news that her surgery was a success and her recovery is underway––but she doesn’t want to hear it. She had been preparing for her end. And with newly enacted legislation\, she can demand it. \nBefore a decision can be made on whether to grant her request\, a member of the non-medical hospital staff\, “Au.\,” is brought in to record the unfolding events. But what begins as an arm’s-length report during ten mandated days that Mary awaits her fate\, soon turns into a sweeping examination of a life. \nFrom her upbringing in pre-war Hungary and survival of the war\, to the start of her new life in Canada\, Mary\, along with her family and friends\, tells the story of this complicated\, forceful\, fiercely loved person at every stage of her extraordinary life. A life she now fights to end on her own terms. \nRegister here \n\nEric Beck Rubin is a novelist and academic. His début\, School of Velocity\, was named one of the Guardian’s Books of the Year. He created and produced the Burning Books literary review and interview podcast. He teaches architectural and cultural history at the University of Toronto and collaborates with art galleries and architecture firms on exhibitions and design competitions. Eric’s family ties run four generations deep at Holy Blossom Temple.
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