Edythe Mencher LCSW
Faculty for Sacred Caring Community, Director URJ Presidential Disabilities Inclusion Initiative
Union for Reform Judaism
Participates in 4 items
Rabbi Mencher serves as URJ Faculty for Sacred Caring Community and Coordinator of the URJ-Ruderman Family Foundation Partnership for Inclusion of People with Disabilities and is an adjunct faculty member of Hebrew Union College-JIR’s Interfaith Doctor of Ministry Program in Pastoral Counseling. She has served on the Steering Committee of the Mental Health and Faith Community Partnership, created to foster dialogue between psychiatrists and faith leaders. She is the co-author of Resilience of the Soul: Developing Emotional and Spiritual Resilience in Adolescents and Their Families. Ordained by Hebrew Union College-JIR in 1999, Rabbi Mencher is also a graduate of the Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy and of Hunter College School of Social Work.
Sessions in which Edythe Mencher LCSW participates
8:15 AM
8:15 AM
- Shacharit: Praying Isaiah's Vision (Making Worship Accessible) Loews Atlanta Hotel - Mercer Ballroom
- 8:15 AM - 8:45 AM | 30 minutes
- This worship experience will model how an inclusion-intentioned prayer enables the most meaningful experience for all. From setting to liturgy to ...
- Worship
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
- Ethics and Disabilities Loews Atlanta Hotel - Inman
- 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- In every setting in which we serve, rabbis regularly face and are asked about ethical dilemmas related to disability. Ethical questions and challen...
- Workshop
2:30 PM
2:30 PM
- Building Isaiah's Vision Loews Atlanta Hotel - Inman
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- This workshop will offer both concrete tools and philosophical considerations to create worship experiences inclusive of a wide range of needs and ...
- Workshop
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- Professional Ethics: Practices, Perspectives, and Ways to Recognize Potential Pitfalls Loews Atlanta Hotel - Inman
- 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- The role of the Rabbi as a leader, pastoral counselor and teacher is often a complex role. This workshop will explore the ethics around the profess...
- Workshop