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OHEL’S New Groundbreaking Rising from Divorce Video Is a Community-Wide Call to Action
Dr Hindie Klein, OHEL Director of Clinical Projects
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Though ubiquitous for centuries, divorce today has increased
significantly in the Orthodox community. In today’s times, almost everyone
knows someone affected by divorce.
Given this new reality, OHEL believes there is an important
need to better educate the wider community about the impact of divorce, and the
specific roles that the wider community, Rabbis, community leaders, and
educators can play to help ensure that both parents of divorce, and children
of divorce can thrive.
Promoting Community Awareness
It is this belief that drew OHEL to make the groundbreaking
new video, “Rising from Divorce” a film for all members of the community.
OHEL believed that a video could powerfully address the
issue of divorce and its effects on divorced parents and children from a
variety of perspectives: parents, professionals, educators, Rabbis, community
leaders, and adult children of divorce. We believed that it would
resonate and be meaningful for everyone and very importantly, serve as a
“Community Call to Action.”
What Question Did We Want To Address?
Our focus was the “day after” after divorce. This would
not be a video that addressed why couples get divorced. Rather, we were
interested in hearing about what it was like after the divorce. What
happens to the children and parents post-divorce? How are parents
treated—by their ex-spouses, by family, friends, children’s teachers, and the
neighbor next door? How are the children treated—by their parents,
extended family, neighborhood or school friends, or teachers? We also wanted
this to be a piece that would address not only what is happening, but also what
should be happening; a video that would provide insight, help and practical
guidance.
As more and more individuals and children are affected by
divorce, the question arises as to the community’s role and responsibility to
divorced parents and children in need. Rabbis, Educators, Community Leaders and
the community at large are being faced with the challenging task of how best to
sensitively respond to those affected by divorce. What
responsibility do we have to our future generation?
The answer is in US—in all of us.
Everyone has a responsibility to reach out, guide, support
and help parents and children of divorce.
Brooklyn Screening and Panel Discussion Sunday April 19th
OHEL is launching the new video in screenings in Brooklyn,
New York, Teaneck, New Jersey, and Long Island. The screenings will be
accompanied by panel discussions including local Rabbis, clinicians and
educators.
The Brooklyn screening is taking place this Sunday April 19th
at The Young Israel of Midwood at 7pm. The screening of the 35 minute film will
be accompanied by Divrei Brocha from Rav Moshe Tuvia Lieff, Morah D'Asra of
Agudath Israel Bais Binyomin as well as words from Rabbi Eli Mansour, Rabbi of
Bet Yaakob, who will be joining the panel discussion.
They say it takes a village. Indeed, this is our
mission: to engage ALL members of our community as comrades in arms, advocating
for the welfare of our families.
Trailer and more info at http://www.ohelfamily.org/risingfromdivorce
