Confronting the Suicide Crisis in Our Community: Rabbi YY Jacobson in Conversation with Leigh Ioffe

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi YY Jacobson’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

services and programs that help foster resilience through holistic mental wellness including art and writing. It is my great honor and pleasure to now present to you the full conversation that I had with Rabbi Yacobson on suicide prevention, mental wellness, and doing the inner work to help heal the world. Enjoy. Okay, my guest today is Rabbi Yway Jacobson. Rabbi Jacobson is one of the most sought-after speakers in the Jewish world today and a mentor to many thousands across the globe. He has traveled to hundreds of communities in six continents, educating and inspiring six continents, educating and inspiring people of all black backgrounds with the depth of Torah and Judaism. Rabbi Jacobson was the first rabbi to ever be invited by the Pentagon to deliver the religious keynote to the US Military Chief of Chaplain and to the National Security Agency. Rabbi Jacobson, thank you for being here and welcome. Thank you so much for the opportunity and the privilege and the invitation. I'm glad to be here. Thank you. So, as someone who really has seen it all in terms of where the Jewish world is holding today, where the Jewish world is holding today, from your perspective, well, I guess actually before I ask the question, I'll preface by saying that we're having this conversation. As of as of the time that we were having this conversation, there were unfortunately over 10 um confirmed suicides in the Jewish community around the United States. and that we're in a a level of crisis that feels un unprecedented. I know that word is overused these days, but it feels unprecedented. From your perspective,

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