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Chumi Friedman Director of HUG, a division of A Time for those who have experienced perinatal or infant loss ·       My sister-in-law had a stillborn. The one-year mark is coming up. Should I say something to her? ·       My brother lost an eleven-year-old son. But he was very special-needs. His bar mitzvah is coming up; they wouldn’t have made a real celebration anyway. [...]

Mrs. Esther Gendelman, MS, LPC, ACS Mrs. Esther Gendelman’s passion is to help people foster meaningful relationships. There is no such thing as a perfect person, which means there’s also no such thing as a perfect relationship, although some relationships feel rock solid. Yet loss can impact even the strongest relationships with ripples of uncertainty. A mother can feel so confused as she watches her daughter navigate the [...]

Hillel Fuld was preparing for Yom Kippur. Although he had heard the news about a terror attack in the neighborhood where his brother lived, he didn’t know that his brother was the victim. Because… well, these things only happen to other people. Except that sometimes they can happen to us. During this time, when our hearts are with our brothers in Eretz Yisrael, when we all need [...]

Rabbi Naftoli Kassorla, Speaker, Teacher and Rebbi in Yerushalayim Imagine getting an unexpected call informing you that your brother died.  Presumably, you would always remember it as one of the most difficult phone calls of your life. But what happens if you haven’t spoken to that brother or had any kind of real relationship with him in years? For valid reasons Rabbi Kassorla had found it simply [...]

Mrs. Mindy Blumenfeld, LCSW Mrs. Mindy Blumenfeld is positive and upbeat. She is smiley, and she makes you smile. You would never know that she lost her youngest son Hillel to cancer. Although she has been profoundly impacted by her loss, she won’t let the pain bring her down into negativity. She started writing about Hillel as a means of finding comfort. But really, her journey with [...]

Mr. Broyde, who happens to be my first cousin, discusses his struggles and pain after losing an uncle, aunt and cousin who were an integral part of his family. He was part of the same tragedy that was my life. But as Mr. Aaron Broyde says repeatedly, it was from a seat further back. No one realized how much the loss of his relatives affected him because [...]