Balboa Park Walk Oct. 26 for Israel’s Multi-Ethnic, At-Risk Youth
American Friends of ELEM announced Wednesday that San Diego will host Walk B’Yachad – Walking Together for Israel’s Youth on Sunday, Oct. 26, at 8 a.m. in Balboa Park.
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“If I could go back in time, I would tell myself: ‘You will love your daughter, you will manage in high-tech, and you will know it’s okay to say no.'”
At 20 years old, Tzipora Mordechai found herself raising a baby she hadn’t wanted, all alone. She was struggling with undiagnosed depression, with no money and no job.
“I looked at the baby and told my sister: ‘Take her away from me,'” she recalls.
Today, at 23, she is a manager at a high-tech company and teaches students through “Last Chance” programs. The journey from rock bottom to success happened through the organization ELEM, where for the first time, she saw herself not just as a “failed mother,” as she used to say, but as the strong woman who has been there within her since childhood.
Israeli mental health experts raise alarm of impending ‘tsunami of war-related psychiatric illness’ after 20 months of conflict
“Resilience” has long been the goal of Israeli mental health practitioners, an emotional ruggedness allowing Israeli society to bounce back quickly after tragedy.
