Month: August 2021

Nati Keswick-Faber made Aliyah from Southfield, Michigan to Alon Shvut, where he currently lives with his wife, Emuna. He is pursuing a Bachelor of Education with an emphasis on Tanakh, Talmud, and Jewish Thought at Herzog Teaching College. Nati is also enrolled in the Musmachim Smikha program and learns in the Kollel Halacha at Yeshivat Har Etzion. As a future Jewish educator, Nati hopes to increase the availability of mental health resources and to help end the stigma against those who are struggling with their mental health in the broader Jewish community.
Nati Keswick-Faber
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There’s something that doesn’t sit right with calling myself- or anyone for that matter- an “ally” to people who struggle with their mental health. To be an ally implies that, while one supports and is sensitive to a community, they themselves are not a member of that group. When it comes to mental health, I Read More …

Batya will be starting college this fall after taking a gap year to learn in Israel. She has struggled with her mental health for many years, and hopes to help others throughout her recovery journey and beyond. She is planning on majoring in psychology, and eventually become a therapist.
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Do you know why I’m this sad? So angry, and tired with life? Why I’m abusive towards myself in ways I would never even contemplate being to another person, let alone people I care about? Why I think I’m worthless?     It’s because…. that’s what I felt I was being told for years. When Read More …