Temple Beth Shalom offers course in resilience

Temple Beth Shalom offers interfaith course in resilience

Exploring the role resilience plays from childhood through adulthood is the focus of an interfaith course presented by Temple Beth Shalom of the West Valley in May.

The course will be from 10-11:30 a.m. May 5, 12 and 19 at the Temple, 12202 N. 101st Ave. in Sun City.

Rabbi Dana Evan Kaplan, who will lead the course, said: “As we age, we face daunting challenges. We may not be facing an army shooting at us with high-powered rifles, but we face emotional as well as physical difficulties that can frighten and bewilder us. What can help us to deal with our new reality is strengths that develop internally as well as externally.” 

Persons of all faiths are invited to attend this popular interfaith series, which will discuss how to  become more resilient, deal better with adverse circumstances and benefit more from the inevitable ups and downs of life.

“It’s more than toughness because toughness can imply just developing a tough exterior that may help us to cope in the moment but we’ll leave us emotionally vulnerable to post traumatic stress afterwards. True resilience is both the capacity to weather the storm but also the emotional depth to deal with the feelings that come with facing adversarial conditions,” he said. 

Cost is $20 for TBS members and $35 for non-members. To register, call the Temple office at 623.977.3240 between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday –Thursday. Deadline for registration and payment of course fee is noon April 30.