December 22, 2003

OU to Present “Marriage Enrichment Skills Workshop” in KEW GARDENS HILLS on January 10

Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills
70-11 150th Street
7:30 p.m. – 11 p.m.

Following the overwhelming success of this summer’s prototype “Positive Jewish Marriages Enrichment Retreat,” the Orthodox Union has been presenting similar programs in synagogues. With this background, the OU announced today that it will hold a “Marriage Enrichment Skills Workshop” at Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills on Saturday night January 10, from 7:30 p.m. to 11 p.m.

The synagogue is located at 70-11 150th Street.

The workshop, a project of the OU Department of Community and Synagogue Services is part of a wide-ranging series of OU programs with the objective of strengthening the Jewish family.

“The workshop is geared for happily married couples who want to communicate with and relate to each other on an even deeper emotional level,” declared Frank Buchweitz, OU Director of Special Projects, who is coordinating the event.

The sessions will be:

• Tools for Effective and Positive Communication,
  led by Dr. Marcy P. Schaffer Ph.D.; and
• Dealing with Disagreements in a Healthy Way,
  led by Dr. Rona Novick, Ph.D.

Dr. Rona Novick is a Senior Psychologist in the Division of Adolescent Psychiatry at the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System and is a member of the faculty of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She is also in private practice on Long Island.

Dr. Marcy P. Schaffer maintains a private practice in clinical psychology, specializing in individual and family therapy, including premarital and marital counseling. She is Director of Multi-Lingual Evaluation and Therapy Services of the Quality Evaluation and Consulting Services and is Executive Director of the Positive Beginnings School.

Participants will be able to attend both sessions. A Chinese Buffet and question and answer session will follow the sessions. Admission is $15 per person. For more information, please call 718-261-9723.

The Orthodox Union, now in its second century of service to the Jewish community of North America and beyond, is a world leader in community and synagogue services, adult education, youth work through NCSY, political action through the IPA, and advocacy for persons with disabilities through Yachad and Our Way. Its kosher supervision label, the , is the world’s most recognized kosher symbol and can be found on over 275,000 products manufactured in 68 countries around the globe.

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