Welcome to the Jewish Recovery Center
Our goal is to provide Jewish alcoholics and addicts a welcoming environment in which they can pursue their recovery and benefit from spiritual fellowship and camaraderie.
Men's & Womens homes are open for highly motivated Jewish addicts
Call Rabbi Kessler at 561-450-5503 for more information.
In the news
Rabbis, addicts skip wine for a sober Passover
By ILEANA MORALES | Associated Press Writer
Posted on Friday, 04.10.09
MIAMI -- Around the Passover table, people drink red wine, swallowing a symbol of freedom, deliverance, redemption and release. But not Joe Nevenansky. Not this time.
On Wednesday he and his family celebrated the ancient Israelites' liberation from Egyptian slavery, but he drank grape juice instead. Years ago he would have doubled or tripled the four glasses of wine traditionally imbibed during the ritual meal on the first day of the Jewish festival.
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Boca rabbi extends Jewish addicts an invitation to recovery
Boca rabbi finds niche helping Jewish addicts
BY LOIS K. SOLOMON | South Florida Sun-Sentinel
May 30, 2008
When Rabbi Meir Kessler set up an Orthodox synagogue in Delray Beach three years ago, a certain type of person consistently walked through the door: Jews seeking help with alcohol and drug abuse. Little did the 30-year-old rabbi realize that his rabbinic specialty was about to be born.
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A Lifeline of Hope
BY RICK ADELMAN | World Jewish Digest
May 23, 2008
Rabbi Meir Kessler was inteviewed by the World Jewish Digest about the Jewish Recovery Center.
Click here to read the article posted on the World Jewish Digest website.
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AA Meeting Times
When: Mondays, 7:00 pm
Details: AA Meeting - For more information contact Rabbi Meir Kessler @ 561-450-5503, or visit www.aa.org
Where: Social Hall in the Chabad of Boca Raton
Weekly Torah Class For Woman In Recovery
When: Tuesdays, 8:00 pm
Where: The Rebetzin's house in Boca Raton
RSVP: Please call Frumi at 561-706-7296 to RSVP
Weekly Recovery Torah Class
When: Thursdays, 8:00 pm
Details: Light dinner will be served
Where: The Rabbi's house in Boca Raton
RSVP: Please call Rabbi Meir Kessler @ 561-450-5503 to RSVP
Crisis Intervention & Refferal Service
Whether it's clinics, counseling, after-care or emergency treatment, the JRC will put you in touch with the right agencies and individuals. You don't have to suffer in silence.
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Shabbat Programing Meals
Savor the delicious food and feed your soul. It's a wonderful opportunity for addicts to tap into their spirituality and reconnect with their heritage.
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Hamayan Jewish Recovery Home
For highly motivated Jewish addicts, JRC's halfway houses are the ideal destination.
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