Explore upcoming Yesh Tikva events. Supportive spaces, workshops, and community programs for individuals navigating infertility and complex family-building journeys and those who support them across their circle.
Yesh Tikva provides compassionate, Jewishly-grounded emotional support, education, and community for individuals and couples navigating infertility and complex family-building journeys. We work to reduce isolation, raise awareness, and ensure that no one in the Jewish community has to face these experiences alone. This session explores how Jewish leaders can foster inclusion, awareness, and support for […]
Infertility touches many individuals and couples, yet it is often experienced in silence. For a kallah or young woman, this journey can bring feelings of grief, confusion, shame, or isolation, especially when expectations around marriage and family feel so strong. As kallah teachers, we hold a uniquely meaningful role. We are often trusted guides during […]
What is Infertility Awareness Shabbat? Infertility Awareness Shabbat (IAS) is an annual initiative led by Yesh Tikva that invites Jewish communities around the world to acknowledge infertility, raise awareness, and foster compassion for those struggling to build their families. The Purpose of Infertility Awareness Shabbat In 2026, we will be holding the 11th annual Infertility Awareness […]
All Paths provides a gentle, confidential space for anyone considering or navigating alternative family-building options. Together with Kenzi Locks, LCSW HWC, we explore the emotional, practical, ethical and spiritual dimensions of donor conception, adoption, surrogacy, fostering, and more—honoring each person’s unique journey and hopes.
Infertility brings with it a complex emotional landscape, one that often includes deep, ongoing grief. But when does that grief remain within the realm of a normative response, and when might it signal something more? Join us for a thoughtful and clinically grounded webinar with Dr. Esther Rollhaus, psychiatrist and specialist in reproductive mental health, […]
Our Pregnant & Parenting Post–Donor Conception Support Space, led by Kenzi Locks, LCSW HWC, offers a compassionate, confidential place to explore the emotional, relational, and identity questions that arise when pregnant and raising a donor-conceived family. Single parents by choice are welcome!
Join Kenzi Locks, LCSW, HWC, Director of Program and Educational Development at Yesh Tikva, and Dr. Marian Getzler-Kramer, PhD, psychologist and facilitator of Yesh Tikva’s Supportive Spaces for Grandparents in Waiting, for a thoughtful conversation about the often unspoken experience of waiting for grandparenthood. Together, they will explore the emotional complexity that can accompany this […]
All Paths provides a gentle, confidential space for anyone considering or navigating alternative family-building options. Together with Kenzi Locks, LCSW HWC, we explore the emotional, practical, ethical and spiritual dimensions of donor conception, adoption, surrogacy, fostering, and more—honoring each person’s unique journey and hopes.
Our Pregnant & Parenting Post–Donor Conception Support Space, led by Kenzi Locks, LCSW HWC, offers a compassionate, confidential place to explore the emotional, relational, and identity questions that arise when pregnant and raising a donor-conceived family. Single parents by choice are welcome!
Our Grandparents-in-Waiting Supportive Space, led by Marian Getzler-Kramer Ph.D, offers a compassionate, confidential place for parents of those experiencing infertility to process their own emotions while learning how to support their adult children with empathy, boundaries, and understanding.
Presented by Yesh Tikva's Kenzi Locks, LCSW HWC, and Gila Block It’s a common belief that once infertility “ends” in parenthood, the next phase is like anyone else’s. In particular, for the parents who experienced reproductive trauma, treatment, and the uncertainty of the future they had planned before turning to donor conception, surrogacy, or adoption, […]
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for a professional training exploring the emotional complexity of pregnancy, postpartum, and motherhood after infertility, offering clinicians deeper understanding, practical language, and more nuanced frameworks for supporting patients navigating reproductive trauma and prolonged uncertainty.
The Support Line offers a confidential space for emotional support, information, and referrals related to infertility and family-building challenges. A trained professional will meet with you for short-term support and help connect you to Yesh Tikva programs and trusted external resources.
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