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Meet our Staff: Bisrat Gebremichael
Bisrat Begremichael, Personal Aide When did you start to work at Selfhelp and what inspired you to work here? I…
Welcome Johannes Staron, ARSP Intern from Germany!
Welcome Johannes Staron, ARSP Intern from Germany! Since 1998, The Selfhelp Home has partnered with the Berlin-based Action Reconciliation Service for…
Meet our new Art Therapy Intern: Maddy Engelfried
Welcome, Maddy Engelfried! Art Therapy Intern from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Where are you from and…
Meet our Volunteer in the Spotlight: Esther Joy Schwartz
Occupation: Attorney Hobbies: Music, theatre, Yiddishkeit, healthy cooking and eating, working out, and creative writing and making puzzles. Esther, who…
The Righteous Man from Fulda
Ethan Bensinger, Selfhelp Board Member and film director of “Refuge” releases another documentary, the journey continues but this time with…
Music & Movement: Music Therapy for Short-Term Rehab Patients
The Selfhelp Home is proud to offer a new “Music & Movement” class to our Short-Term Rehabilitation patients on the…
“Refuge” Continues to Resonate with a Message of Resilience
A decade after it first premiered, an independent film about Holocaust survivors is continuing to resonate with audiences, spreading its…
A Spotlight on Selfhelp’s Resident and Activist, Marie Leaner
Featured image source: Manuel Martinez / WBEZ Selfhelp’s very own resident, Marie Leaner, is a member of the Janes, a…