Sharon Rosenblatt

Sharon Rosenblatt is the director of communications for Accessibility Partners, a company that makes technology accessible for users with disabilities. She resides in Connecticut and teaches about gender equality at the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven’s Jewish Teen Education (JTE) program.

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Pikuach Nefesh: Mental Health and Our Responsibility as Jews

Sharon Rosenblatt

With serendipity, I stumbled upon my youth Hebrew school lessons of pikuach nefesh, the concept of saving a life. It's our obligation to save lives whenever possible, even above observing the mitzvot or commandments.