28/01/2020
This weekend is 'Mental Health Awareness Shabbat', launched by Jami in 2017, which aims to raise the profile of mental health in the Jewish Community. To mark this occasion, we are delighted to be welcoming Jonny Benjamin MBE this Friday to speak after our Shabbat service
Jonny Benjamin MBE is an award-winning mental health campaigner, film producer, public speaker, writer and vlogger. At the age of 20 he was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, a combination of schizophrenia and bipolar, and later began making films on YouTube about the condition that have been watched by millions of people.
His 2014 social media campaign with Rethink Mental Illness to , the man who talked him out of jumping off a bridge when he was suicidal, went viral and led to Jonny becoming a prominent spokesperson on the subject of su***de.
In 2016 Jonny launched ThinkWell, a mental health programme for schools, which has so far been into secondary schools across the UK with huge success.
In 2019 Jonny launched his new mental health charity, Beyond Shame Beyond Stigma, together with Neil. Beyond Shame Beyond Stigma is a grant-giving organisation which aims to provide mental health support to young people, their families and teachers.
Jonny speaks publicly about living with mental illness and has written articles and given various interviews on TV, Radio and in print around the world to help educate and break stigma. He has also produced and presented documentaries on BBC Three and Channel 4 on the subjects of mental health and su***de.
Jonny will be joining us after the service where he'll speak about his own remarkable journey, followed by Q&As, as guests enjoy light refreshments.
Book in here https://www.westminstersynagogue.org/event/mental-health-shabbat-with-jonny-benjamin-mbe.html
