Comfort in Community: Living with Pregnancy Loss

February 22, 2026, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

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Comfort in Community
Living with Pregnancy Loss

Members of the Jewish community who have experienced pregnancy or infant loss are warmly invited to attend Comfort in Community: Living with Pregnancy Loss. The event will be from 3:00-5:00 pm at Congregation Beth Shalom on Sunday, February 22, 2026.  

The loss of a pregnancy is something that parents have sometimes kept private – maybe because it is too painful to discuss, or perhaps because they do not want to make others uncomfortable. Some people have had to live with concerns about stigma, or the pain of well-intentioned remarks that moved past the pain, such as assurances that the person will become pregnant again.  

Yet losing a pregnancy can be a big deal. For many, it is an emotionally painful event that never leaves them, a life-long grief. In an effort to help members of the Jewish community deal with this loss in a communal setting, a spiritual care service will be held for all adults who have lost a pregnancy at any time and feel a need to be with others and remember the child who did not enter their world. This program is open to people of all ages and genders who have personal experience with this type of grief. 

Join Rabbi Talia Kaplan, Congregation Beth Shalom; Ellen Portnoy; Spiritual Care Volunteer, JFS; Rabbi Monica Kleinman, Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies; and several others who have experienced pregnancy loss as they guide us through a brief healing service and then offer various breakout groups. There will be opportunities to share, listen, write, pray, and grieve.  

The service is hosted by Jewish Community Chaplaincy and Priya Programs of Jewish Family Services, Congregation Beth Shalom, and Kehilath Israel Synagogue, with co-sponsorship from The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah, and Congregation Beth Torah. We request that you RSVP by February 16, 2026,   

While we love children, we ask that this be an adult-only space. Congregation Beth Shalom is located at 14200 Lamar, Overland Park, KS.