Medical workers and police treat a woman who has overdosed on heroin, the second case in a matter of minutes, on July 14, 2017 in Warren, Ohio. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images By Rabbi Michael Perice , Marla Kaufman July 28, 2022 The stigma of addiction in our community is deeply ingrained and ever-present. We know this because we’ve each experienced it firsthand. Rabbi Michael Perice: As a young, enthusiastic rabbinical intern at a local synagogue, I once suggested in an “ideas meeting” that the synagogue offer a program addressing addiction and recovery from a Jewish perspective. They responded: “That’s...