Shaanan Gelman
Rabbi and community leader serving Kehillat Chovevei Tzion in Chicago, with semicha from RIETS and involvement in rabbinical and Jewish communal organizations, who speaks here about parenting through his son's addiction.
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Mar 17, 2026 • 1h 32min
Shaanan Gelman & His Son: When a Child Becomes Addicted [Divergence VI 2/4]
Zerachia (Ziggy) Gelman, who lived with substance use disorder and found recovery through peer support, and Shaanan Gelman, a rabbi and community leader navigating parenting through crisis. They discuss how casual use became addiction. They recount medical trauma, concealed relapses, a frightening LSD incident, urgent moves to inpatient care, and how Jewish peer communities and AA supported recovery.
