Gambling in the Jewish Community: Part 2 — A Personal Story and the Work of Recovery - Ike Dweck

Ike Dweck, Founder and CEO of the SAFE FoundationContact Ike - [email protected]:In Part 2 of Gambling in the Jewish Community, we continue the conversation by shifting from a clinical lens to someone with personal experience with gambling addiction. Ike Dweck speaks with remarkable honesty about his own struggle with gambling as a teenager and the journey that ultimately led him to spend more than two decades helping others find recovery. What does gambling actually feel like from the inside? Why is it so hard to stop, even when the consequences are obvious? How has the rise of apps, advertising, and normalization changed the stakes for today’s teens and young adults? And what do parents, rabbis, and educators need to notice, and say, before someone reaches rock bottom? Ike also shares how his faith and connection to God became an essential part of his recovery, and continues to ground him today, and how falling in life ultimately became the source of growth, purpose, and a deep commitment to helping others. Guest Host: R’ Larry Rothwachs