“As long as we silence violence victims with our fears that their disclosures will be uncomfortable, divisive, and embarrassing, we cannot realistically expect them to seek help and support from the Jewish community.”


 
 

 

Educational Webinars and Articles

JWI’s Clergy Task Force presented a three-part series of free webinars for rabbis and cantors, addressing sexual harassment within synagogues:

The Elephant in the Room: Sexual Harassment in Synagogues

Recording / Slides / Resources

Creating the Community We Want to Have: Barriers and Opportunities

Recording / Slides / Exercise for Organizational Leadership

Shifting the Culture: Policies and Practices to Create Safe Spaces

Video Recording / Slides / Resources

Download Addressing Trauma in Your Jewish Community and accompanying PowerPoint.

Sliver of the Full Moon: Where the Law Fails to Protect Abuse Victims (2019, LEX, The Magazine of Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law)

Shattering the Sounds of Silence at Rosh Hashanah (September 28, 2019, The Times of Israel)

 

On Chanukah, Domestic Violence, and Combat in the Streets

by Rabbi Donna Kirshbaum, eJewishPhilanthropy, December 14, 2020

Acknowledging, But Not Yielding, To Despair

by Rabbi Richard Hirsh, eJewishPhilanthropy, November 4, 2020

Clergy Must Help “Break the Cycle”

by Rabbi Richard Hirsh, eJewishPhilanthropy, October 15, 2020 

Making Men Allies in Leading Equitable Workplaces

by Rabbi Richard Hirsh, eJewishPhilanthropy, June 3, 2020

Bringing the High Holidays Home: Enhancing the Zoom Experience

by Rabbi Richard Hirsh, eJewishPhilanthropy, July 21, 2020 

A New Mi sh’Beirach for those Suffering from Domestic Abuse

by Rabbi Donna Kirshbaum, eJewishPhilanthropy, October 27, 2020

Addressing Domestic Violence in the Jewish Community at this time of Covid-19

by Rabbi David M. Rosenberg, eJewishPhilanthropy, May 8, 2020 

The Fragility and Isolation of Home

by Deborah Rosenbloom, eJewishPhilanthropy, October 1, 2020 

Unafraid to Speak

by Deborah Rosenbloom, Shma Now, March 29, 2018