Transforming lives: SUPPORT FOR SURVIVORS OF ABUSE
- Safety planning, phone and individual counseling, support groups and healing rituals, court accompaniment
- Advocacy–within the Jewish community, in secular domestic violence programs and other areas as needed
- Holiday programs and Adopt-a-Family holiday assistance
- Counseling available in: English & Russian
Мы консультируем на русском языке.
Transforming communities: ABUSE PREVENTION/EDUCATION
- Panels and workshops for the Jewish community on the dynamics of gender-based violence: sexual assault, sexual harassment, and domestic violence
- Trainings on Jewish responses (historical and present) to domestic violence, spiritual perspectives, cultural attitudes that perpetuate or condemn violence against women, and building community-wide prevention programs
- In-service trainings for counselors, social workers, attorneys, rabbis and other Jewish professionals, and domestic violence shelter workers
- Workshops for adults on setting healthy boundaries and consent in personal and professional relationships
- October (Domestic Violence Awareness Month) Sukkot series, “May Our Homes Be A Shelter of Peace” awareness campaign in the Jewish community
Transforming our future: YOUTH EDUCATION – LOVE SHOULDN’T HURT
Since 2002 Shalom Bayit has provided over 20,000 Jewish youth & their advocates with
- Healthy relationships & consent workshops, teen outreach, dating violence prevention programs for elementary, middle-, high school, & college students
- Companion programs for parents & Jewish educators
- National Love Shouldn’t Hurt Jewish teen dating violence prevention curriculum
Technical Assistance
- Individually tailored support for agencies wishing to help end violence against Jewish women
- Strategic planning for congregations and agencies internally combating abuse
- Assistance arranging Kosher meals and other services for Jewish residents of domestic violence shelters
- Consultations with therapists, attorneys, rabbis, or other service providers
Spiritual Programs
- Holiday healing rituals and services for survivors of abuse
- Counseling on Jewish law and domestic violence
- Sermons on domestic violence for all Jewish denominations
- Information on domestic violence references in Jewish texts