With Dr. Guila Benchimol, Dr. Alissa Ackerman-Acklin, Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg, Dr. Judith Rosenbaum, Rabbanit Aliza Sperling
In partnership with Ampersands Restorative Justice, Jewish Women’s Archive, Hadassah Foundation, Life Is A Sacred Text, Sacred Spaces, SRE Network, Women’s Rabbinic Network, JCADA, JOFA, JWI, Lilith Magazine & more
What do we gain when we center survivors and address harm as a community?
Yes, there are a million other things happening in the world.
Yes, there is a war happening right now.
Yes, some might call this “old news.”
But we have to acknowledge what survivors of trauma are experiencing as too many stories of sexual harm and violence move in and out of the headlines.
“A Jewish Moral Reckoning on Sexual Violence” by Dr. Guila Benchimol and Dr. Alissa Ackerman Acklin Read article here
As a community, we have an obligation to adhere to Jewish values to care for the survivors among us – and, sadly, when we stay silent about harm, that silence can cause even more harmful secondary trauma.
How do we respond to the Epstein files as Jewish women*? How do we support survivors and also navigate fear of antisemitic backlash in the times we are living in when a Jewish man is the face of all this? What are the Jewish values that should guide our response – as individuals, and as a community? How do we support survivors and support each other in addressing harm that causes all of us pain?
Join us. We have much to discuss together.
Come when you can, stay till you can’t. But, come. This gathering welcomes all those wishing to be included in a circle of Jewish women and learners of all backgrounds.
IMPORTANT NOTE: This conversation has the potential to be activating for some. We will have someone available for additional support during the program, but — you know yourself best. Please take care of yourself as you need. We do not want to cause anyone any additional harm.
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