Domestic Abuse and the Jewish Community : Perspectives from the First International Conference

ISBN-13: 9780789029706 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 178 str.

Cindy Enger; Diane Gardsbane

Opis

Domestic Abuse and the Jewish Community: Perspectives from the First International Conference brings together an outstanding and diverse selection of notable presentations from the First International Conference on Domestic Abuse in the Jewish Community held in July 2003 in Baltimore, Maryland. The conference, entitled "Pursuing Truth, Justice, and Righteousness: A Call to Action," brought to the forefront the painful and many times hidden issue of domestic abuse within the Jewish community. Respected scholars, clergy, social service professionals, and survivors provide insightful presentations that lay an essential foundation for the building of a collaborative global Jewish movement to respond to this sensitive issue. This compilation is informative, eye-opening reading for social workers, clergy, direct service providers for survivors of domestic/sexual abuse, directors/staff of Jewish Family Service agencies, Jewish Federations, Jewish women's organizations, and Jewish foundations.

Spis treści

• Introduction
  
• Pursuing Truth, Justice, and Righteousness: A Call to Action (Rabbi Cindy G. Enger)
  
• Voice of a Survivor: Opening Plenary Keynote Address (Amy Robbins Ellison)
  
• ILLUMINATING THE ISSUE
  
• A Shelter for Orthodox Jewish Women in Israel: The Experience of Helping Religious Women Escape Domestic Abuse (Esti Palant)
  
• The Battered Woman in the Jewish Tradition: See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil (Naomi Graetz)
  
• Did Maimonides Really Say That? The Widespread Claim that He Condoned Wife-Battering May Be Mistaken (Rabbi David E. S. Stein)
  
• Working in the Orthodox Jewish Community (Rabbi Dovid Weinberger)
  
• HEALING AND WHOLENESS
  
• Community Culture: Community Response (Marcia Cohn Spiegel)
  
• Renewal and Reconciliation After Family Violence? (Gus Kaufman, Jr.)
  
• PROMISING PRACTICES
  
• Ayelet Program: Mentoring Women Leaving the Cycle of Violence (Elana Dorfman)
  
• Community Organizing to Address Domestic Violence in Immigrant Populations in the USA (Nadia Kasvin and Angela Tashayeva)
  
• Domestic Violence in the South African Jewish Community: A Model for Service Delivery (Brenda Solarsh and Jane Frankel)
  
• Jewish Women’s Aid: Combating Domestic Violence in the UK Community (Mildred Levison and Judith Usiskin)
  
• Services for Women and Girls in Israel (Ada Pliel-Trossman)
  
• CREATING CHANGE
  
• The Power of the Rabbinate: Opportunities for Education and Awareness in Combating Domestic Violence in the Jewish Community (Rabbi Lisa B. Gelber)
  
• BREAKING THE CYCLE
  
• Creating a World that Is Safe for Children (Toby Landesman)
  
• Index
  
• Reference Notes Included
  

O autorze

Diane Gardsbane