The Hadassah Foundation is a cosponsor of this virtual event organized by Svivah. Other cosponsors include Ampersand Restorative Justice, Life Is A Sacred Text, SRE Network, the Women’s Rabbinic Network, Lilith Magazine, and JCADA, along with the following current and past Hadassah Foundation grant recipients: Jewish Women International, Sacred Spaces, and Jewish Women’s Archive.
Wednesday, April 29th @ 8:00-9:30pm ET
With Dr. Guila Benchimol, Dr. Alissa Ackerman-Acklin, Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg, Dr. Judith Rosenbaum, Rabbanit Aliza Sperling
There continue to be too many stories of sexual harm and violence moving in and out of the headlines. As a Jewish community, we have an obligation to care for the survivors among us – to participate in their healing and protect them from even more harmful secondary trauma. How can we center the needs of survivors and address sexual harm in our community – as individuals, and as a community – even despite our fears of rising antisemitism? What do we gain when we center survivors and address harm as a community?