Announcing JWI's new National Center on Domestic Violence in the Jewish Community
JWI is thrilled to announce the establishment of the National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence in the Jewish Community. The National Center will be the hub for initiatives that drive concrete, long-term solutions to address domestic violence in the Jewish community. Founded in response to findings in JWI’s 2021 Needs Assessment, the National Center will work in partnership to meet the systemic needs of survivors and to support the local Jewish programs and advocates that serve them.
This new initiative is poised to change the way the entire community – from clergy to congregants to neighbors to educators to service providers – responds to abuse.
We invite you to learn more about this evolving project, which will house new and existing work like:
the National Collaborative of Jewish Domestic Violence Programs - training, networking, resources, and peer support opportunities for domestic violence service providers
the National Directory of Jewish Domestic Violence Programs - information on services to support Jewish survivors and families impacted by domestic violence
Here For You - Jewish Communal Support for Domestic Violence Survivors and their Children - a national partnership with the JCC Association of North America to deliver training to JCC staff
the Clergy Task Force to End Domestic Abuse in the Jewish Community - resources and trainings for rabbis, cantors, and organizations
Jewish Community Coordinated Response Teams - bringing together stakeholders to enhance the local Jewish community’s response to domestic violence
financial empowerment workshops - training and resources to build survivors’ economic security
an international conference on domestic violence in the Jewish Community - a virtual gathering in summer 2022
Read more in eJewishPhilanthropy.
Jewish Women International (JWI) is the leading Jewish organization working to empower women and girls by ensuring and protecting their physical safety and economic security, promoting and celebrating inter-generational leadership, inspiring civic participation and community engagement, and engaging men as allies in ending gender-based violence. JWI is a Steering Committee member of the National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence and convenes the Interfaith Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence and the Clergy Task Force on Domestic and Sexual Abuse in the Jewish Community.