HerTorah: Did You Hear What Happened To Dina? Responses to Abuse in the Torah + Today
Featuring Dr. Guila Benchimol and Rabbi Mira Beth Wasserman
In partnership with SRE Network
The Biblical story of the assault of Dina and its violent aftermath makes for difficult reading. Many of us have been impacted by cases of abuse - personally and communally. In our upcoming HerTorah session victim advocate and researcher Dr. Guila Benchimol and scholar/advocate Rabbi Mira Wasserman will teach this difficult text, offering us a greater understanding of the survivor experience and exploring how communities can respond to cases of gender-based violence.
Join us on Tuesday, December 6th between 8:15-9:45pm ET, for this sensitive and critical conversation in partnership with the SRE Network. This will be hard and important learning. We are grateful to be doing it together with you.
Our learning will be led by Dr. Guila Benchimol, a prominent researcher and educator on sexual violence and communal responsibility, and Rabbi Mira Beth Wasserman, Director of the Center for Jewish Ethics and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. We are grateful to have Rina Phillips, LCSW-C, joining us as well to offer additional emotional support during our time together.
As always, our learning is incomplete without you.
Please invite someone you think might want to be with us, too. See additional support resources below.
Join us Tuesday 12/6 @ 8:15-9:45pm EST
Please note that this sensitive conversation will be about sexual victimization. We acknowledge that these important conversations may be difficult and painful. We encourage you to take the care you need for your well-being and safety if you would like to participate.
HerTorah gathers together a diverse community of Jewish women to connect over our shared heritage, explore our collective wisdom, and elevate our communal experience in learning with and from one another.
HerTorah is directed by Rabbanit Aliza Sperling, made possible in part by funds granted by the Aviv Foundation + SRE Network and inspired by each one of us.
SRE Network Standards For Creating Safe, Respectful and Equitable Jewish Workplaces and Communal Spaces
This gathering welcomes women* 12+ and learners of all backgrounds.
SVIVAH is dependent on the generosity of those who choose to invest in a powerful community of women. As always, cost should never be a barrier to anything SVIVAH, but if you can, please help us show respect to our speakers/facilitators for their time and expertise. www.svivah.org/donate
Questions about ZOOM or about this gathering? Email connect@svivah.org
*SVIVAH defines "Jewish woman" as anyone wishing to be included in a circle of Jewish women. If you want to be here, we want you to be here.
Resources
SRE Network is committed to ensuring safe, respectful, and equitable Jewish workplaces and communal spaces.
Sacred Spaces builds healthy Jewish communities by partnering with Jewish institutions to prevent and respond to sexual abuse and other abuses of power.
FaithTrust Institute provides faith communities and advocates with the tools and knowledge they need to address the faith and cultural issues related to abuse.
JCADA serves clients in MD, DC, and NoVA, and you can reach their Helpline during business hours: 1.877.885.2232. For 24/7 support and/or for those outside of the Greater DC area:
National Sexual Assault Telephone Hotline: 800.656.HOPE
National Domestic Violence Hotline: 800.799.7233
How to support a friend:
“The Torah of #MeToo”, Center for Jewish Ethics, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
ZA’AKAH is dedicated to advocating for survivors of child sexual abuse in the Orthodox Jewish community.