June 1, 2004
NEW DV RESOURCES
Sins of Omission: The Jewish Community’s Reaction to Domestic Violence
In Sins of Omission, author Carol Goodman Kaufman offers a compelling investigation of the Jewish community's reaction - or nonreaction - to domestic violence. Concerned with the sins of the community more than the sins of the abuser, Goodman Kaufman finds that the Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform rabbis and community leaders are not doing enough and are not informed enough to help the abused women in their congregations get the support, protection, and guidance they need. Through her many insightful interviews with survivors of abuse, rabbis, and lay community leaders, the author takes a hard look at the Jewish community, its rules, regulations, and followers, and discovers the ways in which it helps and hinders victims of abuse. Sins of Omission can be ordered on www.amazon.com.
http://www.aardvarc.org/ethnic/jewish.shtml
Incest, Pregnancy, Abortion & Halacha By Vicki Polin, MA, LCPC, Michael Salamon, Ph.D., FICPP, and Na'ama Yehuda, MSC, SLP, TSHH. To request the article, visit www.theawarenesscenter.org.
Educator and author Elaine Weiss wants to assist us help victims of abuse through her new book--Family and Friends’ Guide to Domestic Violence: How to Listen, Talk and Take Action When Someone You Care About Is Being Abused (Volcano, $17.95). The author of the earlier book, Surviving Domestic Abuse: Voices of Women Who Broke Free (Volanco, $17.95), Weiss has spent the last 10 years teaching and speaking about abuse at the University of Utah School of Medicine and in communities throughout the U.S. Her new book, shaped in part from audience questions she heard during her talks, brings clarity and insight to a complex and frequently misunderstood issue.
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