Category: Healing from Trauma & Abuse

What drew me to Birkat HaGomel was the core concept of return to a community

The sukkah protects the vulnerable … and it exposes the violators

It is revealing that quite regularly women tell me they prefer not to feel like a side of beef being kashered in her immersion process.

“We are not merely connected like two ends of a thread,” the speaker says. “We are the thread./ One and whole.” 

How can the Jewish community be more accessible to those affected by mental health issues?

But we must recall the innate human dignity of every person, every prisoner, and recognize their need for healing, too.

Our most holy texts make it clear that we may not stand idly by while violence is perpetrated in our midst.