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Healing from Trauma & Abuse

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It happens in every kind of family, no matter what we’d like to believe. Girls and boys are sexually abused by adults in their households. Women and men are battered by their spouses. Even if our homes are loving and safe, many of us have experienced violence and trauma in settings too numerous to list. To begin to heal, we must create space for people to tell their stories—and we must listen without turning away. 

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may you be blessed / with radical refusal
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An alternate version of Al Chet and Ashamnu for the #MeToo era
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“May we build a sukkat shalom in this sanctuary”
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Audio/video shiviti meditation chant

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Prayer for victims of clergy sexual abuse and their advocates

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