The Charlotte Jewish News - December 2009 - Page 16
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Jewish Community Joins Together to Say
No to Domestic Abuse
When 19 agencies from Shalom
Park and the Charlotte area joined
forces to sponsor “It’s Not Kosher
to Do Nothing,” it was unprece
dented. But when more than 70
people came to hear Rabbi David
Rose speak about Domestic Abuse
in the Jewish community, it was
downright amazing.
Rabbi Rose is the chair of
Jewish Women International
Clergy Taskforce on Domestic
Abuse and the founder and director
or JDiscover. He spent two days in
Charlotte speaking out against
domestic abuse in our communi
ties and training people to recog
nize the signs.
As Jews, we are often in denial
that abuse even exists in our com
munity. Rabbi Rose himself for
many years didn’t even have it on
his radar. But when he heard an
anonymous letter from a Jewish
woman in his congregation who
spoke of abuse and mentioned that
her own rabbi didn’t know how to
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deal with it, he realized
that he needed to learn
more about it. He has
become an expert.
Rabbi Rose began
Sunday morning in a
session for men only. He
feels men, especially,
need to learn the signs
because, according to
his statistics, 95% of
abusers are men. They
can, with proper infor
mation, be advocates
and the first line of
defense against abuse.
Todd Gorelick, president of JFGC, Rabbi David
Rose, Marsha Sticklerof Shalom Bayit-NC, and
Adam Bernstein, presdient of Tempel Beth El.
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Clergy Training Workshop took place on November 2nd. Seen here are
(top, left to right): Rabbi Michael Shields, Cantor Elias Roochvarg,
Rabbi Judith Schindler, Rabbi Micah Streiffer, Rabbi Shlomo Cohen,
Rabbi Joseph Groner; (bottom, left to right) Rabbi David Rose, Rabbi
Josh Brown of Winston-Salem. Not pictured but in attendance: Rabbi
Faith Cantor and Rabbi Chanoch Oppenheim.
In the evening, the main pro
gram, “It’s Not Kosher to Do
Nothing,” began with Todd
Gorelick, president of the Jewish
Federation of Greater Charlotte,
welcoming the crowd. “Tonight
we have one common mission,”
Gorelick said, “to ensure that there
is no place for domestic abuse in
our community.”
Temple Beth El president Adam
Bernstein then introduced Rabbi
Rose, reading first the TBE
Resolution on Domestic Abuse
which, according to Rabbi Rose, is
one of only a few adopted by con
gregations nationally. “As Temple
Beth El president and someone
who has personally worked for
many years to combat domestic
violence,” Bernstein said, “I am
proud of our Board resolution and
to see these programs happening as
a reflection of our intent to address
this problem in tangible and mean
ingful ways.”
In addition to pointing out the
signs of possible abuse. Rabbi
Rose showed a selection from a
documentary about abuse in
Jewish families, “When the Vow
Breaks.” The shocking stories
mesmerized the audience. Then, to
add to the power of his statement,
he showed a selection from anoth
er documentary, “When Push
Comes to Shove,” about Jewish
teenagers who are victims of
abuse. It does, indeed, happen in
our community, and we cannot
afford to ignore it.
The capstone of Rabbi Rose’s
tenure here was a half-day clergy
training session with nine rabbis
and cantors from Charlotte, Lake
Norman, and Winston-Salem.
Marsha Stickler, chair of
Shalom-Bayit-NC which, along
with Jewish Family Services co
hosted the event, closed Sunday
night’s program with a plea to the
community to be welcoming to
victims. “People won’t come for
ward to say T am a victim’ unless
they know they are believed and
can be helped and protected, and
that takes a concerted effort on the
part of the entire community. That
means developing a lifeline for
people.”
In order to formalize all Rabbi
Rose has taught this community,
takes you. Please call your syna
gogue or sponsoring agency and
ask how you can help end domes
tic abuse in our community. For
more information on domestic
abuse in our Jewish community or
if you are in need of help, see
www.shalombayit-nc.org. ^
JCC Tributes
AUGUST FAMILY TEEN
PROGRAMS FUND
In honor of Scott Menaker’s birth
day, in honor of Jerry Levin’s
birthday, in memory of Shirley
Koppelman, grandmother of Amy
Kahn from Judy and Stan August
LJCC MACCABI GAMES
FUND
In memory of Harold Fishkin, in
honor of Roni Fishkin’s birthday
from Lee and Jeff Bierer
In honor of Jerry Levin’s birthday,
in honor of Scott Menaker’s birth
day, in honor of Steven Menaker’s
birthday from Roni and Glenn
Fishkin
MENAKER FAMILY
ENDOWMENT FUND OF
JEWISH PROGRAMS
In honor of Scott Menaker’s birth
day, in honor of Steven Menaker’s
birthday from Larry Schwartz and
Debra and David Van Glish