Resources
for Victims of Jewish Domestic Abuse Resources
for Victims of Jewish Domestic Abuse
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(Barbara Harris) P.O. Box 629 Far Rockaway, NY 11691 (718) 520-8045 Kosher facilities available. Hotline open 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. | (Sherry Berliner Dimarsky) 312-583-HOPE 1-800-248-1818 1610 Highland, Box 1610 Chicago, IL 60660 Serving the metropolitan Chicago area. |
P.O. Box 413 Times Square Station New York, NY 10108 (212) 582-2091 Provides shelter, counseling, support groups, and children's legal services | (Rayna Knobler) 4600 Bathurst Street, 6th Floor Willowdale, Ontario M2R 3V3 416-638-7800 |
818-887-6589 Serves the San Fernando Valley, California area. Kosher kitchens available Also maintains outreach programs, counseling, and a 24-hour hotline. | 416-635-9630 Serves the Toronto, Ontario area. Kosher meals available. Maintains a 24-hour hotline. |
305-758-2545 Serves the Miami, Florida area. Provides services to victims of violent crimes, domestic violence, and incest. Counseling and financial assistance available. | (Rhonda Gerson) 5009 Caroline Street Houston, TX 77004 713-520-8620 Phones open Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Provides legal information and representation, as well as counseling for battered women. |
(Tracy Hutchinson) 6851 Lennox Avenue Van Nuys, CA 91405 24-hr. Hotline: (818) 505-0900
| 575 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10022 (212) 371-1313 Provides long and short term crisis counseling for abused children and their families. |
151 Chapel Street Ottawa, Ontario K1W 7Y2 613-235-0000 Provides counseling and referrals to shelters. | (Bert J. Goldberg) 3084 State Highway 27, Suite 1 Kendall Park, NJ 08824 1-800-634-7346 |
Project Chai: Family Violence Program Attn: Brynna Fish 24075 Commerce Park Road Beachwood, Ohio 44118 (216) 292-3999 FAX (216) 292-6313
-Provides comprehensive services to Jewish and suburban families including: | (Sue Kirshbaum) Philadelphia, PA 215-545-3290 |
(Sandra Jaffa) 24123 Greenfield Road Southfield, MI 48237 313-559-1500 | (Lynn Jacobs) Minneapolis, MN 612-546-0616 |
730 Broadway New York, NY 10003 212-598-3510 | PO Box 102316 Denver, CO 80250 303-836-1818 |
(Lenny Ziontz) 1914 North 34th Street, Suite 105 Seattle, WA 98103 206-634-1903 | 401 Yeshiva Lane Baltimore, MD 21208 410-486-0322 |
524 Norcross Way Silver Spring, MD 20904 410-680-0732 | Brooklyn, New York (Safe Haven Program and Shelter for victims of domestic violence and their families) 718-851-6300
Heimish Free |
| Jewish Domestic Violence Coalition of Greater Boston 126 High Street Boston, MA 02110 Phone: 617.457.8888 FAX: 617.988.6246 email: JewishDV@aol.com Contact: Julie Goschalk, Chair
The goal of the Jewish Domestic Violence Coalition of Greater Boston is to unite concerned organizations and individuals in an effective response to domestic violence in the Jewish community. We currently provide a speakers bureau; training for religious leaders; information about lawyers, religious leaders and health care workers available to Jewish women in abusive situations; and a forum for those working on this issue to exchange information about domestic violence. | Attn: Wendy Lipshutz 4549 Chamblee Dunwoody Rd. Atlanta, GA 30338 (770) 677-9322 Email: wlpshutz@jfcs-atlanta.org Provides support groups, counseling, crisis intervention, shelter referrals, educational programming, outreach to the community, Clothesline Project, and home visiting program for Jewish parents overwhelmed by the challenges of parenting. |
P.O. Box 1733 Elkins Park, PA 19027 Call and ask for Rachel: 1-800-773-2424, or (215) 885-5020. Sarah's Project is Philadelphia Branch Women's League for Conservative Judaism's effort to address the issue of Jewish Domestic Violence in the Delaware Valley. | |
Confidential Hotline: 718-337-3700
| 1-800-799-SAFE 1-800-787-3224 (TDD service) Providing emergency and non-emergency. Referrals to domestic violence resources in your area (multilingual service available).
1-800-537-2238 Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence Providing comprehensive information and resources, policy development and technical assistance designed to enhance community response to and prevention of domestic violence.
1-800-903-0111 Providing training, technical assistance and other resources through a partnership of three nationally recognized organizations: Domestic Abuse Intervention Project of Duluth National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
1-800-527-3223 National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges Providing information, consultation, technical assistance and legal research related to child protection and custody issues within the context of domestic violence.
1-800-313-1310 Family Violence Prevention Fund Providing specialized information packets designed to strengthen the health care response to domestic violence, as well as technical assistance and library services to support health care-based domestic violence training and program development. |
1-800-799-SAFE A national hotline for victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse. For local listings, consult the State agency listings in the telephone directory. | 1-800-4-A-CHILD America's largest child abuse hotline; has crisis counselors for both children and adults who think that they may have been/are being abused. Provides information and referrals for every county in America, 24 hours. |
1-800-421-0353 520 S. Lafayette Park Place Suite 316 Los Angeles, CA 90045 A self-help program for parents under stress and for abused children. | 510-845-RAPE 24-hour hotline, offering both immediate support and referrals. |
| Jewish Survivor's Network (incest) P.O. Box 1566 Philadelphia, PA 19105 Monthly Newsletter. | Jewish Adult Survivor's of Childhood Abuse Newsletter P.O. Box 15242 Fremont, CA 94539 A newsletter focusing on issues specific to Jewish survivors. |
| V.O.I.C.E.S. in Action, Inc. (Victims of Incest Can Emerge Survivors) P.O. Box 1488309 Chicago, IL 60614 1-800-768-4238 An international non-profit organization which provides referrals and resource information, educates the public about incest, hosts conferences, and has a group including Jewish survivors. | The Healing Woman P.O. Box 3038 Moss Beach, CA 94038 415-728-0339 A national newsletter with articles, reviews, and resource listings. |