Project DVORA: Domestic Violence Outreach, Response, & Advocacy

Project DVORA will create the conditions in the Jewish community to support loving, safe and respectful relationships; and build the capacity in the community to respond to domestic abuse.

Education Workshops: a wide variety of topics on domestic violence in general and, more specifically, domestic violence within our local Jewish community including education around healthy relationships and preventing date violence.

Programs: Project DVORA assists survivors, families and friends, as well as Jewish organizations, regarding how best to address and cope with situations of domestic violence. All services are provided with the strictest adherence to confidentiality. These programs are highlighted by:

• Individual Advocacy-Based Counseling
• Support Groups for Jewish women with controlling partners (PDF, 70 KB)
• Pre-Passover Seder for survivors of intimate partner abuse (PDF, 242 KB)
• Kids' Club: Parent/child interactive classes for children who have witnessed domestic violence (PDF, 440 KB)

Consultation: to rabbis, synagogues, teachers, therapists, friends, family members and the like. For confidential support at no charge, please call (206) 461-3240 and ask to speak with a DVORA Advocate.

Do you find yourself…?

• Changing your behavior to avoid your partner’s anger?
• Fearful of your partner’s moods and temper?
• Feeling isolated from family and friends?
• Lacking control of your finances and access to money?
• Witnessing irrational jealousy by your partner?
• Being humiliated or ridiculed for your valued beliefs?
• Having ever been touched by your partner in an unloving way?

If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, Project DVORA is here to help.

Services of JFS Project DVORA
are made possible through generous
community support of

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