Education. Guidance. Support.
For Strong Marriage & Family.
Domestic Abuse Resources
No person should remain a victim because s/he does not know what resources are available.
Click for Adai Ad's articles and events addressing Domestic Abuse.
Support
​
Check out local 12 Step Programs
where many people have found support and strength dealing with all sorts of vices
​
1-718-337-3700
1-888-883-2323
​
Legal services and consultations
347-592-2124
​
1-800-603-OHEL
askohel@ohelfamily.org
​
Relief Hotline (therapist referrals)
718-431-9501
​
Sephardic Bikur Cholim - Courage to Heal
718-787-0009
​
SOVRI
212-844-1495
​
973-777-7638 x154
projectsarah@jfsclifton.org
​
The Rachel Coalition
973-740-1233 and ask for “Rachel.”
rachel@jfsmetrowest.org
​
One Step Forward (resources for divorce)
844-673-5463
​
Met Council's Family Violence Helpline
212-453-9618
​
800-621-4673
​
Mt Sinai Hospital Takanot program
212-423-2147
​
NYLAG - New York Legal Assistance Group
212-613-5000
​
Sanctuary for Families
212-349-6009
​
Nishma Hotline (Los Angeles)
818-623-0300
​
Aleinu Family Resource Center (Los Angeles)
310-247-0534
​
Shalva (Chicago)
773-583-HOPE(4673)
​
JFS Windows (Detroit)
248-559-1500
​
Project Chana (Baltimore)
410-234-0023
info@chanabaltimore.org
​
House of Ruth (Maryland)
(410) 889-7884
info@hruthmd.org
​
Jewish Family and Children's Services (Pittsburgh)
412-422-7200
​
Lakewood Community Services Corp
732-886-6964
​
Jewish Family Services (Dallas)
972-437-9950
Jewish Coalition Against Domestic Abuse (DC)
877-88-JCADA (52232)
​
Auberge Pour Femmes (Montreal)
514-731-0833
​
Jewish Family & Child (Toronto)
416-638-7800
​
Jewish Women's Aid (UK)
020-8445-8060
​
Bat Melech (Israel)
972-2-651-6103
​
Jewish Taskforce Against Family Violence (Australia)
613-9523-6850
​
​
​
​
Books
​
I'm so Confused, Am I Being Abused?
Lisa Twerski, LCSW
​
Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski MD
​
Dr. Miriam Adahan
​
Melody Beattie
​
Lundy Bancroft
​
Lundy Bancroft
​
When Dad Hurts Mom: Helping Your Children Heal the Wounds of Witnessing Abuse
Lundy Bancroft
​
When Love Goes Wrong: What to Do When You Can't Do Anything Right
Ann Jones and Susan Schechter
​
Helping Her Get Free: A Guide for Families and Friends of Abused Women
Susan Brewster
​
When Good Men Behave Badly: Change Your Behavior, Change Your Relationship
C. Peter Bankart PhD
​
Freeing the Angry Mind: How Men Can Use Mindfulness and Reason To Save Their Lives and Relationships
C. Peter Bankart PhD
​
Not to People Like Us: Hidden Abuse in Upscale Marriages
Susan Weitzman
​
​​
Articles
​
In Cases of Domestic Abuse, Is Change Possible?
Lisa Twerski, LCSW
​
Domestic Abuse, A Painful Affront to Shalom Bayis
Lisa Twerski, LCSW
​
A Victim of Abuse or Struggling in a Bad Marriage?
Lisa Twerski, LCSW
​
Domestic Violence Wheel of Power
​
Why Doesn't She Just Leave? Understanding the Complexity of Domestic Abuse
Shoshana D Frydman, PhD, LCSW
​
Tackling a "Shondeh"
Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski, M.D.
​
Spouse Abuse in Religious Families: Some myths and realities
The Magazine of The Orthodox Union
​
What Not to Say to Victims of Domestic Abuse
Times of Israel
​
Gaslighting: Know It and Identify It to Protect Yourself
Psychology Today
​
How to survive gaslighting: when manipulation erases your reality
The Guardian
​
When Brusies can't be Seen: Living with Emotional Abuse
chabad.org
​
chabad.org
​
chabad.org
​
Myths & Misconceptions of Domestic Abuse in the Orthodox Community
Shalva
​
Things You Normally See in a Domestic Violence Victim
Jsafe.org
​
NYPD
​
​
​
​
Videos
​
Discerning between Domestic Violence and Dysfunction
Lisa Twerski, LCSW
​
Domestic Abuse : Torah Advice from Rabbi Mizrachi
Rabbi Mizrachi
​
​
​
​
Effect on Children
​
​
Children and Domestic Violence Fact Sheet Series
National Child Traumatic Stress Network
​
Helping Traumatized Children Learn
Massachusetts Advocates for Children
​
Domestic Violence and Children
National Child Traumatic Stress Network
​
A trauma-sensitive approach to education and learning for children aged 0-8 years
Dept of Education, Victoria, AU
​
Domestic violence and abuse - its effects on children
Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK
​
A Domestic Violence Training Manual For Early Childhood Education
Institute for Safe Families
​
Creating Trauma-Sensitive Classrooms (ECE)