Author: Herb Hanson

A program with a two-year curriculum that provides support and education for women who are new to Judaism.

Offers workshops for middle-school girls addressing the social, emotional and physical challenges of adolescence in order to equip them with the knowledge and coping skills necessary to make healthy decisions.

Provides funding for support groups for widows who are also Holocaust survivors, struggling with their heightened and rekindled sense of loss.

Support for an event for the professional and lay communities on the issues of coercive and violent domestic abuse.

To train volunteer facilitators to take the Teen Dating Abuse video and curriculum to the freshman classes of area synagogues and day schools.

This summit will convene women professionals and students in the field of Jewish communal service, addressing the important issues of breaking the glass ceiling and achieving a work-life balance.

A project that pairs women recovering from addiction with other women who have experience similar struggles.

Support for the populations study’s report relating to the status of Jewish women in the Detroit area.

This program for developmentally disabled women will build understanding and comfort about body and sexuality interests and concerns.

To educate young people about positive inter-gender behavior by providing workshops and lectures about sexual harassment, abuse, violence and rape.