Shira Berkovits: Creating Safe Spaces [Abuse 3/3]

In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Shira Berkovits, president and CEO of Sacred Spaces, about institutional abuse awareness and prevention. Shira is an attorney and psychologist, as well as the founder of Sacred Spaces, which partners with Jewish institutions to prevent and respond to sexual abuse and other abuses of power. Shira explains how Jewish institutions can better respond to and prevent abuse. - What preventative measures can a Jewish institution take against abuse? - Does religious affiliation make responding to incidents of abuse easier or harder? - How do we begin to heal following incidents of abuse? Tune in to hear a conversation about protecting our safe spaces. Interview begins at 20:17. Shira Berkovits is President and CEO of Sacred Spaces. A behavioral psychologist with a research background in creating large-scale organizational change, and an attorney specialized in criminal law, Shira has spent years studying the intersection of psychology and law as related to sexual offending in faith communities. Shira partners with Jewish leaders to build healthy and accountable institutions, working with a uniquely Jewish lens to foster sacredness and reduce the risk of harassment, abuse, and other interpersonal harm. Shira joins us to talk about creating and cultivating safe spaces in our communities. If you or someone you know is a victim of domestic violence, please get help. If you are in immediate danger or need emergency assistance, call 911. Shalom Task Force Hotline: 718.337.3700; Toll Free: 888.883.2323 Jewish Board Of Family And Children’s Services Domestic Violence Services: 212.262.7655 New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG): 212.613.5000 References: The Apostle Doubt “Crisis Change and the Continuous Art of Individual Interpretation and Negotiation: The Aftermath of Clerical Abuse in Newfoundland” by Marion Bowman “God is at Stake: Crisis Communications Following Religious Leadership Crises” by David Bashevkin Sin-a-gogue: Sin, and Failure in Jewish Thought by David Bashevkin The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsk The Grand Inquisitor by Fyodor Dostoevsk Sacred Spaces “Institutional Abuse in the Jewish Community” by Shira Berkovits Center for Court Innovation The Innocence Project The CDC-Kaiser Permanente Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study Gundersen National Child Protection Training Center 2013 Resolution: Preventing Sexual Abuse in our Community Aleinu Safeguarding Children Campaign Keilim Policy Toolkit The Office: "Search Committee" (Season 7, Episode 24) “The 10 Best Practices” “Institutional Child Sexual Abuse—Not Just a Catholic Thing” by Kelly Clark Leviticus 18 Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse “I Was Shamed and Shunned for Revealing My Abuse” by Ruth Krevsky Mishna Torah - Hilchot Teshuva by Maimonides Stop It Now What's OK? Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse Genesis 27 The Child Safeguarding Policy Guide by Shira Berkovits and Basyle Tchividjian “Preventing Child Sexual Abuse Within Youth-serving Organizations: Getting Started on Policies and Procedures” “Debunking Common Myths” Moed Katan 17a Malachi 2:7 Kiddushin 54a YUTorah TorahAnytime Additional Resources: “Preventing Abuse in Jewish Organizations that Serve Youth: Ten Policies to Create Safer Environments” by Shira Berkovits “Vayikra as a Model for Transparent Communal Governance” by Shira Berkovits, Esq., Ph.D. and Rabbi Steven Exler “Closing the Gap in Best Practices for Prevention and Response to Sexual Abuse of Minors in Jewish Organizations” “A Conversation on Safeguarding Youth in Jewish Communities” by Shira Berkovits and Daniella Pitkoff Sacred Spaces Protocols for Safeguarding Children and Teens in Online Communication Training Cheshbon Hanefesh Guide Protocols for Safeguarding Children and Teens in Online Communications “An Assessment of Menlo’s Church Report” by Zero Abuse Project and Sacred Spaces Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/18forty-podcast--4344730/support .