Thursday, January 02, 2003

Certification Program: For Rabbis, Cantors and Other Community Leaders Supporting Jewish Survivors of Sexual Violence


Certification Program
For Rabbis, Cantors and Other Community Leaders


Supporting Jewish Survivors of Sexual Violence TM  
(Childhood Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Clergy Abuse, Professional Sexual Misconduct) 



About The Awareness Center, Inc.

We are the international Jewish Coalition Against Sexual Abuse/Assault (JCASA). 


The Awareness Center was developed in Chicago and Jerusalem, Israel in 2001 and incorporated in the state of Maryland in 2003 as a nonprofit organization. We are dedicated to providing education, information and resources to survivors of sexual violence, family members of survivors and family members of sex offenders, religious leaders rabbis, and our communities globally.


About the Program

The Awareness Center’s 40 hour educational training program is the first part of the certification program designed to teach Jewish Community leaders and other professionals to Support Jewish Survivors of Sexual Violence. It is designed to provide rabbis, cantors, educatiors, mental health provider and law enforcement professionals a understanding of the issues and facts. 


Topics covered in this educational program include working with survivors of sexual violence, family members, the Jewish community and offenders who perpetrate sex crimes. 


At the completion of the 40 hour training each participant will schedule an evaluation interview. Upon completion of the requirements a certificate will be provided.


This program is recommended for:

• Rabbis
• Cantors
• Community Educators
• Kiruv Workers / Jewish Outreach Workers • Mental Health Providers


• Legal and Law Enforcement Professionals


For more information call: 224-534-9155

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