PROGRAM MONDAY, December 1, 2014 • 9 Kislev

PROGRAM
MONDAY, December 1, 2014 • 9 Kislev
08:00-09:00
08:45-11:30
HALL A
Registration, Coffee and Cake
PLENARY SESSION
Debbie Gross, Crisis Center for Religious Women (ST)
Yudit Sidikman, El Halev (ST)
Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi David Lau (Hebrew with ST)
Mayor of Jerusalem, Nir Barkat
Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem, Rachel Azaria (Hebrew with ST)
Understanding Pedophilia and the Brain: Implications for Safety and Society
James M. Cantor, PhD (English with ST)
Resilience in the Face of Violence and Abuse
Linda Graham, MFT (English with ST)
11:45-12:45
PARALLEL SESSIONS
HALL A
(Heb/Eng with ST)
1.1 Trafficking and the Role of the Community
Facilitator: Merav Dadya
Trafficking in Persons: The Role of the Community
Att. Rahel Gershuni
Halachic and Rabbinic Perspectives on Trafficking and the Role of the Community
Rabbi Ronen Neuwirth
HALL B
(English)
1.2 Building Bridges between Justice Systems and Religious Communities
Facilitator: Att Amira Samuel
Building the Bridge: The Intersection between Criminal Justice Systems, Religious
Communities and Social Services When Addressing Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse
in Jewish Communities
Shoshannah D. Frydman
HALL D
(Hebrew)
1.3 Religion: The Solution or the Problem?
Facilitator: Naomi Gutman
Rabbinic Role in Confronting Abuse
Rabbi Yosef Blau
HALL C
(Hebrew)
‫האם הדת היא חלק מהפתרון או חלק מהבעיה‬
‫הרב יובל שרלו‬
1.4 Performance: “Tzofit Has a Secret”
Facilitator: Ayala Keller
Gilad Theatre
Tsvika & Dikla Zar
HALL E
(English)
1.5 Medication Treatments for Violence and Abuse
Facilitator: Dr. Yocheved J. Berlowitz
Presenter: Prof. Harvey N. Kranzler
12:45-13:30
13:45-15:45
LUNCH
PARALLEL SESSIONS
HALL A
(Eng with ST)
2.1 Bullying: Prevention and Intervention
Facilitator: David Mandel
A Novel Jewish School Based Bullying (and Abuse) Prevention Circuit
Dr. Yves Michael Nordmann
Bullying and the Traumatic Effect on the Child
Dr. David Pelcovitz
Bullying and Bully Prevention in Jewish Schools: Challenge and Opportunity
Dr. Rona Milch Novick
HALL B
(English)
2.2 Workshop: Voices from the Other Side: Offender-Informed Treatment of
Victims of Child Sexual Abuse; Lessons Learned from 15 Years of Offender
Treatment
Facilitator: Phyllis Mayer
Presenter: Barry S. Horowitz
HALL E
(English)
2.3 Who is the Client and How Do We Build Resilience?
Facilitator: Rabbi Yosef Blau
Presenter: Dr. Michael J. Salamon
HALL C
(Hebrew)
2.4 Intervention with Sensitive Communities
Facilitator: Ruth Fuld
‫פרויקט מוגנות – תכנית הדרכה לצוותי וילדי מערכת החינוך היסודית בעיר החרדית ביתר עלית‬
‫ כפתח להתערבות קהילתית‬,‫למניעת פגיעות מיניות‬
‫אביגיל אנגלמן‬
‫הצגת מענה ציבורי לטיפול בילדים ובני נוער שנפגעו מינית ומשפחותיהם‬
‫לוי‬-‫איזבל סרי‬
"‫צדק‬-‫פרויקט בתנועה לטיפול באלמ"ב המופעל בביה"ח "שערי‬
‫יסכה לנדאו‬
‫ מחורבן זמני לבנין עתידי‬:‫מעורבות הקהילה בעצירת התעללות מינית ומניעתה‬
‫שרונה שוורצברג‬
HALL D
(English)
‫"אם אתה מאמין שיכולין לקלקל תאמין שיכולים לתקן" – על עבודת ה"מרכז למשפחה" יד שרה‬
‫ד"ר שלומית להמן‬
2.5 Pedophilia and Sexual Offenses Against Children
Facilitator: Shoshana Symonds
Presenter: Dr. James M. Cantor
15:45-16:00
16:00-17:30
Coffee and Cake
PARALLEL SESSIONS
HALL A
(Eng with ST)
3.1 The Rabbinic Role in Confronting Abuse
Facilitator: Rabbi Dr. Aaron Adler
‫עושה מלאכת ה׳ רמיה‬
Rabbi Yosef Blau
Confronting Abuse in the Community When the Victim Wants to Remain Anonymous and
Not Involve the Police
Rabbi Jonathan Blass
Rabbinic Involvement in Cases of Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse
Rabbi Ronen Neuwirth
HALL B
(English)
3.2 Engaging Parents: Initial Phase of Collaborative Victim/Offender Family
Treatment of Sibling Incest
Facilitator: Shoshana Symonds
(Workshop for MHP only)
Presenters: Hillel R. Sternstein, Faye Wilbur
HALL D
(English)
3.3 To Save a Life: Preventing Suicide Among Victims of Violence and Abuse
Facilitator: Dr. Gerald Weinberger
(MHP only)
Presenter: Dr. Chaim Nissel
HALL C
(English)
3.4 Domestic Violence: Family Problem or Societal Responsibility?
Facilitator: Att. Rachel Marks
The Shalom Task Force BKEAP Education Awareness Program: Education is the Key to
Prevention
Lisa Twerski
Creating Hope and Change in the San Francisco Bay Area Jewish Community
Dr. Rivka Greenberg
The Role of the Rabbi and Community in Combating Abuse in the Jewish Divorce Process
Rabbi Jeremy Stern
Suicide: Orders of Protection, Society Failures, Cause and Effect
Att. Martin Friedlander
Exploring the Issues of Family Intimacy
Bronya Shaffer
HALL E
(Hebrew)
3.5 Tikun Trauma Therapy (Part One)
Facilitator: Ruth Fuld
Presenter: Dr. Yehuda Bergman
17:30-19:00
PARALLEL SESSIONS
HALL A
(Eng with ST)
4.1 Legal Perspectives & Community Programs to Combat Domestic Violence
Facilitator: Shana Frydman
Children in the Crossfire
Phyllis Mayer
Key Program Elements Designed to Erode Denial
Esther East
Turn Off the Violence
Andrea Silverstone
The Withholding of a Get as a Form of Abuse
Att. Rachel Marks, Att. Esther M. Schonfeld
Navigating Domestic Violence Cases with Orthodox Jewish Survivors in US Courts
Att. Amira Samuel
HALL B
(English)
4.2 Working Through Losses: Middle Phase of Collaborative Victim/Offender
Family Treatment of Sibling Incest
Facilitator: Shoshana Symonds
(Workshop for MHP only)
Presenters: Hillel R. Sternstein, Faye Wilbur
HALL C
(Hebrew)
4.3 Spiritual Abuse
Facilitator: Chaya Rosenfeld
‫אלימות רוחנית בהקשר היהדות – בין קדושה לפגיעה‬
‫ ציפי לוי‬,‫ד"ר ניקול דאהן‬
‫הקשר בין משפט לאלימות‬
‫טפר‬-‫עו"ד אושרית ברויר‬
‫תיאולוגי‬-‫ האהבה – ניתוח פסיכו‬,‫עזה בשל המוות‬
‫ישי מבורך‬
The Water Fortress: Jewish Feminine Archetypes of Oppression, Healing & Redemption
Tziona Achishena
HALL D
(English)
‫ ה"מרכז למשפחה" יד שרה‬:‫ בין נכס לנטל‬- ‫ה"שפה הדתית" בחדר הטיפול‬
‫ד"ר שלומית להמן‬
4.4 Preventing Child Sexual Abuse in the Religious Community
Facilitator: Rabbi Yakov Horowitz
Presenter: Debbie Fox
HALL E
(Hebrew)
4.5 Tikun Trauma Therapy (Part Two)
Facilitator: Ruth Fuld
Presenter: Dr. Yehuda Bergman
TUESDAY, December 2, 2014 • 10 Kislev
08:00-09:00
08:45-11:30
Registration, Coffee and Cake
PLENARY SESSION
HALL A
Debbie Gross, Crisis Center for Religious Women (ST)
Professor Asher Ben Aryeh, The Haruv Institute (ST)
Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem, Rabbi Aryeh Stern (Heb with ST)
Member of Knesset, Dr. Aliza Lavie (Heb with ST)
Member of Knesset Nissan Slomiansky (Heb with ST)
Halachic Considerations in Cases of Abuse
Rabbi Dovid Cohen (English with ST)
Child Sexual Abuse: Soul Murder
Satya B. Laren, PhD (English with ST)
11:45-12:45
PARALLEL SESSIONS
HALL A
(Eng with ST)
5.1 Bais Din and Liaisons in the Community for Intervention with Abuse
Facilitator: Rabbi David Marcus
Presenter: Rabbi Avrohom Union
HALL D
(English)
5.2 Bouncing Back from Adversity (Part One)
Facilitator: Sanford Landa
Presenter: Linda Graham, MFT
HALL B
(English)
5.3 Conscience: A New Frontier in the Treatment of Sexual Abusers
Facilitator: Att. Martin Friedlander
Halachic Aspects of the Treatment of Pedophilia
Rabbi Dr. Paul Shrell-Fox
Conscience: A New Frontier in the Treatment of Sexual Offenders
Tanchum Burton
HALL E
(English)
5.4 Treatment of Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
Facilitator: Barry Horowitz
• Rape Victims and Their Relationships with Their Fathers: A Variable Impacting Upon
Recovery
• Women and Psychological Abuse: Often Invisible; Understanding Learned Helplessness
Dr. Joyce Rosman Brenner
Treatment of an Adult Survivor of Childhood Sexual Abuse - A Case Study
Talya Roth
HALL C
(Hebrew)
5.5 Performance: “The Most Beautiful Night of my Life”
Facilitator: Maor Kaplan
By Noa Ariel
Director of “Domem Medaber” Theatre
12:45-13:30
13:45-15:45
LUNCH
PARALLEL SESSIONS
HALL A
(Eng with ST)
6.1 Panel: Keeping Our Seminary, Yeshiva and College Students Safe:
Preventing Boundary Violations
Facilitator: Chana Rabinowitz
Participants:
Dr. Yocheved J. Berlowitz
Rabbi Dovid Cohen
Debbie Gross
Rabbi Shimon Kurland
Dr. Chaim Nissel
HALL D
(English)
6.2 Bouncing Back from Adversity (Part Two)
Facilitator: Sanford Landa
Presenter: Linda Graham, MFT
HALL B
(English)
6.3 Treating High Conflict Couples
Facilitator: Joyce Brenner
Workshop: The HELPS Program
Dr. Phyllis Strauss
Dr. Mark Banschick
HALL C
(Hebrew)
6.4 Culturally Sensitive Treatment of Victims of Sexual Abuse
Facilitator: Edna Ludmir
‫סוגיות ייחודיות בטיפול רגיש תרבות בנפגעות טראומה מינית במרכז לטיפול בנשים מהמגזר‬
‫חרדי דתי שנפגעו מינית‬
‫ ד"ר ענבל ברנר‬,‫ד"ר קרן מלחי‬
‫המאפיינים הייחודיים בגילוי וטיפול בפגיעות מיניות בקהילה החרדית‬
‫ עליזה קרבן‬,‫יעל קדר‬
HALL E
(English)
‫התמודדות קהילתית עם פגיעה מינית‬
‫ עו"ד ריקי שפירא‬,‫אילת וידר כהן‬
6.5 Game-Based Cognitive Behavior Therapy: A New Model for Treating Child
Survivors of Abuse
Facilitator: Rabbi Yakov Horowitz
Presenter: Dr. Khaya Novick Eisenberg
15:45-16:00
16:00-17:30
Coffee and Cake
PARALLEL SESSIONS
HALL A
(Heb with ST)
7.1 Performance: Strike and Stroke
Facilitator: Ruth Fuld
The Social Theatre
Alon Margalit
HALL B
(English)
7.2 Training Religious Leaders to Respond to Domestic Violence
Facilitator: Debbie Fox
Presenter: Lisa Twerski
HALL C
(Heb/Eng)
7.3 “My Story through the Looking Glass”
Facilitator: Shulamit Sharon
(Women Only)
Performance by Playback Na’na Theatre
Toby Klein Greenwald
HALL E
(English)
7.4 Moving from Victim to Survivor (Part One)
Facilitator: Chaya Mermerstein
(Workshop for MHP only)
Presenter: Sanford Landa
HALL D
(Hebrew)
7.5 Violence Prevention & Resolution through Empowerment Self-Defense
(Part One)
Facilitator: Yudit Sidikman
Presenter: Jill Baker Shames
17:30-19:00
PARALLEL SESSIONS
HALL A
(Eng with ST)
8.1 Panel: The Netherworld of Sexual Abuse: Communal and Organizational
Interests and Obstacles to Serving Victims and Offenders of Sexual Abuse
Facilitator: Debbie Gross
Participants:
Derek Saker
David Mandel
Dr. David Pelcovitz
HALL C
(Hebrew)
8.2 Innovative Ideas for Working in Closed Communities
Facilitator: Aaron Malach
‫פרויקט מוגנות מודיעין עילית‬
‫ענת גולדברג‬
‫מודל יחודי של התמודדות בנושא פגיעה מינית בילדים בעיר מודיעין עילית‬
‫ הרב אברהם ויינברג‬,‫ מיקי מילר‬,‫ישי שליף‬
‫נשית‬-‫יהודית‬-‫פרויקט "שלך" להעצמה אישית‬
‫מלכי כהן‬
"‫פרויקט "התבגרות בריאה‬
‫יואל שטיינר‬
HALL B
(English)
‫ מעגלי עוצמה לאם העצמאית‬- ‫מעל"ה‬
‫ לוטם גפן‬,‫רבקה בן יעקב‬
8.3 Looking at the Embodiment of Trauma when Addressing Child Abuse
Facilitator: Shoshana Symonds
(Experiential Workshop)
Presenters: Judi Keshet-Orr, Lili Naor
HALL E
(English)
8.4 Moving from Victim to Survivor (Part Two)
Facilitator: Chaya Mermerstein
(Workshop for MHP only)
Presenter: Sanford Landa
HALL D
(Hebrew)
8.5 Violence Prevention & Resolution through Empowerment Self-Defense
(Part Two)
Facilitator: Yudit Sidikman
Presenter: Jill Baker Shames
WEDNESDAY, December 3, 2014 • 11 Kislev
08:00-09:00
08:45-11:30
Registration, Coffee and Cake
PLENARY SESSION
HALL A
Debbie Gross, Crisis Center for Religious Women (ST)
Dr. Yocheved J. Berlowitz, Nefesh Israel (ST)
Minister of Welfare, Meir Cohen (Heb with ST)
Deputy Minister of Religious Affairs, Rabbi Eli Ben Dahan (Heb with ST)
How the Judicial System Combats Abuse
Judge Emeritus Dahlia Dorner (Hebrew with ST)
Child Sexual Abuse in the Jewish Community
David Pelcovitz, PhD (English with ST)
11:45-12:45
PARALLEL SESSIONS
HALL A
(Heb/Eng with ST)
9.1 Addiction to Pornography and Sex
Facilitator: Yona Pressburger
‫התמכרות לפורנו‬
‫ד"ר ניצה קאליש‬
Pornography as Catalyst for Sexual Abuse
Rabbi Avi Tenenbaum
HALL D
(English)
9.2 Halachic Questions in Cases of Abuse
Facilitator: Rabbi Avrohom Union
Presenter: Rabbi Dovid Cohen
HALL E
(English)
9.3 Do Infants and Children Remember Trauma?
Facilitator: Prof. Harvey Kranzler
Do Infants “Remember” Trauma?
Dr. Sandi L. Isaacson
Neuropsychology of Revenge: When the Soul Implodes and Explodes in the Aftermath of
Abuse
Dr. Judith Guedalia
HALL B
(Hebrew)
9.4 Spirituality as an Antidote to Abuse
Facilitator: Rabbi David Marcus
Spirituality as a Psycho-Educational Antidote to Violence and Abuse
Prof. Yaacov J. Katz
Nachat Ruach: Professional and Torah Perspectives on the Twelve Steps
Dr. Naftali Fish
HALL C
(Hebrew)
9.5 Parameters of Speaking Lashon Hara & a Code of Ethics for the Media
Facilitator: Tzvika Klein
Parameters for Speaking Lashon Hara
Rabbi Dr. Aaron Adler
‫קוד אתי לסיקור תקשורתי לא פוגעני בנושא של אלימות מינית‬
‫אורית סוליציאנו‬
12:45-13:30
13:45-15:45
LUNCH
PARALLEL SESSIONS
HALL A
(Eng with ST)
10.1 Community Models of Intervention
Facilitator: Barbara Sofer
Engaging Spiritual Leadership
Sheiny New
Peer Support – A Joint Healing Journey
Andrea Silverstone
Anatomy of a Helpline
Chaya Mermerstein
Key Program Elements Designed to Erode Denial
Elka Stein
Koleinu SA: A New Helpline for Victims of Abuse in The Jewish Community in South
Africa
Wendy Hendler
The Mikveh as a Community Resource
Dr. Naomi Grumet
HALL D
(English)
10.2 Soul Murder: Why is Child Sexual Abuse a Crime?
Facilitator: Dr. Rona Milch Novick
Presenter: Dr. Satya B. Laren
HALL B
(English)
10.3 Workshop: When Abusive Behavior is Not Domestic Abuse: Understanding
the Differential Assessment
Facilitator: Dr. Rivka Greenberg
(MHP only)
Presenter: Lisa Twerski
HALL E
(English)
10.4 The Voices of Female Survivors of Sexual Abuse
Facilitator: Bronya Shafer
Coming Out of Hiding: The Voices of Female Survivors of Sexual Abuse
Rachel Ackerman, Joan B. Kristall, Deena Mendlowitz
HALL C
(Hebrew)
10.5 Divorce and Get Refusal
Facilitator: Att. BatSheva Sherman Shani
‫ כלי חדשני הפועל מתוך הבנת חשיבות הקהילה בהתמודדות עם‬- ‫הליך הגירושין בשיתוף פעולה‬
‫ לרבות כאלו הכוללים אלימות והתעללות‬,‫הליכי גירושין‬
‫ רחל ולדימירסקי‬,‫ עו"ד עידית שחם‬,‫עו"ד עדי רז‬
?‫ צדק חברתי או בעיה אישית‬- ‫ מסורבות גט וקרבנות אלימות במשפחה‬,‫עגונות‬
‫והשפעות דעת הקהל‬
‫עו"ד נח קורמן‬
Prenuptial Agreements for the Prevention of Get-Refusal:
Neutralizing the Ultimate Weapon in Domestic Violence
Dr. Rachel Levmore
‫סרבנות גט היא אלימות‬
‫ד"ר סוזן וייס‬
Freeing the Chained Woman - New Issues and Horizons
Att. Batya Kahana Dror
15:45-16:00
16:00-17:30
Coffee and Cake
PARALLEL SESSIONS
HALL A
(Heb with ST)
11.1 Innovative Programs for the Prevention of Sexual Abuse
Facilitator: Ayala Keller
‫"חגרה בעוז מותניה ותאמץ זרועותיה" איך להשיב את החלק האבוד של הכוח הנשי בדרך‬
‫לבניית קהילה בטוחה יותר‬
‫יהודית סידיקמן‬
Keeping Our Children Safe: Prevention Workshops and Policies for Parents and
Educators
Debbie Gross
HALL D
(English)
11.2 EMDR Treatment of Trauma and Adverse Life Experiences
Facilitator: Dr. Sandi Isaacson
Presenter: Dr. Gary Quinn
HALL E
(English)
11.3 Planned and Unexpected Endings: Termination Phase of Collaborative
Victim/Offender Family Treatment of Sibling Incest
Facilitator: Shoshana Symonds
Presenters: Hillel R. Sternstein, Faye Wilbur
HALL C
(Hebrew)
11.4 Mandatory Reporting
Facilitator: Ruth Fuld
Understanding the Law of Mandatory Reporting
Roni Liberman
‫העלאת מודעות לפגיעות מיניות בחברה החרדית ומיסוד סדנאות מניעה ומוגנות בקרב סגלי‬
‫ הורים וילדים‬,‫הוראה‬
‫הרב אשר מלמד‬
Mandated Reporting and its Dilemmas
Philip Marcus, Dr. Baruch Shulem
HALL B
(Heb/Eng)
:‫"כי בכוח העדּות יתקיימו היישובים" (ספר החינוך מצוות עשה ק"כ) או‬
‫ ולא זכות שמותר לוותר עליה‬,‫לקום להעיד – חובה‬
‫לאה שקדיאל‬
11.5 Abuse of the Elderly and Teens
Facilitator: Maor Kaplan
Abuse of the Elderly in the Jewish Community
Leah Abramowitz
‫אלימות מינית כלפי נשים זקנות בתוך מערכת יחסים זוגית אלימה‬
‫שרה הלפרין‬
Zula: Outreach for Troubled Youth
Rabbi Pinchas Rubinstein
Abuse of the Elderly and those with Dementia
Shimon Radovsky
17:30-19:00
PARALLEL SESSIONS
HALL A
(Eng with ST)
12.1 New Frontiers: Making Changes in the Jewish Community
Facilitator: Debbie Gross
Including Video Presentations by: Rabbi Dr. Avraham Twerski, OHEL, Yeshiva University in
Israel, Project S.A.R.A.H, Shalom Task Force, The Eden Center
HALL E
(English)
12.2 Benefits of Relationship Based Treatment
Facilitator: Barbara Sofer
Mentoring Tools
Sima Gordon
A Practical Approach on How We Can Put the Breaks on Molestation
Miriam Freilich
Narcissistic Parenting as a Variable in Domestic Violence
Dr. Clara F. Zilberstein
Crossroads: A Safe Alternative to the Streets
Tzipora Hait
You Are Too Sensitive. Or Are You? A Look at Sensitivity, Verbal Abuse, and a ThreePronged Model for Working with Individuals and Couples
Nechama Ginzberg
HALL C
(Hebrew)
12.3 Legal Alternatives in Cases of Abuse
Facilitator: Att. Noach Korman
‫ צדק מאחה ככלי להתמודדות קהילה דתית עם פגיעה מינית‬- "‫"משפט הקהילה‬
‫חלמיש‬-‫ עו"ד כרמית קלר‬,‫עמי ברוט‬-‫עו"ד בת‬
‫פורום תקנה‬
‫יהודית שילת‬
‫ מפרט למניעת הטרדה מינית במקומות עבודה‬:'‫'קוד מרצון‬
‫ עו"ד ליאת קליין‬,‫עו"ד יפעת בלפר‬
HALL D
(Hebrew)
12.4 Challenges of Sexual Abuse within the Religious Community
Facilitator: Ayala Keller
‫התמודדות עם הלכות נידה בקרב נפגעות תקיפה מינית‬
‫תניה צ'יפמן‬
‫נפגעי התעללות בילדות וההשפעה על המגע‬
‫תמר עבודי‬
??‫ אלימות גרידא‬,‫אלימות בכסוי ההלכה‬
‫מתתיהו שליאכטר‬
Dealing with Sexual Abuse in Religious Kibbutzim
Lolly Alexander
HALL B
(English)
12.5 Helping the Jewish Community Deal with Problem of Abuse
Facilitator: Ruth Fuld
OU Israel – Helping Israeli Communities
Rabbi Avi Berman
Yedidut Toronto
Moshe Shapiro
Helping the Jewish Community Deal with the Problem of Abuse
Deborah Weiner
When Healthy Relationships Turn Violent - Identifying Warning Signs & Abuse Trends in
the Jewish Community
Amy Beth Oppenheimer
Get-Refusal as a Form of Domestic Abuse
Rabbi Jeremy Stern