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Do You Have The Tools To Be A Supportive Friend?

When someone you care about is struggling, knowing how to respond can feel overwhelming. This workshop gives you the tools to move beyond “Let me know how I can help” and and show up in ways that truly make an impact.

Gain practical skills, real-world strategies, and the confidence to support others through a wide range of challenges.

This webinar brings together voices from clinical practice, lived experience, education, and community leadership:

Rabbi Josh Grajower – Menahel and Community Educator
Breezy Schwartz- Survivor and Victim Advocate
Ronni Troodler, LCSW- JFCS of Greater Philadelphia
Moderated by Keshet Starr, Esq. – CEO, Shalom Task Force

Register today at https://shalomtaskforce.org/friends-toolkit

In a time when we are witnessing, and deeply feeling, the Jewish people and the State of Israel continuing to fight for freedom, the message of Pesach feels especially immediate and personal.

As we prepare for Pesach, we return to one of the most powerful ideas in our tradition: freedom is not only about where we arrive, but how we get there.

Our tradition recognizes that the journey from suffering to redemption must begin by acknowledging pain and darkness. Only by naming what is difficult can we move toward healing, hope, and transformation.

At Shalom Task Force, this teaching is not theoretical. We witness it daily in the stories of those we serve.

When we say at the Seder,
“בְּכָל־דּוֹר וָדוֹר חַיָּב אָדָם לִרְאוֹת אֶת־עַצְמוֹ כְּאִלּוּ הוּא יָצָא מִמִּצְרַיִם”
In every generation, each person must see themselves as if they themselves came out of Egypt — we are being called to more than historical memory. We are being called to empathy.

For many in our community, this isn’t just a story from long ago. They are living it.

They are still in Mitzrayim — in a narrow place of fear, control, and silence.

They are still in the midbar — wandering, uncertain how to leave or where to go next.

And they are still waiting for the community around them to truly see them.

This Pesach, we at Shalom Task Force are asking ourselves:
What does it mean to help someone leave their own Egypt?
How do we become the kind of community that walks with survivors toward their own personal redemption?

We begin with honesty.
We move towards dignity.
And we walk alongside, with care, patience, and compassion.

This is the journey of the Jewish people and it is the journey we are committed to walking alongside every survivor of domestic violence.

Chag Kasher V’sameach,
Keshet