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About
the Book
In a congregation of devoted worshippers gathered for Shabbat services at
the local synagogue, it may be difficult to accept how many wives go home
with their husbands to ongoing physical and emotional abuse. In Sins
of Omission , author Carol Goodman Kaufman offers a compelling investigation of the Jewish
community's reaction - or nonreaction - to domestic violence. Concerned with
the sins of the community more than the sins of the abuser, Goodman Kaufman
finds that the Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform rabbis and community leaders
are not doing enough and are not informed enough to help the abused women
in their congregations get the support, protection, and guidance they need.
Through her many insightful interviews with survivors of abuse, rabbis, and
lay community leaders, the author takes a hard look at the Jewish community,
its rules, regulations, and followers, and discovers the ways in which it
helps and hinders victims of abuse. |
