People have the right to Shalom Bayit, peace in the home, and the community has an obligation to protect its members.
Abuse means being physically beaten.
It may consist of repeated, severe beatings, or more subtle forms of abuse, including threats and control. It Is easy for battered women to leave their abusers. Women are more likely to be victims of homicide when they separate from their husbands. In Massachusetts, on average, a woman was killed by her batterer every 8 days in 1995. The Coalition includes a broad spectrum of Jewish agencies and organizations, hospitals, battered women's shelters, rabbis, cantors, mental health professionals, lawyers, educators and volunteers.