Abstract
This paper helps to explain why sensitivity to cultural context matters in terms of violence and trauma such as sexual assault, sexual abuse, rape, spousal abuse, assault, and / or surviving the Holocaust. My interest in this paper was stimulated through my volunteer work at a Family Service Centre for Jewish women in Ottawa called Shalom Bayit. This particular volunteer experience helped me to understand that cultural location determines how people express a violating and harmful experience and the type of support they receive. This paper will explore different cultural locations as well as agency to civil, criminal and religious law. Women’s agency plays a role in how Jewish women’s experiences are voiced and validated by their surrounding community. The following research has implications for professionals working with violated and traumatized women. This paper will be using a comparative method researching Jewish women with different identities. Examples of identities to be examined are Secular, Orthodox, Israeli, Lesbian, and Sephardi Jewish women.
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