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Religion, Culture and Domestic Violence - Judaism

By Joyce Kryszak

Buffalo, NY – Judaism has 4,000 years of tradition and religious text that emphasize the sacredness of each individual life. But that profound respect for life does not make Jewish homes immune from domestic violence. in the last part of our series on religion, culture and domestic violence, WBFO's Joyce Kryszak examines Judaism's potential impact on domestic violence victims. She visited the Buffalo home of Rabbi Drorah Setel. She is an ordained Jewish scholar, rabbi for Temple Beth El in Niagara Falls and a founding member of the local inter-faith partnership against domestic.

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