Shana Aaronson, at The Blogs

Shana Aaronson

Apr 10, 2024, 11:38 AM

Detail of the 'Maror' page of the Sarajevo Haggadah (courtesy of the Foundation for Jewish Culture, via The Times of Israel)

Akin to trauma therapy, the seder is a way to process generational memories together, learn how to touch our grief from a distance, and carry on

Sep 14, 2023, 1:18 PM

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Forgiveness? Or forgive-less?

A sexual abuser has no access to teshuva until the victim's autonomy, healing, and wishes are prioritized. That always comes first.

May 5, 2023, 3:54 PM

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How one little girl and her mom gave me hope

A coloring page from Magen's website: 'My body is mine, and only mine.' (courtesy)

Advocating for sexual abuse survivors, I hear all about the predators, but I also know the heroes who have the tough conversations that stop abuse

Jan 6, 2022, 2:39 PM

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The survivors spoke, the tears flowed, now what?

Driving survivors of sexual assault to a meeting with a Yosh Yeshiva. (Shana Aaronson)

The painful stories of rape, incest, molestation, cover-up, intimidation are being told. Our communal safety now depends on magnifying those voices.

Dec 20, 2021, 4:12 PM

The False Narrative of False Reporting

When you work in sexual assault advocacy, you are privy to an endless amount of inaccurate information that gets thrown around, whether it be on the internet or shared at the shabbos table. Inaccurate and misleading information is always damaging....

About Me

Shana Aaronson is the Executive Director of Magen for Jewish Communities, an Israel based non-profit providing education, awareness, mental health support, advocacy, and investigations around sexual abuse and its effect on individuals, families and communities. Shana holds a degree in psychology, certification in educational guidance counseling, training in abuse prevention with at-risk youth, and IFS therapy. Shana formerly served as the Assistant Director at Tzofiah, as social services coordinator for Magen Child Protective Services, and as COO of US based Jewish Community Watch. She volunteers as a madrichat kallot and birth assistant to women with histories of sexual and physical trauma. Shana lives with her family in Mateh Yehuda, Israel.