Leadership Training Institute

About

Cancer is so much more than a physical experience. There is an emotional aspect, and for some, a spiritual element to the cancer experience. Sharsheret has been committed to providing free psychosocial support to those impacted by breast cancer, or ovarian cancer, for over twenty years.

With one in eight women diagnosed with breast cancer during their lifetime, it is critically important that community leaders are also able to provide impacted community members with appropriate emotional and spiritual support.

Sharsheret’s Leadership Training Institute was founded in 2021 with the generous support of Micah Philanthropies to provide in-depth training to rabbis and other clergy, Jewish professionals, and lay leaders to ensure sensitive, appropriate support is available to anyone in need as they navigate a cancer experience.

The training covers topics such as introduction to understanding cancer, where being Jewish might intersect with a cancer diagnosis, how cultural nuances can impact diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship, spiritual concerns, and the creation of caring community and how that impacts both healing and the community-at-large.

Trainings are customized to meet the distinct needs of each organization.

Those who complete the training will receive a certificate indicating expertise in the needs of those facing breast or ovarian cancer.

Resources

While each cohort receives resources specific to their needs and their community roles, below are some sample resources prepared by Sharsheret, and some created by Leadership Training Institute participants.

Each cohort has their own password-protected site with the wide array of videos, articles, and other resources used during their training. The resources are accessible during, and after, the training.

Sharsheret creates resources to meet the unique needs of each cohort and community. Below are examples of some of the resources created. Resources are permanently available to cohort members on this webpage.

Helpful Hints for Friends and Family

Suggestions for community leaders and members to support someone facing a cancer diagnosis.

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Halacha and Prophylactic Surgery, Healing and Preventative Medicine

Jewish law’s impact on medical decisions, in collaboration with Nishmat

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Breast Cancer Cheat Sheet

A glossary to understand the breast cancer experience

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Partners

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