SHEVET DINAH
A Partnership of Communities and Organizations
for Safety and Sexual Violence Prevention
What Does the Name Shevet Dinah Mean?
The Shevet Dinah Collective is the updated name of a partnership that brings together organizations and communities from across the Jewish spectrum in Israel and the Diaspora, working together to bring sexual violence, safety, community responsibility, and the fight against silencing to the public agenda.
We chose to name our collective after the thirteenth tribe, which was never counted, and to say that everyone is invited into this tent, in the broadest sense, regardless of gender.
Dinah’s silenced voice, her loneliness, her captivity, her suffering, and her rape stand before us, compelling us not to simply “turn the page” as we read the verses of the parasha, but to give our attention to every survivor of sexual violence among us.
We have a personal and collective responsibility. We have the opportunity to offer support as a community. It is fitting to see ourselves as a continuation of the Tribe of Dinah, which was never counted.
What Does Joining the Shevet Dinah Collective Offer?
A Broad Partnership for Social Change
A network of organizations and communities working together to promote safety, prevent sexual violence, and strengthen shared responsibility.
Knowledge and Tools for Action
Access to a growing digital collection of content and resources for learning, conversation, and leading activities within your organization and community.
An Opportunity to Make an Impact
The opportunity to shape public and community discourse, raise awareness, and encourage listening to and supporting survivors of sexual violence.
A Network of Support and Learning
Connections with partners working toward the same goals, opportunities to share knowledge and experience, and greater capacity to address a complex and painful issue that can evoke silence, isolation, and disagreement.
The Week of Dinah Activities
Local Gathering
Learning, Prayer, and Support
Synagogue
Shabbat D’var Torah or Sermon
Organization or Community
Class, Lecture, Gathering, or Workshop
Partnership and Support
Promotion, Digital Outreach, and Financial Support for the Initiative
Individual Participation
Sign Up for Updates and Join Events During The Week of Dinah
Content Creation
Article, D’var Torah, Midrash, Poem, or Prayer
Dinah Coalition in the Media
לאורך שבוע דינה השותפות והשותפים בשבט דינה משמיעים את קולם בציבור עבור דינה ועבור המחויבות לשורדי ושורדי תקיפות מיניות.
מה למשל? טורים בבמות שונות, התארחות בפודקאסטים, ראיונות לרדיו ושיעורים מקוונים.
Ways to Participate in The Week of Dinah
Sign up · Organize · Teach · Learn · Create · Attend · Donate
Throughout the week, there will be classes and lectures, workshops, a day of learning, and a community gathering.
On Shabbat, sermons and Divrei Torah on the theme will be delivered in synagogues across different communities, alongside the weekly Torah reading, Parashat Vayishlach.
Join Us:
November 22–28, 2026
12–18 Kislev 5787
Survivors of Sexual Violence
The General Public
Those Seeking Change, Repair, and Healing
Community Members
Rabbinical Leaders Across Jewish Movements
Leaders of Communities and Organizations
Who Is The Week of Dinah For?
The Week of Dinah in Previous Years
As part of the Week of Dinah initiative, we have created a digital resource center where we direct readers to writing on the subject that can help those who wish to learn and teach, give Divrei Torah and sermons, and create and lead rituals.
This year too, we invite you to send us essays, poems, and prayers that speak directly to Dinah, sexual violence, and treatment and prevention.
gluya@gluya.org
The Shevet Dinah Collective initiative is undertaken with the recognition that this subject can be an ongoing trigger.
The content deals with sexual violence and may evoke emotional and physical responses.
Please listen to your heart and body when engaging with this topic, and participate in a way and at a pace that feels right for you.
Dinah Resource Center
A diverse and accessible collection of materials for reading, learning, and deeper study, as well as for preparing a class, Dvar Torah, or gathering.
The Shevet Dinah Coalition seeks to restore Dinah to our shared story, together with the story of sexual violence, silence, and the silencing of sexual violence. Our hope is to raise awareness and to build a collective culture with greater responsibility, less silencing, a greater ability to recognize and respond to sexual violence, and more support and professional referrals for survivors.
We have come together and will continue to draw strength from the support that has taken shape, and continues to take shape, through the very choice to speak out, to echo our commitment, and to act with responsibility.
Organizations Leading The Week of Dinah initiative
(List Updated as Organizations Join)
ארגוני הובלת שבוע דינה:
כל השותפים בשבוע דינה:
Would Your Community or Organization Like to Join Us?
If you would like to join Shevet Dinah and take part in our annual initiative centered on Parashat Vayishlach, please contact us: gluya@gluya.org
During The Week of Dinah and on Shabbat Vayishlach, we will stand together and say to survivors:
We stand with you!
As communities, we too bear responsibility.
Our goal is to stand in solidarity with survivors of sexual assault, support them, amplify their voices, and resist silencing. Speaking with moral clarity and affirming our commitment to survivors help foster sexual safety and prevent further harm. By speaking out, we commit ourselves, now and in the future, to responding when harm occurs and refusing to enable silencing.
Together, as diverse organizations and communities representing the breadth of Jewish life in Israel and throughout the Diaspora, we will stand with survivors of sexual assault and foster a culture of safety and prevention.
Together, we will stand in solidarity, affirm our belief in survivors, respond with care and compassion, and call for repair and healing.
