Below is a collection of secular and Jewish resources gathered by JWI to spotlight the work in the field on healthy masculinity, Jewish masculinity, and allyship. Please contact JWI to share any resources from your community.
Additional JWI Resources
JWI Magazine articles: “Men Respond to #MeToo”; “Good Fellas”
Change the Culture brochure on sexual violence, consent, supporting survivors, and resources. (download)
JWI’s Clergy Task Force to End Domestic Abuse in the Jewish Community educational webinars - a three-part series of free webinars for rabbis and cantors, addressing sexual harassment within synagogues:
The Elephant in the Room: Sexual Harassment in Synagogues Recording / Slides / Resources
Creating the Community We Want to Have: Barriers and Opportunities Recording / Slides / Exercise for Organizational Leadership
Shifting the Culture: Policies and Practices to Create Safe Spaces Video Recording / Slides / Resources
Jewish-Specific Resources
Articles
To Dismantle Gender Inequality, We Must Empower Our Most Crucial Allies: Young Men
by Amanda Cohen
Healthy Masculinity: The Best a Mensch Can Be
by Chris Harrison
Why We Need an Alternative to the Nice Jewish Boy
by Joshua Wolfsun
The Mainstream Misogyny of the Nice Jewish Boy
by Joshua Wolfsun
A Reflection on Jewish Masculinity for Father's Day
by David Eber
Have Jews Become Obsessed With Bro Masculinity?
by Jonathan Paul Katz
The Workmen's Circle J-Source Archive Articles on Masculinity
by Avi Blitz
Books
Masculinity and the Making of American Judaism
by Sarah Imhoff
Brother Keepers: New Perspectives on Jewish Masculinity Paperback
by Harry Brod & Shawn Zevit
Jewish Masculinities: German Jews, Gender, and History
edited by Benjamin Maria Baader, Sharon Gillerman and Paul Lerner
A Mensch Among Men: Explorations in Jewish Masculinity
by Harry Brod
General Resources
Publications
Studies and Articles:
How to Respond to Microaggressions (Hahna Yoon, The New York Times) [view as PDF]
How Men Can Become Better Allies to Women (W. Brad Johnson David G. Smith)
Andrew Cuomo and the old ‘I was just being playful’ excuse (Monica Hesse, The Washington Post) [view as PDF]