SACR strengthens communities through education, research, and health promotion in trauma, resilience, cultural identity, and culturally responsive practice.
The Society for the Advancement of Collective Resilience (SACR) is a Jewish-led non-profit society dedicated to strengthening communities through education, research, and health promotion in the areas of trauma, resilience, cultural identity, and culturally responsive practice.
SACR was founded to address a critical gap: the need for credible, community-rooted knowledge and training on how antisemitism, collective trauma, and identity-based adversity affect Jewish professionals, communities, and systems of care.
Our work brings together research, professional education, and practical knowledge-sharing to support those who sustain others — especially health and mental health practitioners navigating the impact of collective trauma while continuing to serve their communities.
To advance collective resilience by strengthening the people, systems, and communities affected by antisemitism, collective trauma, and identity-based adversity — through education, research, professional training, community learning, and translating knowledge into practical tools.
Communities where Jewish professionals and leaders have the knowledge, language, tools, and relationships needed to respond to antisemitism and collective trauma with clarity, strength, dignity, and cohesion — where invisible impacts are recognized, and resilience grows through cultural strength and sustained collective care.
SACR advances its mission through four interconnected areas of work:
SACR supports Jewish professionals and communities by building shared language, strengthening networks, and creating spaces for learning, reflection, and collective care. We equip individuals and institutions with the tools needed to sustain Jewish life, leadership, and wellbeing in the face of adversity.
SACR delivers training programs, workshops, and resources for health and mental health practitioners, community leaders, educators, and organizations. Our training is culturally anchored, trauma-informed, and designed to strengthen professional resilience and ethical care.
SACR conducts and shares research on trauma, resilience, cultural identity, and culturally responsive practice. A central focus is Compounded Traumatic Reality — a framework developed by Dr. Rotem Regev to describe the layered impacts of antisemitism and collective trauma on Jewish professionals.
SACR translates research and clinical insight into accessible formats — practitioner tools, community briefings, policy briefs, conference presentations, institutional consultations, and public education. Bridging academic knowledge with practical, real-world application.
Jewish professionals — especially those in health and mental health roles — often carry the emotional weight of collective trauma while also supporting others through it. Their experiences reveal broader communal needs that often remain unseen.
SACR exists to make those realities visible, to generate credible knowledge, and to build practical pathways for resilience, support, and institutional change.