At JFREJ, teshuvah refers to our process of addressing harm by returning as a collective to our values of justice and care for the sake of repair and our communal transformation. To us, teshuvah is accountable not punitive; communal not individual; and measured by our collective ability to regularly check if our actions align with our JFREJ-wide values & principles when harmful situations arise again.
As part of our 2019-2020 We Are Here process, JFREJ formed Team Teshuvah: Community Care & Accountability, guided by transformative justice frameworks to build out JFREJ's process for addressing conflict and reducing harm within our organization. Our team is continuously working on building our capacity: growing our skills in TJ frameworks with experienced TJ practitioners, and developing TJ materials and trainings to share with JFREJ membership.