The Beer Sheva shelter provides a refuge for women escaping tough domestic situations and a secure place for them to rebuild their lives. Working in cooperation with an anti-violence group, the shelter provides women with emotional and practical support. One in every four Israeli families suffers from domestic violence! Some of the women are able to escape abusive situations but then have nowhere to live and no one to help them. They are set up for failure if they try to stake out on their own. They know they have to start from zero. They must find a place to stay and a job. As a rule, they also need emotional help. One entrant into the Beer Sheva shelter was L., a girl who was picked up living on the streets of Ashqelon. She had a traumatic past and now receives therapy. For the Men The Beer Sheva shelter also runs a men’s rehabilitation center, and they report: V. is a rehabilitant who came to us from Ashkelon. He immigrated to Israel ...