Signs of a Healthy vs Unhealthy Relationship...

Healthy Relationships Green Flags	Unhealthy Relationships Red Flags
DOES YOUR PARTNER...	DOES YOUR PARTNER...
View you as an equal?	Get jealous easily?
Respect you and treat your fairly?	Throw objects at you or destroy your property?
Make you feel safe (emotionally and physically)?	Ask you to account for every moment?
Listen to you?	Restrain you?
Value your opinions?	Ridicule you?
Discuss disagreements peacefully?	Threaten to hurt, you, your loved ones, your pets?
Allow the relationship to go at your pace?	Try to manipulate you with lies or promises?
Act as a positive role model to those important to you?	Threaten to force you to have sex?
Communicate openly and honestly?	Make you feel you don’t have the right to say "no" or disagree?
Support your goals in life?	Isolate you from family, friends, work or school?
Make family and money decisions together with you?	Make decisions for you?
Compromise?	Control all of the money?
Have a positive image of family?	Scare you with weapons?
Make your friends and family feel comfortable?	Experience negative behavior change with drugs/alcohol?
Trust you?

Yes, you and your loved ones deserve to be in a Healthy Relationship.

We recognize that relationship abuse happens in Jewish homes too, and help IS available:

Community Resource Phone Numbers for Domestic Violence Aid:

Cincinnati, Ohio:

Jewish Family Service (ask for DVASH info).... 513-469-1188 www.jfscinti.org
YWCA Domestic Violence Hotline................. 513-872-9259
Cincinnati Drug and Poison Info Center......... 800-222-1222
United Way Help Line.................................. 211
Suicide and Crisis Care Line......................... 513-281-CARE (2273)

State of Ohio:

Ohio Domestic Violence Hotline................... 800-934-9840 www.odvn.org

National:

National Domestic Violence Hotline.............. 800-799-SAFE (7233) 800-787-3224 (TTY)
National Alcohol and Drug Helpline................ 800-332-7620

This information is brought to you by DVASH, an initiative of Jewish Family Service of the Cincinnati area.

DVASH, which means honey in Hebrew, recognizes the desire to bring the healing and hope of sweet honey to the horrific problem of Domestic Violence in the Jewish Community.

The mission of DVASH is to support survivors of Domestic Violence; to educate the Jewish Community about all aspects of Domestic Violence; and to coordinate social action and healing programs.

The Healthy and Unhealthy Relationships information is adapted from the Family Violence Prevention Project of the YWCA of Greater Cincinnati.