Chasidic Whistleblower Trial Postponed
Hella Winston Special Correspondent Sam Kellner’s ordeal with the Brooklyn DA continues, as prosecutors investigate his accusers. On Monday, a Brooklyn judge for the second time postponed the start of...
View ArticleYU President Expresses `Shame' Over Abuse Findings, Pride In Current Policies
Gary Rosenblatt Editor & Publisher Independent report cites ‘multiple instances’ of abuse, not just at YU high school; ‘significant improvement’ since 2001. Yeshiva University President Richard...
View ArticleWhistleblower's Lawyers Blast Hynes
Hella Winston Jewish Week Correspondent On eve of primary, Kellner's attorneys say Brooklyn DA is engaging in ‘blatant strategy of delay.’ Lawyers for chasidic whistleblower Sam Kellner have accused...
View ArticleYU Fires Professor With Abuse Record
JTA (JTA) -- Yeshiva University terminated Akiva Roth, a recently hired teacher, after his past sexual misconduct came to light. Roth, 42, who started as a Hebrew teacher this term at Yeshiva College,...
View ArticleEx-Rabbi At Long Island Yeshiva Abused Student, Cops Say
Staff Report Rabbi Gary Lieberman sexually abused a 10-year-old student at Hebrew Academy of Nassau County when he was a teacher there, police said Friday. The abuse allegedly took place at the...
View ArticleOrthodox Must Fight Sexual Abuse
Gary Rosenblatt Editor and Publisher Cultural change needed, as denial and inaction still prevalent, experts insist at synagogue forum. David Cheifetz, describing himself as the name and face of...
View ArticleTeacher Jailed For Sex Abuse At Aussie Jewish School Deported To U.S.
JTA An Orthodox Jewish teacher was deported to the United States after serving a jail sentence for sexually abusing four boys at a Jewish school in Melbourne more than two decades ago.read more
View ArticleAn Important Step In Confronting Abuse
Wed, 12/03/2014 Editorial The longstanding effort to increase awareness of sexual abuse in the Orthodox community received a major boost this week. Hundreds of Israeli social workers, therapists,...
View ArticleSexual Abuse, Shonda and Concealment in Orthodox Jewish Communities: Michael...
Steve Lipman Staff Writer The disgrace of sexual abusers (nearly entirely men) who identify themselves as Orthodox Jews is a well-known subject, covered extensively in recent decades in the Jewish and...
View ArticleA Rabbi Accused of Sexual Abuse Seeks to Reinvent Himself
Gary Rosenblatt Editor and Publisher Back in 2004, Gary Rosenblatt weighed the evidence and considered Marc Gafni's case. Is there a statute of limitations for rabbis accused of abuse, and should...
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