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When Oprah Winfrey Met Vicki Polin

Here’s some background on Vicki Polin, a crusader against sexual abuse. Rabbis such as Joseph Telushkin and Saul Berman portrayed us as joined at the hip. Since 2004, I’ve been following Vicki Polin’s work with the Awareness Center. She deserves … Continue reading

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Are Drugs Keeping Young Israel Young?

From my live cam chat: ChaimAmalek:  My theory is that either Luke is a kept man, or he is dealing in drugs at shul. ChaimAmalek:  After all, Luke never writes about drug dealing in shul, which means that either it … Continue reading

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Rabbi Yona Metzger on Child Abuse and The Case of Rabbi Elior Chen

  Rabbi Elior Chen Vicki Polin writes from The Awareness Center: It seems strange that Rabbi Yona Metzger would be making the following statement, especially since he was accused of sexual misconduct/clergy sexual abuse (with four men) several years ago.  … Continue reading

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The Return Of Rabbi Hershy Worch

I haven’t viewed any of Rabbi Worch‘s (a friend of my friend Yori Yanover, I have no stomach for any more fights with or about either of these two) online writings in about eighteen months (nor have I written about … Continue reading

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