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Category Archives: Vicki Polin
Vicki Polin’s 1989 Oprah Appearance About Ritual Murder In The Jewish Community
I’m sure the powers that be will take down these videos quickly, but here you go for the moment, get ’em while they’re hot: Video 1 Video 2 Video 3 Vicki’s appearance begins 11 minutes into the second video and … Continue reading
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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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Tagged Awareness Center, baltimore jewish times, Gary Rosenblatt, joseph telushkin, kitty kelley, multiple personality disorder, new biography, oprah winfrey, phil jacobs, polin, ritual sacrifice
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The Awareness Center’s First Annual Dreidel Challenge
Vicki Polin emails: Many Jewish survivors of childhood sexual abuse have a difficult time over holidays, just like Hanukkah. Unfortunately, in some homes abuse gets worst when tensions mount. For some Hanukkah can be a mixture of both good and … Continue reading
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Tagged Awareness Center, childhood sexual abuse, family gatherings, incest survivor, jewish survivors, survivors of childhood sexual abuse
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Ner Israel Rabbinical College Turns 76 – The History that gets swept under the rug
From The Baltimore Jewish Times: The 76th Annual Banquet of Yeshivas Ner Israel, Rabbinical College paid tribute to 3 of its Alumni members identified with the leadership of the Baltimore Jewish community. The world famous founding Rosh HaYeshiva and inimitable … Continue reading
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Tagged baltimore jewish times, educational teachings, institutions of higher learning, ner israel rabbinical college, rabbi moshe eisemann, tifereth israel congregation
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Sexually Abused? There’s Help
From left to right: Rabbi Nachum Rosenberg, Vicki Polin – The Awareness Center (international Jewish Coalition Against Sexual Abuse/Assault), and Joseph Byrnes – SNAP (Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests).
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Tagged abuse assault, Awareness Center, byrnes, jewish coalition, survivors network of those abused by priests
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The Origins Of The Awareness Center
Vicki Polin emails: Believe it or not this was the cover story of the UIC Alumni News (University of Illinois – Chicago). Several months after this article was written my private practice outgrew the time and space available at The … Continue reading
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Tagged amy grabowski, awakening center, herbal teas, north lincoln, uic alumni magazine, university of illinois chicago
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The Awareness Center’s first web page
Vicki Polin emails: I was just playing around on a web page that pulls up archived web pages. I was looking for some old links that I misplaced. I was looking for The Awareness Center‘s original web page. The history … Continue reading
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The Orthodox Rabbi Who Wrote For NAMBLA
Vicki Polin emails: Dr. Alan Horowitz became a rabbi after he became a convicted sex offender. As part of rehabilitation and while on probation, Alan Horowitz was court ordered to attended classes at Ohr Somayach Yeshiva in Monsey, NY. It … Continue reading
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