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Category Archives: Awareness Center
How Long Till Jewish Community Watch Returns?
JewishCommunityWatch.org (JCW) combated child abuse (primarily within Chabad). It was founded and largely operated by Meyer Seewald, a victim of child abuse and an ex-Orthodox Jew who has little formal education, no college, and no professional training. What he does … Continue reading
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The Awareness Center Now Has A Blog
Click here: Vicki Polin – CALL TO ADULTS WHO WERE SEXUALLY ABUSED AS CHILDREN IN DELAWARE Part 1 Part 2 posted by Vicki Polin @ 8/16/2008 12:39:00 AM
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Tagged adults, Awareness Center, delaware
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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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Case of Rabbanit Bruria Keren – The Burka Wearing Mom Accused Of Child Abuse
From The Awareness Center: 54-year-old, Bruria Keren, was arrested on charges of child sexual abuse and physical abuse of her twelve children. She has also been accused of cult like practices. Police suspect that the children were violently abused over … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse cases, Awareness Center, Beit Shemesh, bruria, Burka, child abuse case, child sexual abuse, code of silence, dress code, electric cables, food diet, group of women, jerusalem post, jewish women, muslim sects, physical abuse, police probe, safed, toldot aharon, whippings
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Sexual Abuse and The Vaad of Baltimore (Jewish Religious Court)
Vicki Polin from The Awareness Center writes: At the urging of several friends I attended the event last week on child sexual abuse that was organized by the Vaad of Baltimore (Jewish Religious Court), The Sidran Foundation and the Shofar … Continue reading
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The Awareness Center Pushes Boycott Of Rabbi Yaako Menken (Torah.org)
The Awareness Center sent out this mass email (my report on Rabbi Menken): Over the last few years The Awareness Center has shared information with you regarding the case of Rabbi Yaakov Menken (AKA: Yakov Menken, Kenneth Menken, Ken Menken). … Continue reading
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Surviving Hanukkah
From the Awareness Center: Hanukkah is for many a time filled with wonderful memories of rushing around to purchase gifts and cards for loved ones; of families and friends getting together, lighting the Menorah, eating potato pancakes, and singing the … Continue reading
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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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