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Category Archives: Abuse
Moira Greyland
In the fall of 1963, an eight-page mimeographed document began moving through the mailboxes of science-fiction fandom. Bill Donaho, an organizer of the coming Worldcon in Oakland, had written it. He gave it a joke title, The Great Breen Boondoggle, … Continue reading
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Outrageous Love: The Hero System of Marc Gafni
Aiden Pink writes Jan. 21, 2018: Marc Gafni, the rabbi-turned-New Age guru who has been accused of sexually assaulting minors, appeared on the “Dr. Phil” television show on Friday to defend himself. Gafni was largely unrepentant when pressed by host … Continue reading
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Special Progress
The New York Times reports: When Jeffrey Epstein was about 6 years old, he moved with his family to Sea Gate, in Coney Island. He would spend his formative years there, in a gated neighborhood several blocks from the beach, … Continue reading
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NYT: ‘Searching for Clues in Jeffrey Epstein’s Boyhood’
The New York Times reports: Every villain prompts a hunt for an origin story — an understandable if often fruitless quest to try to comprehend the incomprehensible. With Epstein, it’s exponentially more difficult: a trek through emails and documents written … Continue reading
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Catharine MacKinnon
Catharine A. MacKinnon (b. 1946) changed American feminist legal theory more than any scholar of her generation. She works as a lawyer, an academic, and an activist, and across nearly five decades she has reshaped how courts, legislatures, and international … Continue reading
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Dark Idealism
David Pinsof writes: RightTalkism. The idea that making the world a better place means changing how people talk. Just make people say the right things and all our problems will be solved. (HT Robin Hanson). Dark morality. When morality—the heartfelt … Continue reading
Report: Rabbi Eliyahu Haimof, Accused in Lawsuit of Sexually and Physically Abusing Child, Threatens ZA’AKAH with Lawsuit, Then with Din Torah
Zaakah posts March 10, 2026: In January ZA’AKAH posted about a lawsuit against Beis Yaakov of 18th Avenue for failure to report abuse allegedly committed by Rabbi Eliyahu Haimof, rabbi of Kahal Lema’an Achai in Boro Park. The complaint alleged … Continue reading
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Report: Oberlin Chabad Rabbi, Shlomo Elkan, Removed Banned from Campus for Allegedly Engaging in Online Conversation Describing the Sexual Abuse of Children
Zaakah posts March 18, 2026: In a letter sent to students last week by Oberlin president Ambar, students were informed that Rabbi Scott Shlomo Elkan, co-director of Oberlin’s Chabad, had been banned from campus. Her letter stated that according to … Continue reading
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Substack Article: ‘Poking a Hornet’s Nest: Breaking the Silence on Akiva Roth, EBJC, Camp Ramah and Cover-Up Culture in Conservative Judaism’
Alex S. Kaufman writes March 11, 2026: Today is a big day—a day that I’ve anticipated for decades. Following the settlement of the lawsuit that I filed in October 2021 against Akiva Roth, the predator who abused me as a … Continue reading
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Manny Waks Abuser Sentenced
The Canberra Times reports March 19, 2026: The battle is over for a prominent victim advocate after his abuser was sentenced for sexually exploiting him at a Jewish holy festival close to four decades ago. Manny Waks was aged between … Continue reading
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