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Category Archives: Abuse
Leftoids Make Tentative Incursion On Final Taboo – Pedophilia
From Chateau Heartiste: A long time ago, the now-defunct Chateau Heartiste Twatter, censored on trumped-up charges by an obese bluehair, contained within its trove of 140 character bits of wisdom a prophecy, if you will, that the legal sanctification of … Continue reading
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Fred Reed: Ann Coulter and the Manufacture of Pedophilia
Comments to Fred Reed: * According to UNICEF Ann Coulter is right and you are wrong: To give just a few examples of the heterosexual age of consent: If you are living in some parts of the United States, or … Continue reading
Sexual Exploitation Of Children In Middle East, Africa
* I recently saw the documentary on the Dancing Boys of Afghanistan. It exposed an ancient custom called “bacha bazi” (boy for play), where rich men buy boys as young as 11 from impoverished families for sexual slavery. The boys … Continue reading
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Conservative Rabbi Raids Synagogue Discretionary Fund To Buy Transsexual Prostitutes
From the Forward: The fifth Conservative rabbi subjected to R.A. disciplinary measures is Barry Starr, a former president of the Massachusetts Board of Rabbis and a spiritual leader of Temple Israel, in Sharon, Massachusetts, for almost 30 years. Starr’s congregation … Continue reading
Sac Bee: Michael James Hunter, theater instructor and mentor, dies at 66
It seems like most of the rabbis and teachers I have known who were particularly friendly with their students (such as Jules Zentner, my best friend during my 20s, or Rabbi Aron Tendler) were also having sex with their students. … Continue reading
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Report: Rabbi Who Installed Hidden Cameras in Dorm to Open New Seminary
As I understand it, the rabbi is opening a new school and NCSY – where he worked before — needs to make a decision if they will work with him and let him into their programs. LINK: According to the … Continue reading
The Friendly MO Rabbi
The leading Modern Orthodox pulpit rabbis tend to not to be particularly friendly. Kalman Topp, Asher Brander and Steven Weil are exceptions. They’re people people. Most of Modern Orthodox rabbis seem to want to spend no more time with their … Continue reading
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A Local Twist On The R. Jonathan Rosenblatt Scandal
Y. says: Here is a blog entry by Rabbi Marc Angel about Rabbi Jonathan Rosenblatt. Angel and Rosenblatt were scholars in residence this past Shavuot, yes, just over a week ago, just blocks apart, at YICC and Beth Jacob, respectively. … Continue reading
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The Rabbi And The Sauna
NYT: For years, Rabbi Jonathan Rosenblatt, the leader of an affluent Modern Orthodox synagogue in the Bronx, did something unusual with the boys in his congregation. He took them, some as young as 12, to the gym to play squash … Continue reading
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Question: Why didn’t Debbie Fox report this? She WAS a mandated reporter.
I think the answer is that the child in this first case was an adult when she reported what happened to her. I am pretty sure Debbie Fox follows the law. Vicki Polin emails her list: Instead she suggested the … Continue reading
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