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Category Archives: Abuse
Los Angeles Has Its Own Barry Freundel
The Modern Orthodox rabbi arrested in Washington DC yesterday on charges of voyeurism has a long history of accusations reported to rabbinic organizations about his improper behavior with women, similar to Rabbi Abner Weiss in Westwood. Rabbi Weiss is still … Continue reading
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Leading Modern Orthodox Rabbi Arrested For Voyeurism
I understand why somebody would want to peep. Which guy doesn’t like to look? It’s a symptom of sex addiction aka an intimacy disorder. Report: Uniformed officers and plainclothes detectives swarmed a house at 30th and O streets, Northwest, at … Continue reading
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FM: Senior Chabad Rebbetzin ‘Apologizes’ To Abuse Victim – But Only Under Pressure And Only Indirectly
Shmarya Rosenberg writes: Rebbetzin Pnina Feldman ‘apologized’ today to anti-child-sex-abuse activist Manny Waks, a co-founder of the anti-child-sex-abuse nonprofit organization Tzedek. But Feldman’s ‘apology’ was issued to the Australian Jewish News, not to Waks directly, and was only issued after … Continue reading
Child Abuse In Orthodox Australia
Regular Jews and not rabbis have led the fight against child abuse. May 2, 2014 news report from Melbourne: A man who claims to have been sexually assaulted as a boy by two members of Melbourne’s orthodox Jewish community is … Continue reading
Michael Horowitz Settled With The SEC
Link: A broker charged with scouring nursing homes and hospices for terminally ill patients so wealthy clients could reap death benefits from annuities contracts agreed to pay $850,000, admit limited wrongdoing and be barred from the securities industry, the U.S. … Continue reading
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Dealing With Abandonment
Therapist Mark Smith: “You are only going to be highly attracted to people who are made of the same psychological DNA as the people who hurt you the most growing up.” “If you start at 3 in psychological health and … Continue reading
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Is It OK For Women To Hit A Man?
In the TMZ video, I see Ray Rice’s fiance hitting him several times before he hit back. Ladies, don’t hit a guy if you don’t want to get hit back. Many women think they have a free shot to hit … Continue reading
More Muslim Immigrants Please!
Do we have any groups in America that groom vulnerable girls, rape them, and then trick them out? Hmm. Most pimps in America are Swedish, right? This story to me from England symbolizes the real war on women and it … Continue reading
If I Stop Controlling Things…
Therapist: “Controlling meets our needs. I take care of others so that I don’t have to look at my issues such as feeling unworthy. If I stop judging others, I’ll have to look at how miserable my life is. If … Continue reading
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How Many Levi Moscowitz Stories Are Out There?
The police report on Levi Moscowitz, a Chabadnik in Southern California, are horrifying. I wonder how many kids this guy molested? He’s charged with soliciting a minor for sex. You can see the guy around Fairfax/La Brea. He has an … Continue reading
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