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Category Archives: Abuse
How Are Teenage Boys ‘Victims’ For Having Sex With An Attractive Female Teacher?
This Los Angeles Times story describes the boys as “victims”. I only wish I had been so victimized when I was a teenager. This woman is hot. Sex with her would be no crime. I wish I had been so … Continue reading
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Tagged illegal acts, kevin mcclure, Los Angeles Times, montebello police department, roosevelt high school, sexual relationships
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Child Sex Abuse Case In Australia Comes To America
Two thoughts: * This story illustrates why the Forward is the premiere Jewish news publication in the diaspora. * Consider the eery parallels to the sexual molestation situation at Beis Midrash Toras HaShem in North Hollywood. Email: The following note … Continue reading
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Tagged child sex abuse, david kramer, don wolf, laibl wolf, rabbi meir, sex abuse case
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Marc Gafni’s Third Wife Chaya Making Accusations Of Pedophilia Against Some Old Guy In Her Community
This link and video are in Hebrew. John* emails: Just watch the video, you can see Chaya come on at about 1:53, and it is pretty clear from the end of the video that they just seized upon this poor … Continue reading
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Los Angeles Has Predatory Rabbis Doing Orthodox Conversions To Judaism
Alarm bells should go off in your head if the rabbi in charge of your conversion to Orthodox Judaism asks you: * When do you menstruate (so he can get at you when you won’t contaminate him) * To meet … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Conversion, Rabbis
Tagged alarm bells, conversion program, conversion programs, orthodox judaism, orthodox rabbis, sexual predators
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When Rabbis Become Molesters
Joe says: “I had forgotten entirely about [Rabbi] George Finkelstein, because I didn’t go to MTA, but I remember hearing these “George stories” from all my friends. I remember the guy from my YU times, he was always a bit … Continue reading
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Rabbi Ben Zion Sobel Arrested
Read on. Background.
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Man Convicted Of Domestic Violence Teaching At Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad
In 2003, Jerome Gene Braunstein was convicted for domestic violence (a misdemeanor) in Malibu. (Case 2MA02148) That same year, he was cited in Van Nuys for resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer. There was talk of a felony prosecution … Continue reading
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Tagged braunstein, criminal lawyers, felony prosecution, mandatory sentence, peace officers, rap sheet
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Female Kabbalist “Removes” Evil Eye, Fears
Failed Messiah blogs about this Jewish ad: And she does so with the endorsement of Rabbi Chaim Pinchos Scheinberg, the haredi “gadol” who famously told parents of victims of Rabbi Yehuda Kolko that because Kolko did not anally penetrate their … Continue reading
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Counting His Blessings!
Jeff* emails: Hi Luke, Have a look at the following article. It discusses the escapades of Rabbi Uzi Rivlin, an orthodox Rabbi who actually taught religious school at Temple Beth Abraham in Tarrytown, NY, where I went to Sunday school … Continue reading
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Tagged counting my blessings, david holtz, fifth grade teacher, jerry sandusky, orthodox rabbi, temple beth abraham
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Another Orthodox Jewish Sex Abuse Scandal In New York
The New York Post reports: He looks like a movie star, but many members of Brooklyn’s Jewish community believe he is a monster. Andrew Goodman, 27, who worked for Jewish social-service agencies, is charged with sexually abusing two Orthodox boys … Continue reading
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Tagged andrew goodman, count indictment, jewish social service, new york post, ny daily news, nypost, scandal in new york
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