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Category Archives: Abuse
The Orthodox Response To Abuse Allegations In Los Angeles
Joe emails: I got curious about Aleinu in LA because Debbie Fox is becoming an important figure for the Ultra-Orthodox response to sex abuse. I spent a lot of time on your blog looking up the rabbis on her halakhic … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Orthodoxy
Tagged aleinu, debbie fox, mental health professionals, mental health services, Modern Orthodox, orthodox community
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Child Abuse At Yeshiva of Spring Valley
Email: “These are my pics of him. I had him fired in 08. I am trying to get him publicized. He is still free as a bird with no one stopping him and needs to go down until someone within … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse
Tagged abrahamson, customary terms, free as a bird, shanah, shechter, wall of shame
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Abuse At Yeshiva Of Spring Valley?
I first reported on this in 2008. A rabbi was fired after accusations he sexually abused second grade kids. Here’s a July 15, 2010 letter from Hylton I. Lightman, M.D., David Pelcovitz, Ph.D. and Melvin Sinowitz Ph.D. sent to the … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse
Tagged bais, collateral damage, monsey new york, orzel, rabbi yehuda, Yeshiva
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JJ: ‘L.A. religious leaders join support for New York Islamic center’
Yeah, but they are all left-wing religious leaders. When it is only right-wing religious leaders who support something, they are always labeled as right-wing, but when it is left-wingers joining together to support something, they’re just “religious leaders.” Here’s the … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Islam, R. Steven Jacobs
Tagged hiring a hitman, intense emotions, kirkus reviews, public opposition, rabbi steven jacobs, soul of america, temple kol tikvah
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Better Free Than Safe
On his radio show yesterday, Dennis Prager talked about this 17 year old girl camp counselor who said she had to have a week of training, including sexual harassment training, before she started work. I worked as a summer camp … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Dennis Prager, Personal
Tagged bible class, Dennis Prager, girl camp, model camp, night bible study, sexual harassment training, summer camp counselor
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Rabbi Marc Schneier Splits From His Fourth Wife
I broke this story May 26. Today the New York Post reports: Respected Rabbi Marc Schneier has split from his fourth wife and is now spending time with a younger woman. A source tells us the rabbi and wife Tobi … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Gershon Hepner, Personal, R. Marc Schneier
Tagged american rabbis, hugh hefner, ken sunshine, pope benedict, rabbi schneier, spiritual adviser
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Is ‘Trauma’ Goyisha Thinking?
As I review the entire corpus of Judaic literature in my head, I can’t find much about trauma. I wonder if trauma is goyisha thinking (outside of Torah and hence has no validity)? I remember moving to the United States … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Jews, Marc B. Shapiro, Personal
Tagged average gpa, mongers, moving to the united states, orthodox community, pyschologists, religious issue, sexual abuse, Torah, validity
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Covering Up Rabbi Sex Abusers
Orthodox rabbi Marc B. Shapiro blogs April 15, 2010: There is another theory as to why the sectarian hasidic world in particular has had so many cases of covering up and defending child sex abusers. It is that they simply … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Marc B. Shapiro, Rabbis
Tagged child sex abuse, Marc B. Shapiro, marc shapiro, mesirah, orthodox rabbi, rabbinic literature, sex abusers, traditional literature
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