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Category Archives: Abuse
Some Orthodox Jews Getting Religious Marriages But Not Civil Ones
I got a call Saturday night from an Orthodox couple on the East coast. The man had been married before. He was paying a lot of alimony to his ex-wife. She remarried in an Orthodox ceremony but they skipped the … Continue reading
Activists Cheer Arrest of Monrowitz in Israel
Adam Dickter writes: The fugitive chasidic man accused of abusing four boys whose parents brought them to him for psychotherapy was arrested in Israel today and now awaits extradition to the U.S., a step his accusers have been seeking for … Continue reading
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Finally a Community Alert that actually alerts about something
From the Chaptzem blog: "Finally, albeit many months late, the community gets a Community Alert that actually cautions about real danger. The most surprising part is that the Hamodia actually printed it even though it actually says something useful." Joe … Continue reading
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Ohr Somayach Rabbi Banned From South Africa, Having Affairs With Many Women
FailedMessiah reports: Writing on Jewschool, David Kelsey reports on a leading Ohr Somayach rabbi, Lewis Furman tossed out of South Africa because he is a "serial philanderer." His liaisons are said to include married women. One woman’s husband, on discovering … Continue reading
Joel Grishaver Molests Little Boys
As #Nasser gets his sentencing I can't help but reminded of #joelgrishaver and all the young boys he touched inappropriately. And i thank @lukeford for being the only one to publish the truth. — TrumpRimsChuck (@KushnerThe) January 24, 2018 Joel … Continue reading
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Jen X – American Rebel
I ran into her at an party near LAX Sunday night. Her real name is Angela Rodriguez. She’s tall, busty, covered with tattoos and shows the signs of an enormous amount of plastic surgery. She debuted on YouTube this six-minute … Continue reading
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A child-porn-convicted rabbi tries to make amends as rabbi sex-abuse cases roil the Jewish community
Justin Clark writes in the LA Weekly: As an Orthodox Jew, Heschel wasn‚Äôt accustomed to going to confession. Seven years ago, he was a highly respected rabbi at Mount Freedom Jewish Center, an Orthodox synagogue in Randolph Township, New Jersey. … Continue reading
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‘I Want You To Come To My Funeral Naked’
Rabbi Michael Broyde, a dayan (rabbinic judge) in the Beth Din of America, was in Los Angeles recently and he gave a lecture presenting four cases he’d presided over. “One you’re going to hate me for,” he said at the … Continue reading
Daily Bruin Columnist: Give Kicking Rabbi The Boot
David Lazar writes: …But Hillel has allowed Seidler-Feller to serve as director of UCLA‚Äôs branch, which is an embarrassment to the campus community. If not for the shocking and inexcusable nature of the attack itself, Seidler-Feller should be let go … Continue reading
Davening Under The Influence – Drug And Alcohol Abuse Among Orthodox Youth
Jane emails about Sunday night’s program at Beth Jacob: It was not so well attended. More people came later. I don’t understand parents of this community. Why live in denial? They showed a film of some of the kids in … Continue reading