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"This guy knows all the gossip, the ins and outs, the lashon hara of the Orthodox world. He’s an [expert] in... all the inner workings of the Orthodox world." (Rabbi Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff)"This generation's Hillel." (Nathan Cofnas)
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When Oprah Winfrey Met Vicki Polin
Here’s some background on Vicki Polin, a crusader against sexual abuse. Rabbis such as Joseph Telushkin and Saul Berman portrayed us as joined at the hip. Since 2004, I’ve been following Vicki Polin’s work with the Awareness Center. She deserves … Continue reading
Posted in Oprah, Vicki Polin
Tagged Awareness Center, baltimore jewish times, Gary Rosenblatt, joseph telushkin, kitty kelley, multiple personality disorder, new biography, oprah winfrey, phil jacobs, polin, ritual sacrifice
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Are Drugs Keeping Young Israel Young?
From my live cam chat: ChaimAmalek: My theory is that either Luke is a kept man, or he is dealing in drugs at shul. ChaimAmalek: After all, Luke never writes about drug dealing in shul, which means that either it … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged drug users, investigative journalism, live cam chat, Mexican Mafia, polin, Young Israel
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Rabbi Yona Metzger on Child Abuse and The Case of Rabbi Elior Chen
Rabbi Elior Chen Vicki Polin writes from The Awareness Center: It seems strange that Rabbi Yona Metzger would be making the following statement, especially since he was accused of sexual misconduct/clergy sexual abuse (with four men) several years ago. … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Elior Chen
Tagged abusive relationships, adult survivors of child abuse, Awareness Center, blanket statements, case basis, clergy sexual abuse, critical thinking, cult leader, cult members, deductive reasoning, elior, explicit directions, four men, mixed feelings, polin, rabbi, sexual misconduct, spiritual leader, survivors of child abuse, yona metzger
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The Return Of Rabbi Hershy Worch
I haven’t viewed any of Rabbi Worch‘s (a friend of my friend Yori Yanover, I have no stomach for any more fights with or about either of these two) online writings in about eighteen months (nor have I written about … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Hershy Worch
Tagged candles, corpse, enemies, funeral director, funerals, hershy, inclination, infamy, journaling, many faces, plastic tablecloth, polin, psalms, rabbi, shomer, small man, tea lights, triumphs, virtue, yetzer tov
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