SAR is committed to our students- past and present. Beyond the reported incident, we encourage anyone who has information regarding any abuse, past or current, to report to either of us or to T&M through the contact channels listed below.

Important Message from SAR

SAR is more than a school - we are a community. We pride ourselves on the combination of excellence in education, love of Israel and commitment to mitzvot which have been transmitted to generations of students. We strive to instill in our students the midah of kol yisrael arevim ze laze, and take seriously this commitment to watch out for each other. 

It is our commitment to these principles that makes this letter so difficult. There has been significant media attention recently highlighting sexual abuse at private schools. Much of the abuse that has been brought to the forefront by the press took place many years ago and has only been uncovered recently. Sadly, it has come to our attention that SAR students may have been subject to sexual abuse at the hands of a former teacher/administrator in the 1970s. 

A recent email from a former student reported abuse that was perpetrated by Stanley Rosenfeld, a former SAR Academy teacher and administrator. Rosenfeld was the Assistant Principal for General Studies at SAR Academy in the 1970s. In 2001, many years after Rosenfeld left SAR Academy, he pleaded no contest to two counts of second-degree child molestation with no known connection to SAR.

As painful as this is for our school community, the pain for any of the victims of abuse is far greater. We are committed to being supportive to any victims of abuse, to understanding the abuse they suffered and the harm it has caused them, and to learning from our past experiences and using them to inform our present practices to protect our community. 

In order to ensure that we can properly understand the scope of abuse and support the victims of abuse, SAR has hired T&M Protection Resources to conduct an external investigation of claims of sexual abuse. T&M is an investigative firm, comprised of former prosecutors with extensive experience investigating allegations of sexual misconduct. In order for T&M to conduct this investigation, we are encouraging all members of our community to please report any information regarding abuse that may have been perpetrated by Stanley Rosenfeld. Reports may be made directly to either of us or to T&M. Contact information is listed below. 

SAR is committed to our students- past and present. Beyond the reported incident, we encourage anyone who has information regarding any abuse, past or current, to report to either of us or to T&M through the contact channels listed below.

We expect that the investigation by T&M will take at least several months and we want you to know that while the privacy of survivors is central to this process, we do intend to communicate our findings at the conclusion of the investigation. 

We are fully committed to the safety of our students and to continuing to implement best practices in these areas. As our students, parents and staff are aware, in recent years, SAR has implemented policies and training regarding sexual abuse and sexual harassment. Our commitment to our current students and the protections we have implemented does not minimize the commitment to understanding and addressing a painful past. 

We thank you for your assistance in this effort and in being responsible for the well-being of all of those in our community.

Rabbi Binyamin Krauss
Principal, SAR Academy

Rabbi Tully Harcsztark

Principal, SAR High School

Contact information:

T&M Protection Resources

email: SAR@tmprotection.com

phone:(646) 445-7705

Rabbi Binyamin Krauss

email: kraussb@saracademy.org

phone: (718)-548-1717 ext. 1207

Rabbi Tully Harcsztark

email: harcsn@sarhighschool.org

 phone: (718)-548-2727 ext. 1501