Sunday, September 14, 2014

“I see vaccinations as the problem,” Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetzky told the Baltimore Jewish Times in a story published in late August. “It’s a hoax. Even the Salk [polio] vaccine is a hoax. It’s just big business.”

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One of the country’s (most prominent?) ultra-Orthodox rabbis has condemned vaccines as a “hoax” in an interview with a local Jewish new...
Friday, September 12, 2014

“SEXUAL ABUSE, SHONDA AND CONCEALMENT IN ORTHODOX JEWISH COMMUNITIES,” by Michael Lesher.

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Thursday, September 11, 2014

“The ‘Them Vs. Us’ Shtetl Mentality Protects Sexual Predators:”

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Child sex abuse: Why does the Jewish community tolerate it? We must shift our interest from protecting the reputations of abusers and...
Wednesday, September 10, 2014

“I worked for the guy 16 years,” he said on the phone. “He’s the most kaddushdikeh (holy) guy.”

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Bodenheimer's  Ramapo Police Mugshot This 'Holy Guy'—and Grandfather of 100—Is Accused of Sexually Abusing a Student A...
Monday, September 08, 2014

Of Batei Din, Girls Seminaries, Vulnerable People and the Internet, Part 5

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Guest post by RaP An open letter to Jewish parents of daughters in North America,  more :   Dear parents, like ma...
Sunday, September 07, 2014

"Here were the wages of blind faith and sexual repression; here was a case study in how a culture of hierarchy and obedience gave criminals free rein. But bearing witness is insufficient; lessons must be learned as well... "

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It’s a case study in how exploitation can flourish in different cultural contexts, and how insufficient any set of pieties can be to its...