Monday, June 08, 2015

Again, it’s clear that the Orthodox rabbinic leadership knew all about Rosenblatt’s tendencies, begged him to stop, tried to limit his contact with boys and young men, but never publicly rebuked him for public, repeated transgressions of Halacha that were highly damaging to his victims....

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The rabbi in the bath house is unsuited by definition Why is it that when a rabbi or religious leader in our community is caught r...
Friday, June 05, 2015

Today in Jewish History

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Sivan 18 In 1944, Jewish day schools in America got a major boost when Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz founded Torah Umesorah, the Natio...

“Sexual Issues for Jewish Clergy"

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Sex, saunas, and rabbis: Where are the boundaries?    The cases of Rabbi Barry Freundel and Jonathan Rosenblatt highligh...
Thursday, June 04, 2015

Something rotten in the rabbinate?

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Why more reports of rabbinic sex abuse are a good thing  As the Bronx District Attorney opens an investigatio...
Wednesday, June 03, 2015

"Given the two choices, I would rather side with the little girl recognizing the chance, however remote, that I may be wrong. She knows exactly what happened....

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Steve Karro Police Mugshot Steve Karro: One accusation, one arrest, two perspectives    Earlier this month, an ele...
Tuesday, June 02, 2015

Congregants divided on Rabbi Jonathan Rosenblatt’s invitations to young men to join him in sauna....The Congregants That Kept This Weirdo On The Payroll For Decades Need Help As Well!

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Jonathan Rosenblatt Riverdale’s ‘Open Secret’ Goes Public Three years ago several prominent members of the Riverdale...
Monday, June 01, 2015

"The behaviour of some of these people is what pushed me to the edge of my sanity, and to the edge of my faith. I was lied to, lied about, ignored, pacified, and profoundly betrayed. Not by sick, indecent men, but by people who thought they were doing the right thing...."

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Migdal Emunah An open letter to Rabonim and Askonim In the aftermath of what has been a very diffic...
Friday, May 29, 2015

They get to move across the country, start a new life, and are presented a plateful of new women. Women who have no idea. Congregations that have no idea. Even when you stare us down with gag orders and secret meeting or trials. These men still find our weakness....

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..."At first, I said no to his advances, but his wanting me felt so good , and I was so hungry. We lived in different states, but...
Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Statement on Sexual Abuse From The Chief Rabbi of the U.K.

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Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis - United Kingdom Statement on Sexual Abuse 26 May 2015 --- The conviction of a prominent member of...
Tuesday, May 26, 2015

"Like any democracy, Israel isn’t perfect, but its government and people need no lessons from Barack Obama about values or which policies best serve its long-term interests. Israel doesn’t need to be saved from itself, and anyone who thinks it should be has no respect for the Israeli people...."

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Obama on Israel: A Judgmental Friend and Its Open Enemies The Know-Nothing President Dons A Yarmulke & Lectures American Jews about Hi...