Developing: Jewish Family Service denies Australian news report of ‘harboring’ pedophile

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on April 12, 2013

Former Jewish leader’s sex abuse charges rock Melbourne community

Published on March 19, 2013

Menachem (Manny) Waks was on a leadership training program in Israel in June 2011 when he made a decision that would radically change his life.

Baltimore Jewish day school teacher arrested on child abuse charges

Published on January 15, 2013

A physical education teacher at a Baltimore Jewish high school was arrested and charged with child abuse.

Ex-Penn State president Graham Spanier charged in Sandusky sex abuse case

Published on November 1, 2012

Former Pennsylvania State University President Graham Spanier was charged with perjury and obstruction as part of a "conspiracy of silence" in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal, Pennsylvania Attorney General Linda Kelly said on Thursday.

Preventing child abuse, a ‘totally Jewish’ value

Published on September 19, 2012

Wearing a tattered house robe and with a cigarette dangling from her hand, the pregnant woman in a low-income neighborhood opened the door.

SNAP: Catholic sex abuse cover-up continues

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on July 13, 2012

Abusive ‘rabbi’ convicted in Jerusalem

Published on November 30, 2010

A self-proclaimed rabbi who counseled his followers to commit horrific acts of child abuse was convicted of abusing several children who lived with him. Elior Chen was convicted Tuesday in Jerusalem District Court for abusing the eight children of the woman with whom he lived, a follower whose husband had given her over to the charismatic leader, according to reports. The conviction follows the sentencing of four of his followers to up to 20 years each in prison on similar charges.

COMMUNITY BRIEFS: Child Abuse, Christian University Jewish Program, Lee Baca

Published on April 16, 2009

In the last several months, reports from around the country have been confirming what child welfare experts feared: Economic hard times bring a drastic increase in child abuse and domestic violence. Newspapers nationally are reporting 30 percent to 50 percent increases in some regions of the country; in Los Angeles, both Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services and Jewish Family Service (JFS) report spikes in their clientele.

Indirect Victims

By Rachel Pomerance
Published on February 14, 2002

An alarming number of at-risk children are among the Jewish victims of Argentina's economic collapse.