Chicago rabbi arrested on sex abuse charges

Published on May 28, 2013

Chicago Rabbi Larry Dudovitz was arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy in 2006.

Preventing human trafficking: You can help. Here are some guidelines:

Published on May 15, 2013

Be aware. Trafficking victims are everywhere, and they often exhibit characteristics similar to victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse.

Yeshiva teacher admits to sexually abusing boy

Published on May 13, 2013

A former counselor at a summer camp run by a yeshiva in Lakewood, N.J., admitted three days into his trial to sexually abusing a boy.

Former JFS director of children and family services rejects report she shielded Australian abuser

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on April 17, 2013

When veteran social worker Debbie Fox’s name appeared in Australia’s Sydney Morning Herald on April 10, the story about her claimed she was doing the unthinkable: protecting a known abuser of children.

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.

Schachter, Y.U. dean, warns about reporting sex abuses cases

Published on March 15, 2013

Rabbi Hershel Schachter, a dean at Yeshiva University, has warned against reporting uncorroborated sex abuse allegations to police.

Rabbi who fled sex abuse allegations reportedly will return to Israel

Published on March 11, 2013

An Israeli rabbi who fled to the United States amid sexual abuse allegations reportedly will return to Israel.

Rabbi denies he knew of sexual abuse at Jewish school

Published on February 21, 2013

A man under investigation for allegedly sexually abusing boys at a Sydney Jewish day school told police that senior rabbis knew of his actions but failed to report them to authorities, a newspaper reported.

Rabbi Manis Friedman, who downplayed damage caused by sexual abuse, apologizes [VIDEO]

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on January 31, 2013

Brooklyn man charged in attack on rabbi who advocates for sex abuse victims

Published on December 13, 2012

A Brooklyn fishmonger was arrested for throwing a cup of bleach in the face of a Chasidic rabbi who advocates for victims of sexual abuse in the haredi Orthodox community.

Nechemya Weberman convicted on 59 counts of sexual abuse

Published on December 10, 2012

Nechemya Weberman, a member of the Satmar Chasidic community in Brooklyn who practiced therapy without a license, was found guilty on 59 counts of sexual abuse.

Craig Zobel’s ‘Compliance’ and the Holocaust-inspired Milgram Experiment [VIDEO]

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on August 15, 2012

Boys allegedly sexually abused at Orthodox Jewish summer camp

Published on August 14, 2012

New York State Police are investigating allegations of sexual abuse by a truck driver making a delivery to a Jewish camp, The New York Post reported.

Jerusalem police commander accused of sexually abusing 7 subordinates

Published on August 3, 2012

Seven female police officers have accused the commander of the Israel Police Jerusalem District of sexual misconduct, Israeli media reported.

SNAP: Catholic sex abuse cover-up continues

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on July 13, 2012

Prosecutors drop charges in Brooklyn sex abuse case

Published on June 27, 2012

Prosecutors dropped all charges against a group of men who were accused of sexually abusing a young Brooklyn haredi Orthodox woman for eight years.

Orthodox Jewish woman who claims abuse ostracized by own community

By JewishJournal
Published on June 11, 2012

The abuse went on for nearly three years before the schoolgirl told anyone that her spiritual adviser was molesting her while he was supposed to be mentoring her about her religion, authorities said.

Brooklyn man sentenced for sexually abusing haredi Orthodox children

Published on May 22, 2012

A Brooklyn man was sentenced to 20 years to life for sexually abusing children in his Orthodox Jewish community.

March 20, 2012

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on March 20, 2012

Former Boston-area rabbi refuses plea over sexual abuse charges

Published on December 15, 2011

A rabbi who taught at a Boston-area Jewish day school has refused a plea deal over sexual abuse charges.

Sydney rabbi resigns as council head over leaked e-mails

Published on August 1, 2011

A Sydney rabbi stepped aside from his high-profile post while he fights a report suggesting he supported covering up alleged cases of child molestation.

Investigation of sexual abuse at Jewish school points to jailed teacher

Published on June 22, 2011

Police are investigating allegations of sexual abuse at an Orthodox boys’ school in Melbourne by a former teacher currently jailed in the United States. David Kramer fled Australia for the United States after accusations he had sexually abused boys at Yeshivah College between 1989 and 1993.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews coming forward with abuse allegations

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on October 16, 2009

Elizabeth Smart testifies: man who raped her not close to God

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on October 1, 2009

Pat Robertson says ‘many made homosexuals because of a coach or a guidance counselor’

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on June 9, 2009

Sexual abuse plagues Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jewish community

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on May 6, 2009

Sexual abuse in Brooklyn’s Hasidic community

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on February 2, 2009

Grand jury investigating Cardinal Mahony

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on January 28, 2009

More L.A. parishes pony up for price of pedophile priests

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on May 25, 2008

Pope says pedophiles can’t be priests

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on April 15, 2008

NBA player discusses growing up with polygamists

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on April 10, 2008

CleanFlicks founder accused of sex with minor

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on January 30, 2008

LA Archdiocese sells headquarters

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on January 22, 2008

Cardinal Mahony assaulted because of clergy scandal

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on December 4, 2007

Double the lashings for gang-rape victim

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on November 19, 2007

Bishop: Parishioners should pay for pedophile priests

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on October 8, 2007

The transsexual minister and the president’s pick for America’s physician

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on September 9, 2007

Nuns on the run (sort of)

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on September 7, 2007

Accused pedophile allegedly faked his death

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on August 22, 2007

Dealing With Schmutz

By David Suissa
Published on August 16, 2007

This notion of blindness is a common theme in the life of Dennis Brown, a Chasidic Jew and professional counselor in his early 60s who runs the state-certified Ness Counseling Center in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood. Dennis deals with what he calls "the schmutz of life" on a daily basis -- physical and sexual abuse, drugs, marital and family problems, wife beating, pleated pants.

Paradise lost for LA Times religion reporter

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on July 25, 2007

Cardinal Mahony as the serpent and the mayor as Adam

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on July 23, 2007

LA Archdiocese to sell headquarters

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on July 19, 2007

Cardinal Mahony on Line 1

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on July 16, 2007

LA Church to pay big for its pedophile priests *

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on July 14, 2007

Rudy’s priest: the accused pedophile

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on June 23, 2007

Jesuits to pay $16 million for dirty hands

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on May 18, 2007

Sex abuse will spur archdiocese to sell headquarters

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on May 16, 2007

Abusive clergy; Bibi is a realist, not a racist; The ‘un-Jewish Journal’

Published on January 25, 2007

Letters to the Editor

Clergy sexual misconduct: What’s being done to rein in abuse?

By Eugene L. Meyer
Published on January 11, 2007

Even as the Catholic Church has been rocked by a massive pedophilia scandal in recent years, the Jewish community also has been buffeted by high-profile cases of sexual impropriety involving rabbis and other authority figures.How extensive is the problem of clergy sex abuse in the Jewish community? It depends on which criteria are used as a yardstick.

Awareness Center and other blogs draw praise and scorn

By Eugene L. Meyer
Published on January 11, 2007

There is no unabridged database of rabbinic sexual abusers. But there is the Awareness Center. It's not a physical place, but a Baltimore post office box, cellphone number and Web site.

Is molestation being swept underneath the Eruv?

By Eugene L. Meyer
Published on January 11, 2007

Within Jewish circles, much of the focus on sexual predators has centered on the Orthodox community, particularly its more ultra-religious precincts, where some contend that clergy sex abuse is more hidden -- and possibly more widespread -- than elsewhere. Whether or not those contentions are true, the problem in that community was spotlighted by two recent episodes in the fervently Orthodox, or haredi, community.

How one Boston synagogue met the challenge of the cantor’s sexual abuse

By Richard Greenberg
Published on January 11, 2007

As an attorney representing several victims of sexually predatory Catholic priests, Mark Itzkowitz has witnessed the church's pedophilia scandal from an almost too-close-for-comfort vantage point. Not long ago, Itzkowitz's life took a surreal turn when he found himself confronting clergy sexual abuse from a different perspective: The problem had come home to roost in his own synagogue.

Are Sex Abuse Guidelines Working?

By Joe Berkofsky
Published on June 17, 2004

A lengthy battle over how the Reform movement should handle a charge of sexual misconduct against a California rabbi is coming to a head.

Schools Adopt Guide to Block Sex Abuse

By Julie G Fax
Published on June 19, 2003

A national group representing more than 700 Orthodox day schools recently adopted sexual abuse prevention guidelines that were developed by a department of the Jewish Family Service (JFS) in Los Angeles.

Yomtov Pleads Guilty

By Wendy J. Madnick
Published on February 7, 2002

Teacher Mordechai Yomtov stood sobbing in his orange prison jumpsuit Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court as he pleaded guilty to two counts of committing continuous sexual abuse on a minor and one count of lewd act on a minor.

Summer of Shame

By Julie G Fax
Published on August 17, 2000

A lot of people have a lot of questions about the scandal involving the Orthodox Union and Rabbi Baruch Lanner.

Stopping the Violence

By Michael Aushenker
Published on March 23, 2000

It's no secret that Israelis experience many of the same social ills that Americans do. However, there has never been an official study to identify the breadth and nature of domestic abuse in the Jewish State... until now.