Asher Lovy is an abuse survivor and director of ZA’AKAH, which raises awareness about child sexual abuse in the Orthodox Jewish community, advocates for legislative reforms and operates a Shabbat and Yom Tov mental health peer-support hotline.
Asher Lovy
By Asher Lovy
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Opinion What will it take for Orthodox Judaism to hold sexual abusers accountable?
As other denominations attempt to address institutional sexual misconduct, Orthodox leadership remains notably absent
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Life The Child Victims Act Is About To Shake The Orthodox Jewish Establishment
It used to be that the hardest part of my job was talking to survivors — as director of community organizing for ZA’AKAH, an organization dedicated to advocating for survivors of child sexual abuse in the Orthodox Jewish community. They’d call me up, tell me their horrific stories of being abused by relatives, acquaintances, or…
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