His latest accuser said Shavit behaved inappropriately when she was dating his daughter.
“I could feel all of these weighing on the back of my neck,” she wrote of the encounter. “I felt we both knew he was convinced that he is deserving.”
Holding a role as a celebrity expert is a privilege, not a right.
Shavit discussed his own privilege, self-reflection, and the harm that he caused.
An event featuring Ari Shavit, the Israeli author and columnist accused last year of sexual assault, has disappeared from the 92Y website.
By advertising sexual predator Ari Shavit as their keynote speaker, 92Y shows the Jewish boys’ club is still running the show.
The Ari Shavit scandal has brought up difficult memories for Shira Dicker. Can it open the door to revelations about other Jewish men perceived as mensches?
Jane Eisner considers how three men — Marc Gafni, Donald Trump and Ari Shavit — have responded to different accusations from women.
J Street is facing harsh criticism over its admission that it did not tell other Jewish groups about a 2014 incident in which a staff member accused Shavit of behaving inappropriately towards her.
The rhetoric of male privilege allows Ari Shavit to describe his own wandering eye as his having been “afflicted by blindness.” He and filmmaker Nate Parker both still have some serious self-examining to do.