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The Baltimore Jewish Times has broken stories about Orthodox sex abuse and once was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. It has been the seat of high-profile editors such as Gary Rosenblatt and Phil Jacobs, now of The New York Jewish Week and Washington Jewish Week, respectively, and at its height published 200-page issues. But…
On his Facebook page, Matthew Seidler, Airman 1st Class, posted the lyrics to one of his favorite tunes, “Opportunity” by Australian singer Pete Murray. “Your coffee’s warm but your milk is sour / Life is short but you’re here to flower,” the lyrics state. “Dream yourself along another day / Never miss opportunity.” Those were…
A courtroom sketch from Yisroel Shapiro’s trial on charges of sexual molestation. Courtesy of Bennett-Robbins Productions. A handshake was all it took to set Scott Rosenfelt, an accomplished filmmaker, on a journey to break the wall of secrecy protecting child sex abusers in the Orthodox Jewish community. The way Rosenfelt tells it, a friend, Phil…
