This is the Forward’s coverage of the #MeToo movement against sexual violence.
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News Stanley Rosenfeld, Accused Of Molesting Children At New York Jewish Schools, Is Alive
Stanley Rosenfeld, the educator accused of molesting boys at two elite Jewish private schools in New York City in the 1970s, is alive, the Forward has learned. Rosenfeld lives at an assisted living facility in Providence, Rhode Island. He is 84 years old. The Forward located Rosenfeld after reviewing records with Rhode Island’s Sex Offender…
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The Schmooze Harvey Weinstein Is Now Working As A Paralegal…For His Own Lawyer
In a statement so nonsensical it almost works as a palindrome, on Monday morning Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer Benjamin Brafman told reporters at Weinstein’s arraignment that Weinstein is working as a paralegal for Brafman. Steven Zeitchik, a reporter for the Washington Post who is on the scene in the courtroom and has been live-tweeting the scene…
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The Schmooze Watching Seinfeld’s Netflix Show Feels Like Visiting Your Racist Grandpa
Jerry Seinfeld is as synonymous with American Jewish culture as a bagel and lox. He stands for successful acculturation without total assimilation. He is the spokesperson for contemporary Jewish comedy and is perhaps the most outwardly Jewish celebrity. He represents us. “Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee,” is exactly what the title describes — each brief…
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News A Predator Roamed Jewish Schools. Why Wasn’t He Stopped?
In the winter of 1970-71, when Michael Rabin was 12 years old, Stanley Rosenfeld invited him home for a sleepover. Rosenfeld, in his late thirties, was the beloved assistant principal of Westchester Day School in Mamaroneck, New York. He was known for having boys in the middle school over to spend the night; the invitation…
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Opinion Ari Shavit, Go Away and Don’t Come Back
It’s been eight months since dozens of accusations of sexual assault by Harvey Weinstein kicked off the #MeToo movement. As the dust begins to settle some men are coming forward, making clear that they feel it is just about time they were forgiven. Mario Batali, the chef who was accused of numerous counts of sexual…
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The Schmooze Andy Dick Groped Ivanka Trump In Forgotten ‘Kimmel’ Clip
Video footage from “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” in 2007 shows comedian Andy Dick rubbing Ivanka Trump’s legs and hair as Trump protests. Later in the episode, said Kimmel, the talkshow host and security guards forcibly removed Dick, who had also demanded a kiss from Trump on air. This video has resurfaced after the April incident in…
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The Schmooze ‘Glow’ Creators Wrote Weinstein-esque Sexual Harassment Plot Pre-#MeToo
In an episode in the second season of “Glow,” the Netflix show about 80’s-era women’s wrestling, protagonist Ruth (played by the lovely Jewish Allison Brie) plans to meet a powerful male executive for a business meeting but is tricked by a network of his associates and trapped in his bedroom, where he tries to make…
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The Schmooze Alec Baldwin To Seinfeld: #MeToo Makes Me Fear Touching My Wife
The Schmooze has a life to live — we want to pet cute dogs, read about Pete Davidson’s tattoos, find ways to use Jewish celebrity culture as a prism through which we can work to dismantle social structures — in short, we’re busy. But we have taken some time on this beautiful, sunny Friday, just…
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