This is the Forward’s coverage of the #MeToo movement against sexual violence.
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News Ex-Camper Accuses Female Orthodox Counselor Of ‘Traumatic’ Sex Abuse
When Leah Sokolovsky was 15, she spent many Friday nights sleeping over at the home of the 20-year-old assistant head counselor of her ultra-Orthodox summer camp. The two had not been particularly close at camp. But during the school year that followed, the counselor, an ultra-Orthodox woman named Gittie Sheinkopf, cultivated Sokolovsky. Sokolovsky says Sheinkopf…
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Fast Forward Would Bill Clinton Have Apologized To Monica Lewinsky In The #MeToo Era?
With the rise of the #MeToo movement, former President Bill Clinton has received criticism for his affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinksy— but Clinton still defends his actions, NBC News reported. Asked if he ever considered privately apologizing to Lewinsky, Clinton told NBC, “No, I do not — I have never talked to…
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News Reform Rabbi Was Secretly Censured For Affair With Congregant
When a Reform rabbi resigned from his Durham, North Carolina synagogue recently, the synagogue’s lawyer said the problem was “sexual in nature.” Now the Forward has learned what those words meant. The rabbi had a yearlong, sexual relationship with a woman who regularly worshipped at the synagogue. The Reform movement’s rabbinical association had censured him…
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The Schmooze Sarah Silverman Feels Sorry For Louis C.K. And Others Called Out By #MeToo
In this troubling age of #MeToo, in the near-constant darkness of sexual abuse allegations, celebrities are struggling to find a way to reconcile their personal relationships with their fellow famous folk who have been accused of misbehavior. Sarah Silverman, a friend of Louis C.K. (who has been accused of masturbating in front of women without…
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Fast Forward Harvey Weinstein’s Wife Opens Up: ‘I Cry For My Children’
The estranged wife of producer Harvey Weinstein, designer Georgina Chapman, on Thursday broke her silence on accusations of sexual misconduct against him, saying they sickened her. Chapman, co-founder of the Marchesa fashion label, told Vogue magazine in her first interview since the scandal broke last October, “I lost ten pounds in five days. I couldn’t…
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The Schmooze MeToo Is ‘Collective Hysteria,’ Says Roman Polanski, Convicted Child Rapist
What is the biggest criticism of #MeToo, the social movement that has swept America since the Harvey Weinstein revelations in 2017, encouraging women to speak out about their experiences with sexual assault, harassment, and misconduct? Not enough due process. Of course, all of us would rather be tried by a judge and a jury than…
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The Schmooze Stress Of Getting Transgender Right Made ‘Transparent’ Star ‘Moody’: Tambor Denies Assault
Of all of the men who have been accused of sexual assault, harassment and misconduct in the public reckoning known as #MeToo, did Jeffrey Tambor escape most unharmed? Short of the President of the United States, it’s hard to think of a public figure with multiple accusations stacked against him whose career is still thriving….
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Opinion When Men Tell The #MeToo Story, They’re Always The Victims
We seem to have entered round two (or three or four) of #MeToo revelations. On Friday, the writer Zizi Clemons alleged via Tweet that Junot Diaz had forcibly kissed her. Last week, Tom Brokaw was accused of sexual misconduct. And New York Times editor Wendell Jamieson resigned amid accusations of misconduct made by three female…
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