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Opinion The way we fell for Johnny Depp spells trouble for Evan Rachel Wood
The public mockery of Amber Heard during the former couple’s trial was horrifying — and will hurt victims of both subtle and severe abuse.
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Fast Forward Camp Ramah director accused of mishandling sexual assault placed on leave
Camp Ramah in the Berkshires has been rocked by allegations leveled in a lawsuit from a former camper
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News Reform movement sends mixed messages in response to harassment report
The Union for Reform Judaism pledged this week to make improvements to the way it handles sexual harassment, but some members of the community say the announced changes do not go far enough. The URJ, the congregational arm of the largest Jewish denomination in North America, released an investigation in February detailing its past failures…
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Culture Woody Allen’s latest is playing in a New York theater — but is anybody going to see it? Anybody?
On Tuesday I opted to spend a gorgeous afternoon in New York City going to a movie. The movie was “Rifkin’s Festival,” Woody Allen’s latest and a film that presently has a 42% on Rotten Tomatoes with a 50% audience score. Given this tepid reception, I wondered who was going to see Allen’s film, which…
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News How a rabbi suspended for sexual misconduct can stay in the pulpit
Rabbi Jeremy Gerber acknowledged sexual transgressions. His synagogue decided to keep him.
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Culture Is ‘Rifkin’s Festival’ Woody Allen’s love letter to cinema — or something more cynical?
“Rifkin’s Festival,” Woody Allen’s 49th feature, has a marketing problem. I’m not really alluding to the obvious issues. Not the HBO series about the alleged – and denied by Allen – sexual abuse of his daughter Dylan Farrow (full disclosure, I was a talking head in said series). Or even something like the #MeToo press…
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Culture Alec Baldwin departs WNYC in defense of Woody Allen
After hosting his talk show “Here’s the Thing” on WNYC since 2011, actor and comedian Alec Baldwin is decamping to iHeartRadio — because of Woody Allen. The shift is Baldwin’s latest demonstration of loyalty to Allen, his longtime friend, whose directorial career has in recent years been overshadowed by allegations of sexual abuse by his…
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Culture Harvey Weinstein hit with 6 new assault charges in LA case
Harvey Weinstein was charged with six new counts of sexual assault on Friday following a Beverly Hills police investigation that concluded last month. The charges arise from accusations made by two women. One accused Weinstein of raping her at a hotel between September 2004 and 2005; the other claimed the producer raped her twice, in…
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