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Fast Forward FBI investigating violent threats sent to Hillel leaders at Brown and Rhode Island School of Design
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Opinion ‘Small’ instances of antisemitism are a sign of how grave the problem is
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News How A Respected Jewish Educator Preyed On Children For A Half-Century
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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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