This is the Forward’s coverage of sexual violence, including harassment, rape, abuse, and other forms.
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Life Israeli Women Should Keep Sexual Assault on the Agenda
It is that time of year again. February is almost halfway over. The year, which was new not so long ago, is already in its second month. December’s stock-taking – if you go in for that sort of thing – seems like a distant memory. Our resolutions probably didn’t become manifest. We probably didn’t become…
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Opinion Let’s Reform Sex Abuse Laws To Offer Justice — Not Protect Predators
No matter what happens at the Oscars, the very best film of 2015 was “Spotlight,” the improbable drama of how a team of newspaper reporters painstakingly revealed an institutional cover-up of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. The film’s excellence lay not only in its superb acting and storytelling, but in the way it…
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Life When Israel Classifies Rape As Terror — and Not
It isn’t making headlines around the world like it was back in October, but Israelis and Palestinians continue to ride their “latest wave of violence.” Only this week, a Palestinian into a bus stop in Jerusalem, wounding more than 10 people, including an infant, and was shot dead by security forces. Over the weekend, clashes…
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Opinion Stop Asking If James Deen Was a Feminist — Ask If He’s Guilty
It’s been only a few days since James Deen — a man formerly referred to as a variation of the boy-next-door, nice-Jewish-boy, and even “feminist hero” of pornography — was accused of sexually assaulting several women, including his ex-girlfriend. The Internet can’t seem to get enough of Deen, even (especially?) when he has been accused…
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The Schmooze 2 More Porn Stars Accuse James Deen of Sexual Assault
On Saturday, adult actress and writer Stoya took to Twitter to . “That thing where you log in to the internet for a second and see people idolizing the guy who raped you as a feminist,” she wrote. “That thing sucks.” The allegations sparked a Twitter firestorm, causing two more adult film stars to come…
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Fast Forward Chicago Rabbi Convicted in Sukkot Sex Assault on 15-Year-Old Boy
A Chicago rabbi was found guilty of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy. Rabbi Aryeh “Larry” Dudovitz assaulted the boy when he was supposed to be counseling the teenager for questioning his Orthodox Jewish faith, Cook County Judge Evelyn Clay ruled Monday in the bench trial, the Chicago Tribune reported. Dudovitz, 48, the married father of…
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Forward 50 2015 Emma Sulkowicz
When Columbia University dismissed her sexual assault complaint, Emma Sulkowicz came back to campus carrying a mattress like the one on which she said she was raped by a fellow student — and never left it behind. The image of a young woman carrying her mattress quickly became the new symbol of the national movement…
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Fast Forward Australia Jewish School Board Faces Probe for Letting ‘Sex Abuse’ Headmistress Flee
Melbourne police are considering opening a criminal investigation into board members of a Jewish day school who helped a former headmaster flee to Israel ahead of allegations of child sexual abuse. Malka Leifer, the former principal of Melbourne’s Adass Israel School fled Australia in 2008 ahead of allegations of sexual assault on eight girls at…
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