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News Yeshiva Rabbi Hershel Schachter Stirs Hornet’s Nest With Remarks ? Again
One of Yeshiva University?s leading rabbinic scholars is in trouble ? again ? after using a derogatory term to refer to African Americans and questioning whether child sex abuse allegations should be brought directly to police. Rabbi Hershel Schachter, regarded as one of America?s most influential Modern Orthodox rabbis, previously provoked ire for appearing to…
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News Yeshiva Staffers Back Easing Restrictions on Child Sex Abuse Claims
Two Yeshiva University staffers Friday urged passage of a bill that could potentially harm their own school, which is currently under scrutiny because of allegations it failed to address child sexual abuse over several decades at its high school affiliate. Professor Marci Hamilton and Rabbi Yosef Blau testified at a New York Assembly hearing in…
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News States Move to Extend Window on Child Sex Abuse Lawsuits; Was AIPAC Boring?
In this week’s Reporters Roundtable podcast, host Josh Nathan-Kazis is joined by Forward reporter Paul Berger to discuss New York may ease restrictions on lawsuits stemming from decades-old cases of child sex abuse and, if the law passes, how it might bring justice for victims at Yeshiva University. Then, Forward Washington correspondent Nathan Guttman reports…
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News New York May Ease Statute of Limitations for Decades-Old Child Sex Abuse Claims
Adults abused as children decades ago in New York could file civil lawsuits against their abusers and the institutions that employed them, if a national surge of legislative reform reaches Albany. Advocates for child sex abuse victims say that this year, the prospects look good for a bill that sank four times previously following strong…
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News Yeshiva U. Rabbi George Finkelstein Acted Inappropriately Even After Ouster
Rabbi George Finkelstein was quietly forced out of Yeshiva University High School for Boys in 1995 because of inappropriate wrestling with students that some of them considered abusive. But the Forward has learned that the wrestling did not stop after his departure from Y.U. It continued during Finkelstein’s next two posts, as dean of a…
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Life Tears for Anene Booysen
It is estimated that a woman born in my country, South Africa, has a greater chance of being raped than of learning how to read. Here, 144 women report rape to the police every day — that’s six cases reported every hour. These cold statistics from the Medical Research Council (MRC) tell us that a…
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Fast Forward Principal of Chabad Jewish School in Paris Failed to Report Abuse: Report
The principal of a Jewish school in Paris was indicted for failing to report the sexual abuse of minors. The television network RTL reported that a Paris magistrate indicted the principal, identified by RTL as Rabbi Benjamin M., 55, on Feb. 21 for “non-reporting of sexual abuse of minors under 15 years.” Victims’ parents told…
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Fast Forward Melbourne Sex Abuse Probes Spread to Sydney Jewish Community
Allegations of child sex abuse, rampant in Melbourne’s Jewish community, have spread to Sydney, with police mounting investigations into two individuals. Police in New South Wales state said at least one of the alleged perpetrators under investigation is believed to be a former employee of a religious institution associated with Chabad-Lubavitch. Neither of the men…
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