This is the Forward’s coverage of sexual violence, including harassment, rape, abuse, and other forms.
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Fast Forward Hasidic Sex Abuse Victims Advocate Hit With Bleach
A Hasidic rabbi who advocates for victims of sexual abuse in the ultra-Orthodox community was injured when a chemical was thrown in his face. Rabbi Nuchem Rosenberg on Tuesday was walking down the street in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, where he lives, when a man approached him from behind, tapped him on his shoulder…
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Fast Forward Former Jewish Leader in Sydney Charged With Sexually Assaulting Four Men
A former Jewish leader from Sydney will appear in court next month on charges of sexually assaulting four men. David Bitel, 60, a ex-member of the executive of the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies and a prominent attorney, was arrested last week and charged with seven offenses, including rape and indecent assault on…
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Fast Forward Jewish Principal Convicted of 75 Sex Abuse Counts
The principal of a private Jewish high school in Brooklyn was convicted of sexually abusing three boys over the course of a decade, authorities said. Emanuel Yegutkin, 33, the principal of Elite High School in the Bensonhurst section, was found guilty of 75 counts of sex abuse. He faces up to 25 years in prison…
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Fast Forward 4 Men at Sex Abuse Trial Arrested for Taking Photos
Four spectators at the trial of an ultra-Orthodox man accused of sexual abuse were arrested for taking photos of the accuser during her testimony. Jerry Schmetterer, a spokesman for the district attorney’s office, told the New York Times that court officers in the courtroom of State Supreme Court Judge John G. Ingram saw a man…
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Life Pregnancy After Rape Is A WHAT?
During the High Holidays, I wrote about the escalating number of politicians saying insulting things to women and then offering false apologies. But in the two months or so since then, the phenomenon hasn’t faded — in fact, it’s worsened. First, State Rep. Roger Rivard said some girls “rape so easy.” Then, Illinois Rep. Joe…
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Fast Forward Strauss-Kahn Plots Comeback After Sex Woes
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former IMF chief whose French presidential ambitions were shattered by a sex scandal last year, is making a comeback in business and at conferences. The 63-year-old Strauss-Kahn was accused of trying to rape a New York hotel maid in May 2011. He protested his innocence and criminal charges against him were dropped,…
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Fast Forward Moshe Katsav Asks for Pardon in Rape
Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav has filed a request for a presidential pardon. Katsav filed the request with the Justice Ministry. It will be forwarded to sitting President Shimon Peres. Katsav is currently serving a seven-year jail sentence for his conviction on two counts of rape and other sexual offenses. He entered prison in December….
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Life What’s Up With All the Rape Jokes?
Everybody’s talking about rape. From Daniel Tosh to Todd Akin, it’s all the rhetorical rage. While rape jokes may be more pervasive than ever these days, I think it’s fair to say that we’ve grown weary of arguments about rape humor — especially since the current political rhetoric regarding women’s bodies gives us something deeper…
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