A 16-year-old girl was attacked by a young man while walking down the street in the Givat Shaul neighborhood of Jerusalem. Following her complaint, the police immediately opened an investigation and a 19-year-old male was arrested on suspicion of assaulting multiple minors and other women. The suspect was brought before Judge Oren Silverman in Jerusalem […]
I’m going to say what I’ve wanted to say for so long: I’ve wanted to say that he tore apart a beautiful healthy family. I’ve wanted to say that he is an abuser. I’ve wanted to say that being part of this community helped him and hurt his children. I’ve wanted to say that anyone […]
The courts have rejected the appeal of an Ultra-Orthodox Beit Shemesh man who was sentenced to 17 years in prison and a 120,000 NIS fine based on his confession of showing his minor step-daughter obscene films, installing a hidden camera in her personal space, placing high-dose medications in her food without her knowledge and additional […]
Submitted to JCW by a brave survivor of incest. — Mommy? Tatty? Can you see me? Can you see my pain? I know you feel like I have torn the family apart I know that my inability to ignore the past has made you face your limitations I know how hard it must be to […]
The Tel Aviv District Court convicted Peleg Rosani, 43, of Petah Tikva, of committing a series of assaults on underage girls in recent years. The police were only able to identify the assailant recently thanks to video footage that came to light. In Tishrei of 5778, the police received a report of a girl assaulted […]
Dear friends, If you look at me you will see a healthy-looking young man. You will see a successful person who’s married and has a family and business. You will perhaps even be jealous of me. However, if you look into my soul, you will see a dark, empty and cold cavity. It’s filled with […]
By a survivor JCW wasn’t around when I was growing up. I wish they were. I spent my childhood searching for someone to share my secret with. I had so many questions. What was happening to me did not feel right. I was afraid all of the time. I was in pain. There were bruises […]
Klein brings with her over 20 years of experience prosecuting violent crimes in Miami Dade county, and advising youth-serving organizations in the Orthodox Jewish community. After graduating from the Cardoza School of Law in 1995, Leah Klein began her career in the state attorney’s office in the eleventh judicial circuit of Miami Dade county. She […]
By Ora Barkai Most children grow up believing that most people are good. That love is good. But for so many, the new world they encounter is a silent torturous world fraught with shady individuals who exploit their innocence. Hungry wolves are waiting in the shadows to pounce on the young and tender lambs who […]
Last year, some JCW staff posted on social media about an upsetting and ironic situation at JCW, when a false report was filed to CPS about one of our staff members, in retaliation for our work on a very sensitive case. Almost a year later, we are sharing the second half of the very surprising […]
Yanki Kanievsky, a grandson and top assistant to leading Haredi Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, joined a party last week in honor of Yisrael Draiman who is serving a prison sentence for the horrific rape and abuse of young girls. Yisrael Draiman, of Beit Shemesh was recently convicted by an Israeli court of numerous sex crimes against […]
I’m sitting here on Chanukah night watching the small flames flickering on my menorah. The room is dark. The lights are off and the only thing lighting up the room are the small flames on the menorah. I’m on my couch depleted of all strength. I’m feeling dark and empty both physically and emotionally. My […]
