Event draws crowd of 300, hearing from survivors of child sexual abuse and learning ways to prevent it. Three hundred people from the Jewish community in Pittsburgh gathered in Squirrel Hill’s Jewish Community Center this past Sunday in order to work together to battle child sexual abuse. The event was run by Jewish Community Watch […]
Republished from schoolcounselingbyheart.com When thinking about perpetrators of child sexual abuse, many people picture an image of a creepy stranger. Parents and schools generally do a pretty good job of teaching their kids about “stranger danger.” But this is not where most of the danger lies. The vast majority of sexual abusers are known to […]
CJN Reports: Stephen Joseph Schacter, a former teacher at two Toronto-area Jewish day schools, was re-arrested this week in connection with several new sexual offences. Schacter, 55, was charged with one count of gross indecency, one count of sexual interference, one count of sexual exploitation and two counts of sexual assault. Police say the charges date […]
Yankie Kaff, who was convicted and sentenced for course of sexual conduct against a child in the second degree, was released from prison last week. Under the law, a person is guilty of Course of Sexual Conduct Against a Child in the Second Degree when, over a period of time not less than three months […]
From the Jewish Week. Will the Jewish women who claim sexual abuse by their headmistress get to see her go to trial? Or will Malka Leifer become the next Avrohom Mondrowitz — another alleged abuser who won’t be extradited from Israel to stand trial. Mondrowitz, an American Orthodox rabbi, fled the U.S. in 1985 before […]
Canadian Jews News Reports The one-time director of Leo Baeck School in Toronto was arrested in California earlier this month on child pornography charges. David Prashker, 60, was charged Feb. 22 with possession and distribution of child pornography and attempting to destroy evidence. Prashker served as director of Leo Baeck School from 2004 to 2008, […]
At 1:12 AM on 2/24/16, JCW received the following update from the NYPD: “The person in the photo was cleared as a suspect. The female has stopped cooperating with the investigation.” If any further information becomes available we will post it here. VosIzNeias reports: Brooklyn, NY – An enhanced photograph released by the NYPD […]
By Curtis. Wildfong for the Holland Sentinel. The line differentiating a close, personal relationship between an adult and a child and one that is paving the way for potential abuse can be razor thin. At first, they can look the same; a special bond between the two. The child will confide with the adult, share […]
Dear God, It’s hard to feel and be in my life. I want to forget. I feel shattered. I feel broken. Today is my daughter’s sixth birthday. Six years of her having a safe, protective and loving environment. Six years of tender love from my husband and myself. Her voice was always heard, never crushed. […]
These letters were submitted by two sisters who were molested from a very young age over a period of more than three years by an adult, male cousin who would often stay in their home. These letters speak to the pain and suffering endured by these young girls, to the trauma that continues to haunt […]
To my dear brothers and sisters, to mothers, fathers, and any caregivers of young, precious, and innocent souls: I feel compelled to write about the vicious and cruel acts that were perpetrated against me. It’s hard to truly be honest about what he’s done to me, especially in a community that chooses sometimes to protect […]
By by UK Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis for the Jewish News. IT’S SEXUAL abuse and Sexual Violence Awareness Week across the UK – the first of its kind, aiming to generate a frank and necessary public conversation about a crime as old as the taboo that has, shamefully, protected it. It is a poor reflection […]
Ruth Krevsky, a courageous survivor of child sexual abuse, goes public at a JCW awareness event in Montreal Canada.
I am a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. That sentence sounds so official and intimidating as if it’s a diagnosis. As if that sentence is forever going to precede every action and every thought I ever have. And yes, once upon a time being a survivor was the most important thing I ever had to […]
NEW YORK STATE POLICE Major Joseph A. Tripodo, Troop F Commander Pomona Resident Arrested For Sexual Abuse Of Child On January 26, 2016 the New York State Police in Haverstraw arrested YEHOSHUA NACHISON, age 32, of Pomona for subjecting a female child to sexual contact. Nachison inappropriately fondled the child while she was visiting his residence […]
Jewish News reports: Israeli judges are being urged to kickstart proceedings to extradite alleged sexual abuser Malka Leifer to Australia by setting up a courtroom in her home. Australian authorities are attempting to bring the former head teacher of the Adass Israel School back to the country to face charges of assaulting a number of […]
JC Reports Todros Grynhaus, a “dangerous and manipulative” former teacher who abused two teenage girls has had his appeal against his prison sentence thrown out. Todros Grynhaus, a rabbi’s son and prominent member of the Charedi community in Salford, was jailed for 13 year and two months at Manchester Crown Court last July. He challenged […]
Rabbi Aryeh Goodman, former director of Chai Central Hebrew School in East Brunswick, New Jeresey, was sent to serve his sentence for indecent assault today at the Pike County Correctional Facility in Lords Valley, Pennsylvania. Goodman, 33, was convicted in October 2015 on two counts of indecent assault of a child under the age of […]
Menachem Tewel, 32, commonly known as Mendel Tevel, was released from prison today on good behavior after serving less than seven months of a one year sentence. Tevel was arrested in Beverly Hills, Calif. and extradited to Brooklyn, New York in October 2013 after a warrant was issued for his arrest for several counts of […]
Rabbi Avraham Shemesh, a teacher in a Haredi school in Ashdod, allegedly fondled 13- and 14-year-old boys’ genitals. Haaretz.com Reports: The Southern District Prosecutor’s Office served an indictment on Monday in the Be’er Sheva District Court against Rabbi Avraham Shemesh, a teacher in an ultra-Orthodox school in Ashdod, for committing indecent acts against three of […]
Op-Ed republished from GoodTherapy.com If the title of this article threw you off a bit, it’s OK—I understand why it would. After all, forgiveness is quite the hot topic. Religious leaders, spiritual gurus, and even some mental health professionals emphasize the importance of forgiveness as a part of finding true happiness and freedom. I get where they are coming […]
Director and actress Noa Maiman was repeatedly sexually abused as a youth. Now, her online series – ‘Toolkit for Rape Recovery’ – offers advice to those who have suffered through similar experiences. Haarezt.com reports: Casually dressed, with no obvious makeup or styling, Noa Maiman looks straight into the camera. Her eyes sad, her tone soft […]
Haaretz.com reports: This story can also be told from the end, starting with the leadership of Gush Katif at the time when children were being abused sexually. Those who knew, papered over the cracks and remained silent. Some of them still hold public positions in the communities of the evacuees. Gush Katif was a bloc […]
Victims complain that court unable to advance proceedings against Malka Leifer, wanted for 74 counts of indecent acts and abuse at Jewish school, because of psychotic episodes Times of Israel reports. For more than a year, the State Attorney’s Office has been trying without success to extradite an ultra-Orthodox woman who is wanted in Australia […]
250 people attend gala in Miami to affirm their commitment to Jewish Community Watch’s future. The survivors of child sexual abuse who receive countless support and assistance from JCW often refer to it as a family, one in which a special unspeakable bond is shared. On that note, Sunday night’s Gala at the Rok Family […]
