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The Schmooze Les Moonves — CBS Chief and Ben Gurion’s Great-Nephew — Accused of Sexual Misconduct
Leslie Moonves, the CEO of CBS, isn’t someone you’ll see in movie theaters or tabloids, but he is one of the biggest power brokers in Hollywood. The Hollywood Reporter has found that Moonves will be accused of sexual misconduct Friday afternoon in a reported piece in the New Yorker by celebrated investigative journalist Ronan Farrow….
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Opinion My Personal and Professional Reckoning With Steven Cohen’s #MeToo Moment
The news that the respected sociologist Steven M. Cohen had repeatedly sexually harassed numerous women in his field left me completely stunned. A professional colleague and personal friend for nearly a decade, he never struck me as the sort to take advantage of his gender or his stature, ever. But the preponderance of evidence in…
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News Predator Taught At Elite Jewish School A Decade Later Than First Reported
An educator convicted of molesting a child and accused of molesting at least three others worked at a Jewish school in New York for longer than the school initially reported, the Forward has learned. SAR Academy, a prestigious Modern Orthodox day school, sent a letter to parents in January stating that Stanley Rosenfeld was their…
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Fast Forward Several Women Accuse Leading Jewish Sociologist Of Sexual Misconduct
(JTA) — The leading Reform Jewish seminary has opened a Title IX investigation against Jewish sociologist Steven M. Cohen after several women accused him of sexual misconduct. The allegations, published Thursday in a wide-ranging investigative article by The New York Jewish Week, span decades and come from women who have worked with Cohen or associated…
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The Schmooze Bob Weinstein Steps down from Weinstein Company Board
The Weinstein Company is no longer affiliated with the Weinsteins. The Weinstein Company announced in a statement on Thursday that Bob Weinstein and 3 other board members will resign from their positions on the board on Friday. Despite Bob Weinstein’s feverish attempt to hold on to his prominent role at the studio he co-founded, the…
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The Schmooze Weinstein Denies Saying He Offered “Acting Jobs In Exchange For Sex”
In a purported exclusive interview with gossip columnist Taki Theodoracopulos of the conservative magazine The Spectator, Harvey Weinstein pled a personal case: “You were born rich and privileged and you were handsome. I was born poor, ugly, Jewish and had to fight all my life to get somewhere,” Theodoracopulos says Weinstein told him. “You got…
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Fast Forward Ari Shavit Calls New Accusation Against Him ‘Blood Libel’
Author and journalist Ari Shavit called new sexual assault accusations against him “blood libel” on Israeli army radio station Galatz on Monday. “This is a blood libel,” he told host Yael Dan in Hebrew. “Murder in cold blood, [the accuser] shed my blood and my daughter’s blood.” Shavit was responding to an account by an…
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News Stanley Rosenfeld, Accused Of Molesting Children At New York Jewish Schools, Is Alive
Stanley Rosenfeld, the educator accused of molesting boys at two elite Jewish private schools in New York City in the 1970s, is alive, the Forward has learned. Rosenfeld lives at an assisted living facility in Providence, Rhode Island. He is 84 years old. The Forward located Rosenfeld after reviewing records with Rhode Island’s Sex Offender…
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