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Breaking News Rabbis Say Reporting Child Sex Abuse Is Must for Ultra-Orthodox
More than 100 haredi Orthodox rabbis and teachers in the United States have signed a proclamation saying that Jewish law obligates all Jews to report suspected child sex abuse to the authorities. The proclamation, called a “kol koreh,” was released in recent days. It cites the statement in the Book of Leviticus – “Do not…
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Opinion Jared Fogle Facing Prison Rape? That’s Not Jewish Justice.
Jared Fogle, Subway pitchman turned child sex offender, will now be heading to jail for five to twelve years. It’s conventional wisdom that he, like other sex offenders, will be sexually assaulted while he’s there – and many people are happy to think so. A New York Post’s front page headline, for example, taunted him…
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Breaking News Donald Trump Aide Sorry for ‘No Marital Rape’ Claim
A key aide to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump apologized for asserting that a husband cannot be charged with raping his wife. Michael Cohen, special counsel at the Trump Organization, said he was provoked into misspeaking by an aggressive reporter. “I made an inarticulate comment – which I do not believe — and which I…
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Life More Revealtions Regarding Israeli Rabbis Accused of Sexual Abuse
Over the past week, two men heading religious institutions in Israel have been added to the notorious roster of suspected sex predators in the religious Jewish world. Rabbi Ezra Scheinberg was caught by police two weeks ago at Ben Gurion airport trying to avoid arrest on charges of rape, sexual harassment and indecent assault. Ten…
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The Schmooze Jewish Runaways Bassist Jackie Fox Reveals Rape Ordeal
In a new longform piece for , Jewish Runaways bassist Jackie Fox (nee Fuchs) reveals that she was brutally raped by producer Kim Fowley as Joan Jett and other band members looked on. Fox, who was 16 in 1975, describes a New Years Eve scene in which Fowley drugged her with quaaludes before taking her…
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Life Emma Sulkowicz and ‘The Hunting Ground’ of Campus Sexual Assault
In 2012, Amy Ziering’s documentary “The Invisible War” uncovered the epidemic of sexual assaults in the United States military, which earned her an Academy Award nomination. Earlier this year, Ziering along with longtime collaborator Kirby Dick released “The Hunting Ground,” a documentary that examines sexual assaults on college campuses. Through a series of stirring interviews…
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Life This Is Not About Emma Sulkowicz’s Rape — It Is About You
Late last week, Emma Sulkowicz, the recent Columbia graduate who spent her last year of college with her mattress strapped to her back, released a new rape-related performance piece to the public, titled “Ceci N’est Past Un Viol (This Is Not A Rape)”. Hosted on its own webpage, and existing entirely on the internet, the…
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The Schmooze Sarah Palin Defends Josh Duggar — by Slamming Lena Dunham
You just knew that Sarah Palin was going to defend Josh Duggar. But attacking Lena Dunham? Come on. The former Alaska governor and 2008 vice presidential candidate , angrily calling out the “radical liberals in the media” for “crucifying” Josh Duggar as a pedophile while letting Lena Dunham off scott-free. Bristol Palin also wrote a…
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