2,303 posts categorized "Pedophilia & Related Crimes"

December 31, 2007: GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL: Mondrowitz was "Protected" by Ger Hasidim, Found "Refuge" in Ger Community
Comments: 31 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
These are excerpts from the latest Mondrowitz court appearance: Moaz [Mondrowitz's lawyer]: In addition to the electronic bracelet, there is Meir Zilberstein, the main rabbi of the Ger hasidim in Jerusalem. In tow with him is Yaakov Kaminsky, [Rabbi Zilberstein's...

December 28, 2007: BREAKING! Government of Israel Claims Rabbis Told Mondrowitz To Flee US To Israel
Comments: 12 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
UPDATED and REPOSTED from 12-27-07: The Government of Israel appears to be admitting that haredi rabbis in the mid-1980s told Avrohom Mondrowitz to flee indictment in the US for the safety of Israel. Modrowitz did so and lived openly, freely...

December 28, 2007: Rabbi Avi Shafran: Blogs "Evil," "Infested," "Close on the Heels of the Swindlers and Pornographers"
Comments: 66 | Categories: Blogs , Haredim , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
As you read this, remember Rabbi Avi Shafran works for Agudath Israel of America, and some of the most damning alleged incidents of rabbi-on-boy sexual abuse took place at their boys camp and under their watch. Also remember bloggers exposed...

December 26, 2007: Girls Expelled From Religious School For Exposing Rabbi Who Sexually Abused Them
Comments: 33 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Israel , MO & Chardal , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
Ha'aretz and Channel 10 are reporting that two Orthodox sisters were expelled from their high school four months ago. Why? Because two years ago, these girls pressed charges against a rabbi who sexually abused them. The rabbi was convicted. The...

December 25, 2007: MONDROWITZ: לשמור על הסוד– הרב י', שנפגע על ידי מונדרוביץ בעצמו, סבור שאין לחשוף התעללות בילדים בפומבי
Comments: 13 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
If you can translate this, please do. Leave the translation as a comment to this post. Thanks! Ha'aretz reports: לשמור על הסוד הרב י', שנפגע על ידי מונדרוביץ בעצמו, סבור שאין לחשוף התעללות בילדים בפומבי הרב י', בן 39, מנתב...

December 23, 2007: Marvin Schick and Sexual Abuse, continued…
Comments: 18 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
Marvin Schick has done another despicable thing. To those who follow Schick's writings, this is not surprising. Schick has spent much of his adult life covering for haredim. When Hella Winston's book Unchosen was published, Schick wrote a libelous review....

December 15, 2007: Men's Mikvas Health Hazards, Hatzalah Says
Comments: 4 | Categories: Haredim , Israel , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
The Jerusalem Post reports: Dozens of men's mikvaot (ritual baths) across the nation are a potential health hazard due to poor accessibility, United Hatzalah of Israel, the haredi rapid-response first aid organization, has warned "If, God forbid, there is a...

December 12, 2007: Speaking Truth to Power
Comments: 2 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
…I cannot understand why members of our community are not willing to report the criminals who are selling drugs to our kids directly to the police. This is, in my opinion, a misplaced application of the concept of mesirah. Ten...

December 11, 2007: MONDROWITZ – Should Parents be Let Off The Hook?
Comments: 36 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
Michael Lesher, attorney for several victims of Avrohom Mondrowitz, and Amy Neustein, an activist on behalf of those victims for many years, have a letter in the Jewish Press. Other activist who have worked long and hard on the Mondrowitz...

December 7, 2007: MONDROWITZ NEWS
Comments: 8 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
Wednesday, December 12 is the scheduled court date for Avrohom Mondrowitz. To be decided is if Mondrowitz will remain incarcerated, if he will be given house arrest or if he will be released entirely. The extradition itself will be decided...

December 5, 2007: Alleged Baltimore Pedophile Arrested
Comments: 9 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
One of the (apparently many) alleged child sex abusers in Baltimore's Orthodox community has been arrested by police. Phil Jacobs of the Baltimore Jewish Times reports: Yisroel Shapiro has been arrested and charged with two counts of sexual offense in...

December 4, 2007: Dov Hikind Seeks Mondrowitz Victims
Comments: 15 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
As first noted on UOJ's blog, Dov Hikind is looking for victims of Avrohom Momdrowitz willing to go on air with Dov on his radio show. Dov Hikind promises to respect victims need for anonymity and confidentiality. Please contact:Charnie at...

December 4, 2007: Satmar From The Inside Out
Comments: 22 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Pedophilia & Related Crimes , Religion, Religion & State
New Voices profiles a Satmar hasid, "Sam," who left Williamsburg at age 19 and, after much hard work and a lot of help from Footsteps, is now a college student in the New York City area. Here's a bit about...

November 30, 2007: THE HIGH PRICE OF INACTION – MONDROWITZ PART 2, ENGLISH
Comments: 5 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
Ha'aretz fixed the codong error that was truncating the second half of Aviva Lori's report on Avrohom Mondrowitz. It opens with a survivor who planned to murder Mondrowitz but couldn't find him alone. It goes on to discuss two brothers...

November 30, 2007: MONDROWITZ COVERAGE ON MSN ISRAEL
Comments: 15 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
?החסיד הפדופיל יוסגר לארה"ב פרקליטות המדינה פנתה לבית המשפט במטרה להסגיר את החסיד אברהם מונדרוביץ' לארה"ב. מונדרוביץ' הואשם בארה"ב בעשרות מקרי אונס של ילדים לאחר שהתחזה לפסיכולוג יוסגר לארה"ב? (צילום: AP) 30/11/07 07:04 מאת: קטי רון המחלקה לעניינים בינלאומיים בפרקליטות...

November 29, 2007: MINISTRY OF JUSTICE ASKS COURT FOR MONDROWITZ EXTRADITION – WANTS MONDROWITZ KEPT IN JAIL
Comments: 5 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
משרד המשפטים לשכת הדובר ירושלים: ‏י"ט כסלו, תשס"ח ‏29 נובמבר, 2007 7488 אל: תא כתבי המשפט הודעה לעיתונות עתירה לבית המשפט המחוזי בי-ם להכריז על אברהם מונדרוביץ' כבר-הסגרה לארה"ב המחלקה לעניינים בינלאומיים בפרקליטות המדינה עתרה אתמול לבית המשפט המחוזי בירושלים...

November 29, 2007: HA'ARETZ MONDROWITZ EXPOSE PART 2 NOW ONLINE IN HEBREW
Comments: 2 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
תיכננתי לרצוח את מונדרוביץ מאת אביבה לורי | צילום: דניאל כהן מאז שהתפרסמה כאן הכתבה על הפדופיל מברוקלין, הצטברו עדויות נוספות על מעלליו. ט', 38, טוען שרקם תוכנית להתנקש בחייו של אברהם מונדרוביץ; משפחתו של קורבן אחר, שהתאבד, מדברת לראשונה....

November 28, 2007: The Place of Sex Offenders in Orthodox Judaism
Comments: 10 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
Chief Doofis comments: If organized Orthodoxy took a piece of garbage like [Rabbi Yehuda Kolko] and excoriated him with any of the passion that they treat decent people, who argue PHILOSOPHICALLY with them, they would truly gain credibility. Banning Rabbi...

November 27, 2007: Interesting News …
Comments: 1 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
… In Ha'aretz this weekend, barring any major developments in the Annapolis Talks, etc. Watch for it.

November 27, 2007: Why Was Mondrowitz Not Arrested Sooner?
Comments: 5 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
According to this United States Department of Justice (US DOJ) manual, extradition from a foreign country involves four basic steps: contacting the Office of International Affairs; making a preliminary determination of extraditability; deciding whether to ask for provisional arrest; and...

November 27, 2007: Blogs Against Shafran
Comments: 20 | Categories: Blogs , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
Two major Orthodox blogs have come out against Agudath Israel of America's spokesman, Rabbi Avi Shafran's handling of rabbi-on-child sex abuse allegations: Rabbi Gil Student writes: …While the many accusations about abusers may or may not imply something about the...

November 27, 2007: Earth to Haredi Leadership
Comments: 14 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
Ha'aretz reports:: Jerusalem police on Sunday arrested a Haredi youth on suspicion of sexually assaulting his sisters and his younger brother repeatedly over the past five years. During his questioning, the youth admitted to assaulting a number of neighborhood youths...

November 26, 2007: Rabbi Avi Shafran, Agudath Israel of America and Rabbi-on-Child Sexual Abuse, Part 2
Comments: 5 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
Rabbi Avi Shafran writes: …Last year, an article appeared in New York magazine that told the tawdry tale of an alleged serial Orthodox child abuser. The New York writer did more than salaciously detail an alleged victim’s accusations. He went...

November 26, 2007: MONDROWITZ EXTRADITION REQUEST SAT AT US DOJ FOR 7 MONTHS – DELAY CALLED HIGHLY UNUSUAL
Comments: 14 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
Early coverage of the pending extradition of Avrohom Mondrowitz noted that the Brooklyn DA asked the US Department of Justice for Mondrowitz's extradition immediately after the new treaty between Israel and the US went into effect in January 2007. Later,...

November 26, 2007: Rabbi Avi Shafran, Agudath Israel of America and Rabbi-on-Child Sexual Abuse
Comments: 16 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
Agudath Israel of America employs a spokesman, Rabbi Avi Shafran, who is eager to defend his community from perceived attack. Rabbi Shafran seems to believe haredim do wrong at a lower rate than non-haredim and non-Jews. Why? Because, Rabbi Shafran...

November 19, 2007: MONDROWITZ'S WIFE SPEAKS OUT
Comments: 76 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
The AP quotes Avrohom Mondrowitz's wife Raizel: "People can come up 25 years later and say all kinds of things about anybody. No one's had any complaints about him for the last 25 years. This is all old stuff," she...

November 18, 2007: CHILD PORN FOUND IN MONDROWITZ HOME
COURT RULING POSTED IN FULL HERE

Comments: 16 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
Here is Sunday's translated court ruling in full: HONORABLE JUSTICE SHIMON FEINBERG CASE No. 011944/07 THE STATE OF ISRAEL, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE GOVERNMENT VS. AVROHOM MONDROWITZ, RESPONDANT APPEARING BEFORE THE COURT: For the Plaintiff: Nili Gesser, Esq. and Marilyn Mazal-Hershkovitz...

November 18, 2007: Which Rabbis Covered For Mondrowitz?
Comments: 17 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
The JTA reports: …[A]ccording to a copy of the indictment, the charges against Mondrowitz included forced sodomy. As a result, claims Michael Lesher, a lawyer for several of Mondrowitz's alleged victims, Mondrowitz could have been extradited since 1988. A cable...

November 18, 2007: MONDROWITZ IN COURT
Comments: 9 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
Photo: Daniel Bar On. Mondrowitz appeared in court today. His remand was extended for 9 days. His attorney said the following to reporters: Mondrowitz's attorney, David Ofek, said he plans to appeal the court's decision to keep Mondrowitz in custody....

November 17, 2007: BREAKING: ISRAEL TRIES TO STALL MONDROWITZ EXTRADITION
Comments: 18 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
The AP via the International Herald Tribune reports: JERUSALEM: Israel has requested clarifications of a U.S. request for extradition of an Israeli man wanted in New York for allegedly sodomizing and sexually abusing several boys ages 9 to 15 more...

November 16, 2007: MONDROWITZ EXTRADITION HEARING SUNDAY
Comments: 8 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
The extradition hearing of the now-jailed haredi accused pedophile Avrohom Mondrowitz is scheduled for this Sunday. More news later.

November 16, 2007: MONDROWITZ ARRESTED; EXTRADITION TO FOLLOW
Comments: 8 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
Ha'aretz reports: Avrohom Mondrowitz, a Gur Hasid suspected of sexually abusing Haredi children in the United States, was arrested Friday morning pending extradition orders to the U.S. Mondrowitz fled the U.S. over 20 years and has been hiding in Israel...

November 16, 2007: Mondrowitz in New York Times
Comments: 1 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
The New York Times (finally) reports: Prosecutors in Brooklyn said yesterday they were pursuing the extradition of a man who fled to Israel more than 20 years ago after being accused of molesting young boys. The man, Avrohom Mondrowitz, 59,...

November 15, 2007: Mondrowitz In English
Comments: 8 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
The complete English-language version of the Ha'aretz piece on haredi pedophile Avrohom Mondrowitz is online. Here's one telling section: …At the beginning of the 1980s, when Mondrowitz was at the height of his glory, married and the father of seven...

November 15, 2007: Ha'aretz Exposé On Haredi Pedophile Avrohom Mondrowitz Online
Comments: 6 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
דתיים יוצאי ברוקלין שטופלו בילדותם אצל חסיד גור אברהם מונדרוביץ, טוענים שהאיש אנס אותם, ביצע בהם מעשים מגונים והתעלל בהם ובעשרות חבריהם שנשלחו אליו לטיפול. ערב מעצרו בארצות הברית, הוא נמלט לישראל, המשיך ללמד ילדים ולעסוק בפעילות פדופילית. עכשיו, כשהחלו...

November 12, 2007: Alleged Haredi Pedophile Stefan Colmer to be Extradited
Comments: 12 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
The NY Daily News reports: A suspected Brooklyn pedophile hiding from sex abuse charges in Israel will become the first American extradited to the U.S. under a revamped treaty, a Jerusalem court ruled Sunday. Stefan Colmer, 30, was indicted by...

November 2, 2007: New Documentary On Rabbi On Child Sexual Abuse In The Haredi Community
Comments: 7 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
I'm not sure when this will premier. I'll post that information as soon as I get it. [Hat Tip: Dr. Rofeh-Filosof.]

October 28, 2007: Only In Israel
Comments: 13 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Israel , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
A 10 year old boy is repeatedly raped. His assailant is arrested, tried, convicted and sentenced to jail. The boy's mother is afraid the rapist has HIV and wants the rapist tested. The rapist refuses to be tested and, under...

October 22, 2007: The Saga Of Rabbi Avrohom Mondrowitz, Ger Hasid and Accused Child Rapist, Continues
Comments: 22 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
The Jerusalem Post's Matthew Wagner has a new report on the Rabbi Avrohom Mondrowitz case. This is the story's first major coverage in Israel. Mondrowitz allegedly abused (anally raped, I'm told) children in Boro Park during the late 1970s and...

October 17, 2007: Orthodox Abuse Victims Hope Healing Begins With Rabbi's Extradition And Arrest
Comments: 8 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Israel , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
The New York Daily News has an article on the extradition of Rabbi Avrohom Mondrowitz, the Gerre hasid who allegedly raped dozens of young boys in Brooklyn during the 1970s and early 1980s. After being arrested and charged, Mondrowitz was...

October 11, 2007: Orthodox Doctor, Genealogist, Author Neil Rosenstein Indicted For Possession Of Child Porn
Comments: 43 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
Neil Rosenstein, the noted Orthodox Elizabeth, NJ surgeon, genealogist and author, has been arrested for possession of child pornography. 1010 WINS reports: …In a related story, a prominent Elizabeth surgeon and published author was arrested and charged with possession of...

October 11, 2007: Brooklyn DA Askes For Extradition Of Accused Child Rapist Rabbi Avrohom Mondrowitz
Comments: 3 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
UOJ has the NY Daily News article (not yet online). I'll write more on this development with Gerrer hasid and alleged child rapist when I'm able …

October 7, 2007: Girl Molested During Simhat Torah Celebrations At Chabad Of Sherman Oaks, CA
Comments: 21 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
The LA Times reports: Los Angeles police arrested a transient on suspicion of molesting a 7-year-old girl at a Chabad synagogue in Sherman Oaks, authorities said today. Officers were called to the temple in the 14900 block of Ventura Boulevard...

September 23, 2007: Agudath Israel's Jewish Observer On Child Sexual Abuse and Molestation
Comments: 28 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
The Jewish Observer, the PR organ of Agudath Israel of America, has piece this month from David Mandel of Ohel on child molestation and sexual abuse in the haredi community. Emblematic of Mandel's approach to this is issue is his...

September 20, 2007: Baltimore Jewish Times Editor Phil Jacobs Honored For Series On Rabbi Child Molestation
Comments: 7 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
"It goes on and on and on unless we stop it. I say to you without any apology, you don't have to be nice to stop this. You don't have to be politically-correct. Call the cops; do something." -- Baltimore...

September 15, 2007: Rabbi Yehuda Kolko Arrested Again
Comments: 11 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
Rabbi Yehuda Kolko has been arrested again. UOJ reported three weeks ago that Kolko had been indicted. He was. Kolko chose to surrender himself on Erev Rosh HaShana, while wearing a tallit and a black hat. His attorney complained about...

September 5, 2007: Boro Park Child Molester
Comments: 10 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
Chaptzem reports: According to sources that spend substantial time in the Shomer Shabbos minyan factory Shul in Boro-Park, Yechiel Brauner is still touching kids in places where nobody should. According to the sources, which are keeping a close eye on...

August 30, 2007: Abuse Allegations Against Rabbi Moshe Eisemann Made Public – Ner Israel Protects and "Keeps Eye On" Rabbi Who Fondles Young Boys
Comments: 56 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
The Baltimore Jewish Times Phil Jacobs reports the following. Material within square brackets is mine or is sufficiently expanded from Phil Jacobs' report to warrant notice: As pressure from Jewish blogs, primarily UOJ, in the summer of 2006 combined with...

August 24, 2007: Divided Court Rules Seduction Claims Against Rabbi Mordechai Tendler Are Barred by N.Y. Law, Woman He Allegedly Seduced To Appeal
Comments: 19 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
Law.com reports: A woman has no claims against a Rockland County, N.Y., rabbi who she alleges counseled her to have sex with him as a way of overcoming her problems in finding a husband, a divided Appellate Division, 1st Department,...

August 21, 2007: Rabbi Kolko Indicted For Child Sexual Abuse – Again?
Comments: 20 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Pedophilia & Related Crimes
UOJ is reporting that Rabbi Yehuda Kolko has been indicted again, this time Friday, August 17 in a Brooklyn court for molesting a 6-year-old boy in a Yeshiva Torah Temimah classroom three years ago. I don't have confirmation of the...

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