Chabad Refuses To Respond To Resignations Demand From Child Sex Abuse Victims

A Chabad Yeshivah Melbourne spokesman said the centre would not be responding to the victims' letter calling for resignations of Chabad's Board of Trustees and its Committee of Management.

Above: The late leader of international Chabad-Lubavitch, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson (d. 1994)

Yesterday, an open letter from 11 victims of child sex abuse at Chabad in Melbourne was posted online. It calls for the resignations of all members of Chabad's Yeshivah Centre's Board of Trustees and Committee of Management. Now the Guardian reports that Chabad is refusing to respond:

…A Yeshivah Melbourne spokesman said the centre would not be responding to the letter. “We will have an announcement about substantive initiatives in the coming days,” he said.

A spokesman for Yeshivah Sydney, Rabbi Eli Feldman, said a voluntary workshop on recognising and responding to child sexual abuse had been offered to members of the Rabbinical Council of NSW.

About 30 rabbis and their wives had attended the workshop, he said, including Rabbi Yosef Feldman, who resigned from his position as director of the Melbourne Yeshivah Centre after being widely criticised for evidence he gave to the royal commission.

 

Chabad Yeshivah Centre Melbourne Trustees and Management Committee Members:

Board of Trustees                                               

Mr Binyomin Althaus                                               
Mrs Nechama Bendet                                              
Rabbi Binyomin Cohen                                            
Mr Harry Cooper                                                       
Mr Michael Goldhirsch                                             
Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Groner                                        
Mr Samuel Gurewicz                                                
Rabbi Shimshon Jurkowicz
Rabbi Sholom Mendel Kluwgant
Mr Jeremy Lobenstein
Mr Chaim New
Mr Max New
Rabbi Laibel Raskin

Committee of Management

Mr Merv Adler
Mr Michael Goldhirsch
Mr Jeremy Loebenstein
Mr Chaim New
Mr Chaim Raitman
Mrs Sue Susskind
Mr Shlomo Werdiger

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