Rabbi Accused of Sex Crimes May Found Way To Avert Extradition From South Africa
A fugitive Israeli rabbi accused of several sexual offenses may have been granted citizenship by South Africa, stymieing extradition efforts.
A fugitive Israeli rabbi accused of several sexual offenses may have been granted citizenship by South Africa, stymieing extradition efforts.
TOMS RIVER – A former Orthodox Jewish camp counselor from Lakewood will remain in state prison after judges rejected his claims that he was coerced by his religious community to falsely admit he molested a youngster in his charge.
A man who was sexually assaulted by a West Rogers Park rabbi when he was a teenager told a Cook County judge Wednesday that his emotional pain has been so debilitating, his relationship with his family suffered and he cannot hold a full-time job.
Ashkelon Mayor Itamar Shimoni was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of rape and taking bribes.
Police Commissioner Roni Alsheich has told his anticorruption chief he can keep his job because no basis was found to further investigate claims of sexual harassment against him.
A Tel Aviv court’s decision Monday to sentence a convicted rapist to community service rather than jail has sparked a storm of protest among rape victims’ groups and a Facebook page calling for the resignation of one of the judges.
Marc Gafni, a Massachusetts-born former rabbi who has a been accused of a series of acts of sexual misconduct in the United States and Israel and who spent years living in Israel is remaking his life in California as a leader of a new American spiritual movement, the New York Times reported Sunday.
The Tel Aviv District Court sentenced a man convicted of rape and forcible indecent acts to six months of community service on Sunday.
פגעות התקיפה המינית במגזר הדתי והחרדי כבר לא צריכות להסתתר. את הבושה והשתיקה מחליפה בימים אלה יד מושטת מצד המנהיגות הבכירות ביותר של המגזר. אם תרצו, “הגברות הראשונות”: הרבנית ציפי לאו, אשת הרב הראשי לישראל – והרבנית יפה דרעי, רעייתו של ראש תנועת ש”ס. וכששתי פיגורות בסדר גודל כזה ניצבות בחזית הטיפול בנפגעות, זה אומר…
DetailsIsraeli Interior Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Silvan Shalom announced his resignation from public office on Sunday evening, following several allegations of sexual assault.