Hillel International said late Thursday that it was suspending the upcoming campus tour of prominent Israeli journalist Ari Shavit amid accusations of sexual assault by an American-Jewish reporter.
In an unprecedented step, the chief rabbinate has in effect defrocked an ordained rabbi serving in a municipally paid position in a northern city for sexual misconduct.
A Jewish-American journalist says she was sexually assaulted by a prominent Israeli journalist while she was interviewing him in the lobby of a U.S. hotel.
A former Kabbalah Centre International student testified Wednesday that her negative experiences with the Jewish school of thought has prompted her to shun religion, distrust the clergy and install extensive security in her home to protect herself.
A prominent Orthodox Jewish school in Brooklyn agreed to pay an unprecedented $2.1 million to two former students who charged their teacher accused serial molester Rabbi Joel Kolko of sexually assaulting them.
Rabbi Eliezer Berland appealed to the two chief rabbis of Israel in a letter today requesting that they arrange for his release.
Brig. Gen. Ofek Buchris maintained his innocence as he appeared in a Tel Aviv military court on Thursday, at the start of a trial in which he is accused of committing 16 sexual offenses against two women, including three counts of rape.