Special Report: Sexual Molestation
Healing, Finally
September 18, 2009It was in May of 2006 when a group of about 20 trauma survivors met in a hot, stuffy room…
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Healing Service for Trauma Victims Scheduled
August 28, 2009“Listen, Believe, Respond—to those among us who have experienced the trauma of abuse as children, adolescents or adults.”
A unique…
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Dr. Joyanne Silberg, Tempest In The Temple
July 31, 2009At Sheppard Pratt Hospital and in her private practice, Dr. Joyanne Silberg counsels sexual abuse victims and has been called…
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Shul Breaks From Rabbi Max
July 01, 2009By a majority, the board of directors at Moses Montefiore Anshe Emunah (MMAE) Hebrew Congregation voted June 28 to discontinue,…
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Public Role For Rabbi Jacob A. Max Still Unknown
June 26, 2009It has been more than two months since Rabbi Jacob Aaron Max was convicted in Baltimore County District Court of…
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Rabbi Max Not To Appeal
May 13, 2009Rabbi Jacob Aaron Max, who was found guilty of sexual offense in the fourth degree and second-degree sexual assault April…
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Controversy Grows Over Rabbi Max Case
April 24, 2009Judy Flax-Gerstein called the April 13 conviction of Rabbi Jacob A. Max on fourth-degree sexual molestation charges “the greatest moment…
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Court Convicts Rabbi Jacob A. Max Of Molestation
April 13, 2009Rabbi Jacob Aaron Max, was found guilty Monday of sex offense in the fourth degree and second degree assault for…
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BJC To Fight Child Abuse
December 12, 2008The Baltimore Jewish Council has adopted an official policy on child abuse and neglect that supports legislation to limit the…
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Shapiro Found Guilty
March 10, 2008Former bar mitzvah lessons teacher Israel Shapiro was found guilty of child sexual molestation and given five years probation last…
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Analysis: Anti-Child Molestation Meeting Fails
February 29, 2008It was an evening of so much potential.
Over 500 people showed up on a freezing February Wednesday night.
A…
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Bill Will Extend Child Sex Abuse Civil Suits
February 18, 2008A bill to extend the statute of limitations in civil suits related to child sexual abuse is being considered in…
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Yisroel Shapiro Pleads ‘Not Guilty’
January 15, 2008“Not guilty.”
This was the plea entered into court record by Israel Shapiro before Judge John Miller Tuesday morning in…
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Rabbis Wrestle With Sexual Abuse
December 28, 2007Responding to general concern about reported incidents of alleged sexual abuse amongst the clergy –– in the Baltimore Jewish Times…
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Yisroel Shapiro Arrested
December 5, 2007Yisroel Shapiro has been arrested and charged with two counts of sexual offense in the third degree, sexual offense in…
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Women Molestation Survivors On Their Recovery
November 9, 2007Sometimes, people have strength and power unrealized. Five women and three clinicians sat together in a Pikesville office. It wasn’t…
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Ner Israel Rabbi Alleged Abuser
August 31, 2007The whispering got louder in the summer of 2006. Rabbi Moshe Eisemann, 71, a beloved longtime Ner Israel Rabbinical College…
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Alleged Molester Investigated Here
July 13, 2007Two alleged victims of sexual molestation by Yisroel Shapiro of Olympia Avenue in Baltimore City filed a complaint June 8…
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Treating The Molested
June 14, 2007Dr. Mesa Leventhal Baker lives a frum life, deeply committed to her faith, her family and her synagogue.
When one…
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Abuse in Our Community
May 21, 2007The following letter was mailed to the members of Baltimore’s Orthodox Community on April 11 from the Vaad Harabbonim, the…
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Area Rabbis Condemn Sexual Molestation
May 18, 2007Baltimore’s rabbis have spoken out. Both of the major rabbinic organizations have delivered strong messages in recent weeks on the…
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When Holiness Fails
May 4, 2007The following sermon was delivered by Rabbi Elan Adler on April 28, 2007 at Moses Montefiore Anshe Emunah Hebrew Congregation…
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Another Survivor’s Tale
April 25, 2007The JEWISH TIMES received a call on Wednesday, April 25, from a second woman who claimed she was molested by…
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It Wasn’t Just Boys
April 20, 2007Ellen Jane Dopkin was the only girl in her Agudas Achim Synagogue class.
She was post-bat mitzvah age, but her…
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Baltimore Confronts Sexual Abuse In Rabbinate
April 13, 2007Photographer Murray Levin has looked through his camera lenses countless times, capturing Jewish weddings, bar mitzvahs and other joyous events.…
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