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]]>“Listen, Believe, Respond—to those among us who have experienced the trauma of abuse as children, adolescents or adults.” A unique service, coming just days before Rosh Hashanah, will bring hope, validation and healing to the survivors of domestic, sexual, physical, verbal and all forms of abuse. This community gathering is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 13, beginning 7:30 p.m.,… News - Special Reports, Sexual Molestation, News - Local, News - Home page 2009-08-27T19:00:27+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/sexual_molestation/dr._joyanne_silberg_tempest_in_the_temple/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/sexual_molestation/dr._joyanne_silberg_tempest_in_the_temple/#When:12:36:55Z
]]>At Sheppard Pratt Hospital and in her private practice, Dr. Joyanne Silberg counsels sexual abuse victims and has been called in as an expert witness at trials. So when asked to contribute a chapter for a book on child sex abuse in the Jewish community, Dr. Silberg immediately thought of her hometown. “Baltimore is a leader in beginning… News - Special Reports, Sexual Molestation, News - Local 2009-08-04T12:36:55+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/sexual_molestation/shul_breaks_from_rabbi_max/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/sexual_molestation/shul_breaks_from_rabbi_max/#When:13:40:12Z
]]>By a majority, the board of directors at Moses Montefiore Anshe Emunah (MMAE) Hebrew Congregation voted June 28 to discontinue, at least in the interim, the synagogue’s longtime relationship with its rabbi emeritus, Rabbi Jacob Aaron Max. On April 13, Rabbi Max, 85, was convicted in Baltimore County District Court of sexual offense in the fourth degree and… News - Special Reports, Sexual Molestation, News - Local, News - Home page 2009-07-09T13:40:12+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/sexual_molestation/public_role_for_rabbi_jacob_a._max_still_unknown/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/sexual_molestation/public_role_for_rabbi_jacob_a._max_still_unknown/#When:18:59:09Z
]]>It has been more than two months since Rabbi Jacob Aaron Max was convicted in Baltimore County District Court of sexual offense in the fourth degree and second-degree assault for the molestation of a former Sol Levinson & Bros. funeral home employee last December. But the rabbi’s role, stature and legacy in the local Jewish community, after more… News - Special Reports, Sexual Molestation, News - Local, News - Home page 2009-06-25T18:59:09+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/sexual_molestation/rabbi_max_not_to_appeal/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/sexual_molestation/rabbi_max_not_to_appeal/#When:15:10:16Z Rabbi Jacob Aaron Max, who was found guilty of sexual offense in the fourth degree and second-degree sexual assault April 13 in Baltimore County District Court, decided today not to appeal the verdict in Baltimore County Circuit Court. “We’ve decided for the sake of Rabbi Max and all the people involved in this allegation that we’d just like… News - Special Reports, Sexual Molestation, News - Local 2009-05-13T15:10:16+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/sexual_molestation/controversy_grows_over_rabbi_max_case/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/sexual_molestation/controversy_grows_over_rabbi_max_case/#When:19:00:27Z
]]>Judy Flax-Gerstein called the April 13 conviction of Rabbi Jacob A. Max on fourth-degree sexual molestation charges “the greatest moment of my life.” She alleges that she, too, was molested by Rabbi Max; the incident occurred 10 years ago when Ms. Flax-Gerstein worked in the Moses Montefiore Anshe Hebrew Congregation (Liberty Jewish Center) religious school office as a… News - Special Reports, Sexual Molestation, News - Local, News - Home page 2009-04-23T19:00:27+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/sexual_molestation/court_convicts_rabbi_jacob_a._max_of_molestation/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/sexual_molestation/court_convicts_rabbi_jacob_a._max_of_molestation/#When:19:02:31Z
]]>Rabbi Jacob Aaron Max, was found guilty Monday of sex offense in the fourth degree and second degree assault for the molestation of a former Sol Levinson & Bros. Funeral Home female employee in December 2008. The verdict given by Baltimore County District Court Judge Nancy Purpura resulted in one year of incarceration suspended and one year of… News - Special Reports, Sexual Molestation, News - Local, News - Home page 2009-04-16T19:02:31+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/sexual_molestation/bjc_to_fight_child_abuse/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/sexual_molestation/bjc_to_fight_child_abuse/#When:20:00:58Z The Baltimore Jewish Council has adopted an official policy on child abuse and neglect that supports legislation to limit the current broad exemption for clergy on reporting sexual and other child abuse, except in specific circumstances of confidentiality. “For those who commit sexual crimes against children, or protect those who do, there must be no sanctuary,” the resolution… News - Special Reports, Sexual Molestation, News - Local, News - Home page 2008-12-11T20:00:58+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/sexual_molestation/shapiro_found_guilty/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/sexual_molestation/shapiro_found_guilty/#When:17:03:00Z Former bar mitzvah lessons teacher Israel Shapiro was found guilty of child sexual molestation and given five years probation last Monday morning, March 10, in an Alford plea entered before Judge John P. Miller in Baltimore City Circuit Court. With an Alford plea, a defendant does not admit to a crime and asserts innocence, but admits that sufficient… News - Special Reports, Sexual Molestation, News - Local, News - Home page 2008-03-10T17:03:00+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/sexual_molestation/analysis_anti_child_molestation_meeting_fails/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/sexual_molestation/analysis_anti_child_molestation_meeting_fails/#When:20:00:00Z It was an evening of so much potential. Over 500 people showed up on a freezing February Wednesday night. A keynote expert in the field of child molestation prevention and counseling was featured. Every seat was taken. But there were no seats for forward thinking, action, real protection methods. The words “police,” “sex crimes unit,” “states attorney’s… News - Special Reports, Sexual Molestation 2008-02-28T20:00:00+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/sexual_molestation/bill_will_extend_child_sex_abuse_civil_suits/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/sexual_molestation/bill_will_extend_child_sex_abuse_civil_suits/#When:13:34:00Z A bill to extend the statute of limitations in civil suits related to child sexual abuse is being considered in the Maryland General Assembly. The bill was introduced by Del. Eric Bromwell (D-8h), of Baltimore County. It is based on a similar bill that was unsuccessfully introduced last year by Sen. James Brochin (D-42nd), also of Baltimore County.… News - Special Reports, Sexual Molestation 2008-02-18T13:34:00+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/sexual_molestation/yisroel_shapiro_pleads_not_guilty/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/sexual_molestation/yisroel_shapiro_pleads_not_guilty/#When:16:48:00Z “Not guilty.” This was the plea entered into court record by Israel Shapiro before Judge John Miller Tuesday morning in Baltimore City Circuit Court. Mr. Shapiro made his plea in response to charges of three counts of child sexual abuse, three counts of third degree sexual offense, three counts of fourth degree sex offenses and six counts of… News - Special Reports, Sexual Molestation, News - Local, News - Home page 2008-01-15T16:48:00+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/sexual_molestation/rabbis_wrestle_with_sexual_abuse/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/sexual_molestation/rabbis_wrestle_with_sexual_abuse/#When:20:00:00Z
]]>Responding to general concern about reported incidents of alleged sexual abuse amongst the clergy –– in the Baltimore Jewish Times and other publications in recent years –– the Shofar Coalition last week convened area rabbis to guide them in better working with sexual abuse survivors. “We want people to feel safe,” said Rabbi Elizabeth Bolton of Congregation Beth… News - Special Reports, Sexual Molestation, News - Local 2007-12-27T20:00:00+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/sexual_molestation/yisroel_shapiro_arrested/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/sexual_molestation/yisroel_shapiro_arrested/#When:17:00:00Z Yisroel Shapiro has been arrested and charged with two counts of sexual offense in the third degree, sexual offense in the fourth degree and battery. An arrest warrant was carried out by Baltimore City Police Department detectives at the request of the City State’s Attorney’s office. “Mr. Shapiro has been arrested and charged,” said Tammy Griffin-Lawman of the… News - Special Reports, Sexual Molestation, News - Local, News - Home page 2007-12-05T17:00:00+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/sexual_molestation/women_molestation_survivors_on_their_recovery/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/sexual_molestation/women_molestation_survivors_on_their_recovery/#When:21:44:00Z Sometimes, people have strength and power unrealized. Five women and three clinicians sat together in a Pikesville office. It wasn’t the walls, floor and ceiling, however, that gave the meeting room structure. It’s as if their will, their experience, their love and trust gave each individual woman the strength of rock, the ability to protect, the structure to… News - Special Reports, Sexual Molestation 2007-11-09T21:44:00+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/sexual_molestation/ner_israel_rabbi_alleged_abuser/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/sexual_molestation/ner_israel_rabbi_alleged_abuser/#When:21:10:00Z
]]>The whispering got louder in the summer of 2006. Rabbi Moshe Eisemann, 71, a beloved longtime Ner Israel Rabbinical College scholar, teacher and author, was associated with the words “alleged molester.” A Baltimore-area pulpit rabbi and Ner Israel colleague left Rabbi Eisemann off the invitation list to his daughter’s wedding, because of the uncertainty of it all. The… News - Special Reports, Sexual Molestation 2007-08-31T21:10:00+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/sexual_molestation/alleged_molester_investigated_here/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/sexual_molestation/alleged_molester_investigated_here/#When:21:39:00Z Two alleged victims of sexual molestation by Yisroel Shapiro of Olympia Avenue in Baltimore City filed a complaint June 8 with the Baltimore City Police Department’s Sex Offense Unit. The complaint triggered an investigation by the State’s Attorney’s Office. The Baltimore Jewish Times did not gain final confirmation of the timeline of the investigation until this week. Mr.… News - Special Reports, Sexual Molestation 2007-07-13T21:39:00+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/sexual_molestation/treating_the_molested/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/sexual_molestation/treating_the_molested/#When:21:36:00Z Dr. Mesa Leventhal Baker lives a frum life, deeply committed to her faith, her family and her synagogue. When one is next to this Upper Park Heights resident, she exudes positive energy. You find yourself with a quicker step and at times a long-lost smile on your face. Dr. Baker stays “up.” She wouldn’t call it a survival… News - Special Reports, Sexual Molestation 2007-06-14T21:36:00+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/sexual_molestation/abuse_in_our_community/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/sexual_molestation/abuse_in_our_community/#When:21:34:00Z The following letter was mailed to the members of Baltimore’s Orthodox Community on April 11 from the Vaad Harabbonim, the Rabbinical Council of Greater Baltimore. There is no subject more painful for us to discuss than the issue of sexual abuse within our community. Yet at this point we believe it is the subject most necessary to address.… News - Special Reports, Sexual Molestation 2007-05-21T21:34:00+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/sexual_molestation/area_rabbis_condemn_sexual_molestation/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/sexual_molestation/area_rabbis_condemn_sexual_molestation/#When:21:24:00Z
]]>Baltimore’s rabbis have spoken out. Both of the major rabbinic organizations have delivered strong messages in recent weeks on the issue of sexual abuse within the community. Indeed, the Vaad Harabbonim, the Rabbinical Council of Greater Baltimore, sent a letter signed by 23 of its rabbis to the Orthodox community, dated April 11. The Baltimore Board of Rabbis,… News - Special Reports, Sexual Molestation 2007-05-18T21:24:00+00:00