Abuse

Abuse

An alleged sexual abuser was listed as an instructor for an ethics class. Touro University says it was a ‘clerical error’

Menachem Kiwak was charged in May with sexually abusing a patient, and the school announced he was placed on leave.

Lakewood

Yeshiva teacher accused of grabbing a 10-year-old student by the neck and dragging him up stairs mulls deal

Prosecutor: Lakewood yeshiva abuse case must be free from “undue pressure or threats” from rabbis.

Haredi Life

She was trapped in an abusive marriage for 15 years

In this podcast, Fraidy Reiss recounts her time trapped in an abusive marriage and how she went on to found Unchained at Last to help other women in similar situations.

New Square

Woman accuses Skverer rabbi of preventing her from seeking justice after years of alleged sexual abuse by her neighbor

The woman alleges that the rabbi compelled her family to cease cooperation with the DA.

Lakewood

Satmar schoolteacher dragged 10-year-old boy up flight of stairs by the neck

Police said that Mendel Furst, a teacher at a Satmar yeshiva in Lakewood, left the boy with “scratches and bruising” before the boy fled home for safety.

Catskills

Haredi police officer rehired in Monticello despite admitting to sexual assault

“The message that’s being sent to people is that because people have political connections, they’re above the law,” the village’s former mayor told Shtetl.

Williamsburg

Report: Hasidic boy commits suicide after father prevented from attending bar mitzvah

The parents’ divorce had led to a four-year separation between the boy and his father. A heart-rending video circulating on social media purported to show the father sobbing heavily while delivering a eulogy at his son’s funeral

Courts

Lev Tahor Weingarten brothers convicted for role in 2018 kidnapping of two children

The U.S. government has now convicted all nine people involved in the scheme, through testimony of former Lev Tahor member Shimon Malka

Courts

Former student sues Oholei Torah, alleging child sexual abuse on school premises

The complaint adds to three lawsuits filed against Oholei Torah since 2019 that are currently pending in court

Courts

Chabad special ed teacher sued for child sexual abuse, banned from school premises

The teacher, who worked at Crown Heights yeshiva Darchai Menachem, has been accused of repeatedly abusing an 11-year-old boy in 2001

Crime

Man sentenced to decades in prison for attempted murder of Midwood rabbi

Matthew Karelefsky received 25 years to life for setting fire to the home of Rabbi Jonathan Max, a teacher at Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin

Courts

Key witness in kidnapping case describes horrors of Lev Tahor life

Shimon Malka, 24, fled the group in 2018, but later assisted in a kidnapping scheme organized by Lev Tahor leaders