The rabbi at the centre of a police investigation into an alleged historic sexual assault was accused of having “no boundaries” when “vulnerable people” were sent to him for advice, according to evidence given to an official government inquiry. A witness statement to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse said Rabbi Chaim Halpern, 64,…
The Brooklyn District Attorney’s office admits it made a serious mistake in an a case of alleged sex abuse case and the result: an accused pedophile can’t be prosecuted. The error was exposed after a woman, now in her 20s, spoke exclusively with the News 4 I-Team. “I feel victimized twice,” she said. The alleged…
Through weekly protests outside Israel’s parliament, Nehama Teena has demanded an investigation into a prominent rabbi she accuses of rape and sought to break the code of silence surrounding sexual assault in the Orthodox world. “I’m not asking that they take my word for it, only that they listen to me and stop preventing victims…
The Israel Police’s investigation of Rabbi Zvi Thau for alleged sexual assault and rape will be closed, KAN reported on Monday. The level of evidence necessary for passing the criminal threshold for committing sexual offenses was not found, according to the report.
A 21-year-old woman has branded an Orthodox rabbi “dangerous and sick”, claiming he used his position to groom and assault her. The woman says Rabbi Chaim Halpern, spent time and effort winning her and her family’s trust before allegedly assaulting her when she went to him for spiritual guidance. The head of the ultra orthodox…
London’s Metropolitan police are investigating sexual assault allegations against Rabbi Chaim Halpern, who leads the Divrei Chaim synagogue in Golders Green, The Jewish Chronicle revealed on Thursday. The 21-year-old woman who accused 64-year-old Halpern of sexual assault claimed that he touched her inappropriately and constantly called her to try to persuade her to have sex…
Several siblings have been expelled from a faith-based school in St Kilda because their parents refused to sign a memorandum of understanding that limited who they could talk to about the alleged sexual abuse of their children. The parents expressed concerns last month when the school proposed reintegrating a student who had been the subject…
An Israeli rabbi will be charged for sexually assaulting Israeli students when he was principle in a Moscow school, the police said on Monday. Rabbi Eliyahu Israeli from Beit Shemesh was arrested and remanded to custody for five days. The alleged offenses occurred during 2012-2015 and came after some of his victims shared their experiences…
Police said Sunday that Yaakov Tanami, a gym teacher from the West Bank settlement of Karnei Shomron, was suspected of sexually assaulting some of his students, children no older than 14. So far police have received five complaints about Tanami. At a remand hearing, the Petah Tikva Magistrate’s Court permitted the publication of Tanami’s name…
Further heart-rending, stomach-churning sexual harassment allegations emerged last week about Chaim Halpern, a Charedi rabbi from Golders Green. On Israeli television, a young woman courageously came forward with an alleged recording of Halpern’s advances and efforts at intimidation. Halpern maintains his innocence and says that the recording is someone impersonating him. It has been nearly…