A woman who brought a sexual misconduct suit against the former co-director of the Kabbalah Center, a spiritual group whose brand of Jewish mysticism has drawn many celebrity devotees, was awarded $177,500 in damages by a jury on Tuesday.
When Rabbi Bernard “Barry” Freundel, a nationally recognized authority in Jewish law, and the longstanding rabbi of Georgetown Synagogue-Kesher Israel Congregation was arrested in October 2014 on charges of voyeurism, the news made national headlines and generated two proposed class action suits.
The former Recorder of Redbridge, Judge Martyn Zeidman KC, has accepted an offer from the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations (UOHC) to lead an inquiry into allegations of improper sexual behaviour by Golders Green rabbi Chaim Halpern. The move comes after a controversial TV programme in Israel in November in which a 21-year-old London woman…
DetailsAn ultra-conservative one-time Brooklyn city council candidate — whose campaign slogan was “Our children are our future” — has been nabbed for possessing and sharing kiddie porn, prosecutors said Friday.
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.
Members of Australia’s Orthodox Jewish community who assist police investigating alleged child sexual abuse have been pressured to stay silent, secret tape recordings and emails obtained by Fairfax Media reveal.
Jewish porn star Joanna Angel said she feared for her safety during her six-year relationship with fellow porn actor James Deen.
ritish prosecutors said on Thursday an ageing member of the House of Lords would not face charges over serious allegations of historical sex abuse because he was too unwell.
Fashion designer Elie Tahari has been slapped with a $12 million lawsuit by a 32-year-old employee who claims that he sexually harassed her.
