The Vizhnitz Hasidic court Pressured Victims Not to Cooperate With Police in Prominent Yeshiva Sexual Assault Case

The Vizhnitz Hasidic court, which is among the biggest and most powerful in Israel, expelled the head of its yeshiva in 2016 after he was suspected of sexual offenses against his students and amid concerns that the victims would file a complaint with the police. An investigation was later opened against the rabbi, Efraim Tessler,…

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