MK Oren Hazan faced fresh allegations on Monday night when a Channel 10 report claimed the deputy Knesset speaker sexually harassed employees at the Flaysher Hotel bar in Tel Aviv, which he managed in 2011-2012.
MIAMI – A Miami-Dade County judge has granted bond for a Miami Beach substitute rabbi facing child molestation charges.
At least 44 members of a New York synagogue are calling for the resignation of their rabbi, whose custom of inviting young men to meet with him naked in a sauna has brought extensive media attention.
Nearly two years after his arrest in Beverly Hills on sexual abuse charges, Mendel Tevel was sentenced on June 8 in a Brooklyn court to one year in prison, a spokesperson with the Brooklyn district attorney’s office confirmed with the Jewish Journal.
NEW YORK — Rabbi Jonathan Rosenblatt asserted his innocence in his first public comment since the publication of a New York Times article about his habit of inviting young males to join him for naked heart-to-heart talks in the sauna.
The Hebrew University in Jerusalem is in turmoil in the wake of a report by the NGO “One of One”, which claims that 11 lecturers from the school performed lewd acts with female students, some of which amount to rape.
An increasing number of allegations of decades-long sexual misconduct against a prominent US rabbi have surfaced in recent months, as the local Jewish community continues to grapple with its response to his worrisome behavior.
Janet Karro is defending her husband, Rabbi Steve Karro, who is accused of molesting an 11-year-old girl.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – A substitute rabbi at a Miami Beach synagogue is facing charges after allegedly inappropriately touching an 11-year-old girl last month.
The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court has barred Rabbi Aharon Ramati from teaching girls and from managing any educational institution for at least 70 days. Ramati, the former head of the Be’er Miriam seminary in Jerusalem, is accused of operating the seminary like a “cult.” Former students claim they were unable to leave, and were encouraged to…