It seems that the world proved the title for me on Facebook. I put that up as a status update and for the next day, people hashed it out, but the conclusion was what I originally wrote. Although people seek…
Tag: abuse
10 ways that the internet has changed the frum community
When the internet first started becoming popular, most of the frum community thought it was another fad that they could do without and force others to do without. You had to sign forms claiming that you didn’t have it in…
Don’t report frum sex abuse!
Some of you may say “what’s with all this abuse talk” or “we know abuse happens, what do you want me to do about it”. I’d love to jump on the “ignore it and it will go away bandwagon” but…
Rabbi Yaakov Horowitz needs to stop bashing Charedim
Rabbi Yaakov Horowitz is a one man show, he only cares about pushing his own agenda while trampling on our gedolei yisroel and talmidei chachumim. Have you noticed that the only one’s sharing his tweets, blog posts, and rallying cries,…
I may not have been sexually abused in yeshiva but…
There was plenty of abuse. There were (kenasim) fines, plenty of them, for coming late to shachris one too many times, forgetting to bring receipts from your mall visit to “prove” you weren’t at the movies, and the ever present…
Why are we always focusing on someones negative traits?
In honor of positive blogging week I’ve decided to write about being dan lehav z’chus, giving someone favorable judgement. Too many times do we jump to conclusions based on “news” stories, blogger fabricated lies, and a general willingness to jump…
Nechemya Weberman is guilty
Do I really need to add my two cents? I could probably talk all day about the deafening silence from the frum media and leaders, but instead I’ll just give the floor to Rabbi Fink who always seems to say…
Nechemya Weberman: Rapist or Victim?
I’ve been back to blogging for a week and my new goal of avoiding Jewish websites, blogs and news outlets almost worked.The Weberman trial, though, is too hard to ignore. If it was a white collar fraud case I would…
If I out my abuser, will I ever find a shidduch?
It’s a darned fine question posed by an anonymous letter on Crown Heights info and the answer is probably not. I say this in reality, because while all the comments on the site are being quite nice and saying things…
Shlugging Kapores
Last week I posted a list which included a pun that alluded to domestic violence. Comments from people who are machmir on humor during the month of Elul thought that domestic violence is not a good topic for satire. So…
Agudath Israel says to tell Rabbi – not police in cases of abuse
After a lot of hemming and hawing The Agudah (Agudath Israel) has finally come out and said it, they don’t want you going to the police should some form of abuse take place in the frum community. I and almost…
Hush – Book Review
My copy hasn’t come from the publisher yet, so here is Eliyahu Fink‘s review of Hush. This is a review of the book Hush by Eishes Chayil (pseudonym). I paid for the book and received no compensation for this review.…
Rabbi Leib Tropper – finally a frum scandal involving sex
For all of you who don’t keep up on your daily frum community gossip columns Rabbi Leib Tropper is involved in the latest scandal to hit the frum world. Unlike the countless other scandals involving so called “frum” people, this…
Should sexual abuse in the frum community be publicized?
There is nothing funny about a 9 year old girl getting molested by her supposedly ultra orthodox father, but its all over the news and quite controversial, and of course I like to have my finger on the pulse of…