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Israeli emergency services group founder accused of sexual abuse dies a year after suicide attempt

Yehuda Meshi-Zahav, the founder of Zaka, had been hospitalized since the suicide attempt last year amid rape and assault allegations against him.

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Frustrated by haredi leaders, Orthodox activists push for stronger response to sexual abuse

“There’s a dissonance between how people are responding in their homes and the way the institutions are responding,” Keats-Jaskoll said.

Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi David Lau, left, and other rabbis attend a Torah scroll completion ceremony in Jerusalem, Israel on June 15, 2015. (Eli Segal)

After attending shiva of accused abuser Chaim Walder, Israel’s chief rabbi calls for victims of abuse to come forward

“There is an obligation to complain to the authorities in charge of these issues, and not hide it,” Lau said in a statement.

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The Orthodox community rose up against accused abuser Chaim Walder. That needs to become the norm.

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Backlash mounts against Orthodox children’s book author accused of abusing minors, surprising many

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In our season of reckoning, what to remember when abuse stories break in Jewish communities

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West Bank man indicted in sexual abuse of 45 underage girls

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Jeffrey Epstein arrested on new sex-trafficking charges

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The Catholic Church has finally gotten serious about handling sexual abuse. Here’s what Jewish institutions could learn from the process.

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Jewish British fashion mogul accused in Parliament of sexual harassment

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