The Awareness Center In The News

The Awareness Center in the NEWS

The Awareness Center is closed.  We operated for fifteen years (April 30, 1999 - April 30, 2014).  The information on this site is being provide for educational and historical purposes only.

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Table of Contents:

2001

1. Sexual Abuse in Jewish Community - Jerusalem, Israel - Mens Stuff (10/01/2001)

2002

1. Schools Try To Prep For Sexual Abuse - Baltimore Jewish Times (12/06/2002)

2003

1. Rabbi's Odyssey Reflects Struggle on Sexual Abuse - Washington Post (02/02/2003)
2. Legislators reject bill requiring priests to break seal of Confession - Catholic Standard (03/06/2003)
3. Letter to the Editor: SNAP Supporter - The Journal (Webster University)  (03/31/2004)
4. Jewish Community Grapples With Sex Abuse - Newsday (05/23/2003)
5. Rabbi's visit canceled amid abuse allegations - Des Moines Register (11/14/2003)
6. More faith communities struggle with alleged child sexual abuse - Des Moines Register (11/14/2003)

2004

1. Orthodox Feminists Debate Future  - Baltimore Jewish Times (02/13/2004)
2. Web Site Tracks Sexual Abusers - New York Jewish Week (03/24/2004)
3. Facing A Mixed Legacy:  First Carlebach conference to grapple with issue of abuse head on; opposition to street naming - New York Jewish Week (09/08/2004)

2005

1. Trust and Teshuvah - Goldberg Memorial (03/2005)
2. Kudos For Courage - Baltimore Jewish Times (09/24/2005)
3. Fleeing The Scene  - Jerusalem Post  (06/16/2005)
4. Let survivors speak - Chicago Herald News  (06/22//2005)
5. Rape victims must be honored - Christian Science Monitor (06/22//2005)
6. Sex offender registries - Kansas City Star  (07/07/2005)
7. Combat sex offenders -  USA Today  (07/27/2005)
8. A friendly state for sex offenders? - Baltimore Sun  (08/05/2005)
9. Convicted abusers just tip of the iceberg - Baltimore Sun  (08/25/2005)
10. Sexual Assault - Baltimore Jewish Times (09/24/2005)
11. Disabuse Community of Intolerance - Washington Jewish Week (11/17/2005)
12. Once a rabbi, always a rabbi Kaye quits rabbinic assn.; retains title (11/17/2005)

2006

1. Truly Missed - Baltimore Jewish Times (03/07/2006)
2. Rabbi Challenges Right to Anonymity on Internet - Forward (07/14/2006)
3. Defrocked rabbi's Jerusalem lecture cancelled after threats - Haaretz (07/17/2006)
4. Don't investigate yourself rabbi - Miami News Times (07/20/2006)
5. A Jewish Perspective on Child Sexual Abuse Darkness to Light - Ethicalife (08/09/2006)
6. Beyond The Pain - Baltimore Jewish Times (11/10/2006)
7. Violence unchained - Jerusalem Posts (11/28/2006)
8. Rabbi considers appeal Kaye sentenced for sex crime charges - Washington Jewish News      (12/06/2006)

2007

1. Awareness Center a clearinghouse of concern — and controversy - JTA  (01/10/2007)
2. Let the experts do it - Jerusalem Posts (01/25/2007)
3. To Forgive or to Shun - LA Weekly (03/29/2007)
4. The Council of the District of Columbia - BishopAccountability.org (06/08/2007)
5. Markey Pushes Change in Sex Abuse Law - Queens Courier (10/04/2007)
6. City bar mitzvah teacher charged with sex offenses - Incidents involving two boys allegedly occurred more then a dacade ago  - Baltimore Sun  (12/18/2007)
7. Accused Of Molesting Bar Mitzvah Students - CBS News (Baltimore) (12/19/2007)
8. Rabbi Accused of Molesting Bar Mitzvah Students - CBS News (Baltimore) (12/20/2007)

2008

1. Pedophile suspect extradited from Israel charged in NY - Jerusalem Post (01/09/2008)
2. She founded resource for sex abuse victims - Owings Mills Times (01/09/2008)
3. Awareness Center and other blogs draw praise and scorn - Jewish Journal (01/11/2008)
4. Wisconsin: Bill Would Erase Sex Abuse Suit Deadlines -  Associated Press (01/07/2008)
5. Church Hurts Victims of All Faiths - Baltimore Examiner (03/03/2008)
6. Advocates upset over rabbi's plea deal - Baltimore Examiner (03/12/2008)
7. Sex abuse survivors need compensation, however late  - Baltimore Examiner (06/13/2008)
8. Child Victim's Act of Delaware - BishopAccountability.org (07/28/2008)
9. Tues. Panel Marks Year of Child Victim's Act - The News Journal (08/04/2008)
10. The Awareness Center wants to thank David Framowitz, Mark Weiss, Joel Engelman Baruch Sandhaus - New York Jewish Week (10/30/2008)
11. Fleeing Jewish School Teacher Jailed in US - Melbourne Herald Sun (10/18/2008)
12. Sad Statistics - The Southhampton Press - (11/06/2008)
13. NY Lawmaker Becomes Confidant on Child Sex Abuse - Associated Press (11/23/2008)
14. Child abuse survivors advocate for legal reform - Frederick News Post (11/28/2008)

2009

1. Sexual Crime:  A Reference Handbook - Book
2. Contemporary American Judaism: Transformation and Renewal - Book
3. Conference On Sex Abuse In Jewish Communities Sunday In Brooklyn (02/15/2009)
4. Healing the Soul After Religious Abuse: The Dark Heaven of Recovery - Book (03/20/2009)
5. 2009 Now Conference - Clergy Sexual Abuse - Book (07/21/2009)
6. Orthodox Jewish Community Leaders in Lakewood Deal With Sexual Abuse - Asbury Park Press (09/12/2009)
7. Local Rabbi Faces Abuse Charges in Boston Court - Jewish Exponent (10/08/2009)
8. Sex crime victims are not alone: I KNOW - Cliffview Pilot (11/16/2009)
9. Mench LIfe - Talk Radio Show ThatChannel.com (12/15/2009)

2010

1. A day in the Life of A Rape Crisis Advocate - New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault (02/15/2010)
2. Vicki Polin: 2010 Jewish Community Heroes Semifinalist - Jewish Federation of North America (11/01/2010)

2011

1. Spider-Man: Tips On Ways to Prevent Sexual Abuse (09/27/2011)
2. Woodmere Psychologist Tackling Abuse in Jewish Community (11/04/2011)

2012

1. Toronto Police looking for survivors of Rabbi Heshi Nussbaum and Harvey Erlich -  Examiner (11/17/2012)
2. Where in the world is alleged sex offender Lydia Katz, religious school teacher? -  Examiner (11/22/2012)
3. Nechemya Weberman was convicted of 60 counts - Examiner (12/10/2012)

2013

1. Vicki Polin speaks at the United Nations Conference on the Status of Women (UN-CSW) (03/09/2013)
2. Rabbi Aryeh Dudovitz Pleads Guilty to Child Molestation Charges - Examiner (05/05/2013)
3. Rabbi's Alleged Sex Assault Victim Speaks Out: I Saw Him as Father Figure DNAinfo (06/14/2013)
4. Rabbi Accused of 2006 Rogers Park Sex Assault Enters Not-Guilty Plea DNAinfo Chicago (07/10/2013)
5. It's About Taking A Stand - Examiner (08/16/2013)
6. Denver Synagogue fires executive director for sex offense conviction Denver Post (11/06/2013)
7. The quasi-orthodox Jewish world compared to the BITE Model of Cult Mind Control - Examiner (11/06/2013)
8. Convicted Sex Offender Moshe Spingarn leaves Denver - Moves to Suffern, NY (11/12/2013)

2014

1. Rabbiner tager Kampen op mod - Jyllands-Posten (Denmark) (03/09/2014)
2. Former Vic teacher to be extradited from Israel on sex assault charges - The Australian (Australia) (08/17/2014)
3. Twenty years on, the real and radical legacy of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach
   - JNS (08/25/2014)

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Online Videos

2008

1. Sexual Abuse in the Jewish Community: Panel Discussion After 'Narrow Bridge' Film - Baltimore, MD (01/02/2008)
2. Child Victims Act of Delaware - One Year Later (08/05/2008)

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Awareness Center Articles Republished

• The Awareness Center's Articles

Timeline:
2003

1. When a Family Member Molests: Reality, Conflict & the Need for Support - Many Voices (12/2003)
2. Myths About Male Rape - Crescent Life (12/2003)
3. Síntomas Comunes en los Adultos Víctimas de Abuso Sexual Infantil - No2 Violence Israel
4. Help I'm Burnt Out!: Vicarious Victimization, Secondary Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Compassion Fatigue.  - No2 Violence Israel

2004

1. Nobody's Child  - Aish HaTorah (02/2004)
2. Remembering To Exhale - Plain Views: A Publication of the HealthCare Chaplaincy (4/21/2004)

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