Back in 1999 the world of ultra-Orthodox Judaism was shaken to the core by the publication of the book ‘Shetikat ha-Haredim’ (roughly ‘The Silence of the Haredi’) by Shiye Brizel which documented his father’s - Rabbi Yaakov Yitzhak Brizel – serial sexual molestation and rape of young boys while he was a prominent ultra-Orthodox rabbi and a leader of the famous Haredi
I don’t know if you already did, but you should look into Rabbi Zvi Thau, Rabbi Schlomo Carlbach, Rabbi Berry Freundel, Chaim Walder, and Orit Strook. Carlbach was a prominent rabbi and notorious sexual predator. Walder was a children’s author and therapist who sexually assaulted his patients.
I don’t know if you already did, but you should look into Rabbi Zvi Thau, Rabbi Schlomo Carlbach, Rabbi Berry Freundel, Chaim Walder, and Orit Strook. Carlbach was a prominent rabbi and notorious sexual predator. Walder was a children’s author and therapist who sexually assaulted his patients.
I've done Thau, Freundel and Walder but not Carlbach and Strook.
Thanks for the tips!
This is a little different from your usual posts but there is also the Jewish led Selknam genocide by Julius Popper and the Braun family.
Interesting. Never heard of it and had a cursory look and there is a lot there.
Thanks!