Tempest in the temple
Subtitle: Jewish communities & child sex scandals
By: edited by Amy Neustein.
Contributors: Neustein, Amy.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life
Publisher: Brandeis University Press; Published by University Press of New England
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Waltham, Mass; Hanover
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781584656715
Subjects: Child sexual abuse by clergy -- United States; Rabbis -- Sexual behavior -- United States; Authority -- Religious aspects -- Judaism; Abused children -- United States; Jewish ethics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Unholy waters: how a Massachusetts synagogue found its way to shore after a sex abuse scandal, a prosecution, and a lawsuit, as narrated by the synagogue's rabbi and its legal counsel / Loel Weiss & Mark Itzkowitz; title: Crossing the line: what makes a rabbi violate sexual boundaries and what can be done about it? / Michelle Friedman; title: Straying the course: can Jewish and secular leadership archetypes rein in religious leaders? / Erica Brown; title: Out of the Jewish closet: facing the hidden secrets of child sex abuse and the damage done to victims/ Joyanna Silberg & Stephanie Dallam; title: A community of co-enablers: why are Jews ignoring traditional Jewish law by protecting the abuser? / Mark Dratch; title: The fugitive and the forgotten: cracking the cold case of Rabbi Avrohom Mondrowitz / Michael Lesher; title: My cross to bear: how I challenged the Catholic Church hierarchy to atone for their sins against me and other abuse victims / Barbara Blaine; title: Justice interrupted: how rabbis can interfere with the prosecution of sex offenders and strategies for how to stop them / Amy Neustein & Michael Lesher; title: Be'ad hayeled (for the sake of the child): the educator as part of the solution / Martin Schloss, Deborah Smith, Sara Seligson, & Janette Sassoon; title: Pedophiles and penitence: whom to banish, whom to support: helping Jewish communities make the right choices / Robert Weiss.