Outcry

Another episode from Limmud 2025! This episode is a recording of a session presented by Asher Lovy at Limmud this past year. In this episode you'll learn the (possibly) real story of why the OU finally declared quinoa kosher for Pesach. The story starts with angry caterers desperate to provide kosher l'pesach sushi to the masses, lingers for a while on the horrific attempts by the late Torah Vodaas Rosh Yeshiva, Yisroel Belsky, to bully the victim of Yossi Kolko into dropping his case, and ends with a mysterious mission to investigate quinoa production in the Andes, and free Jacob Ostreicher from prison. To learn more about ZA'AKAH or to donate, visit our website at https://zaakah.org To get in touch with questions, comments, or any other concerns related to Outcry, email us at podcast@zaakah.org Follow us on our socials to stay informed: Facebook: https://facebook.com/zaakah Twitter: @zaakahny Instagram: @zaakahig TikTok: @zaakahny WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/J9HgXsOlZPhHhqsj6s7HBa WhatsApp Channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VayGPAG59PwPAc6jzL2B

Three victims advocates walk into a conference, stop us if you've heard this one before! In this episode, Asher Lovy is joined by Shana Aaronson, director of Magen, and Yehudis Fletcher, founder and director of Nahamu, to just kibbitz about what life as an advocate is like. We ricochet back and forth from the hilarious to the horrific, and Shana gets serious about what the essence of our work is about. This episode is a little peek behind the curtain into what goes into this kind of work. To learn more about ZA'AKAH or to donate, visit our website at https://zaakah.org To get in touch with questions, comments, or any other concerns related to Outcry, email us at podcast@zaakah.org Follow us on our socials to stay informed: Facebook: https://facebook.com/zaakah Twitter: @zaakahny Instagram: @zaakahig TikTok: @zaakahny WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/J9HgXsOlZPhHhqsj6s7HBa WhatsApp Channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VayGPAG59PwPAc6jzL2B

When we covered the case against Nechemya Weberman before on Outcry we didn't expect to be covering it again so soon, but a recently filed motion in Kings County Supreme Court, supported by District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, seeks to free him from his 50-year sentence. Weberman was convicted at trial for the repeated rape and sexual assault of a 12 year old girl over the course of three years who was sent to him for unlicensed counseling by the Satmar Vaad Hatznius. After she came forward to police, the Satmar community pulled out every stop to support Weberman and punish his victim for daring to report him to the authorities. After a harrowing trial, during which several people were arrested for witness intimidation for trying to threaten her, Weberman was convicted and sentenced to 103 years, a sentenced that was later reduced to 50 years. Since that time the community has resolutely stood behind him, fundraising for him, disparaging his victim, and pulling every political lever they could to let this dangerous pedophile out of prison. Those efforts culminated in the motion filed in Kings County court, which is what we're covering in this episode. To learn more about ZA'AKAH or to donate, visit our website at https://zaakah.org To get in touch with questions, comments, or any other concerns related to Outcry, email us at podcast@zaakah.org Follow us on our socials to stay informed: Facebook: https://facebook.com/zaakah Twitter: @zaakahny Instagram: @zaakahig TikTok: @zaakahny WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/J9HgXsOlZPhHhqsj6s7HBa WhatsApp Channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VayGPAG59PwPAc6jzL2B SHOW NOTES: https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/13/brooklyn-eric-gonzalez-nechemya-weberman/ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/nyregion/judge-nechemya-weberman-resentence.html https://www.thecity.nyc/2022/05/09/brooklyn-da-cumo-sentence-commute-request/ https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/brooklyn-rabbi-accused-of-molesting-girl-since-she-was-12/ https://forward.com/news/168172/inside-hasidic-modesty-patrols/ https://gothamist.com/news/fundraiser-for-alleged-child-molester-in-south-williamsburg-draws-protest-arrests https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/22/nyregion/4-ultra-orthodox-men-charged-with-trying-to-silence-accuser-in-abuse-case.html https://www.jta.org/2022/12/15/ny/satmar-grand-rebbe-visits-convicted-sexual-abuser-nechemya-weberman-in-prison

We're taking a break from our coverage of the Judah Karkowsky trial to cover the case against Yeshiva of Flatbush and Lonny Benamy, a longtime teacher. Lonny was accused in a CVA lawsuit of grooming and sexually abusing a student at Yeshiva of Flatbush. The complaint details a system of grooming that Benamy engaged in to create a group of students who received special favor from him and use that to his advantage. To learn more about ZA'AKAH or to donate, visit our website at https://zaakah.org To get in touch with questions, comments, or any other concerns related to Outcry, email us at podcast@zaakah.org Follow us on our socials to stay informed: Facebook: https://facebook.com/zaakah Twitter: @zaakahny Instagram: @zaakahig TikTok: @zaakahny WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/J9HgXsOlZPhHhqsj6s7HBa WhatsApp Channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VayGPAG59PwPAc6jzL2B SHOW NOTES: https://www.amazon.com/When-Rabbis-Abuse-Dynamics-Culture/dp/1957712015

In our continuing coverage of the Judah Karkowsky trial we wrap up with the various pretrial motions made by the defense before jury selection. In particular in this episode we get into arguments made by Karkowsky's lawyer about the validity of the case itself, and about whether or not Karkowsky's texts with Aryeh Schulman should be excluded from evidence because Karkowsky believed that he enjoyed attorney client privilege with Schulman. If you haven't listened to parts one and two of this series, please listen to those first. To learn more about ZA'AKAH or to donate, visit our website at https://zaakah.org To get in touch with questions, comments, or any other concerns related to Outcry, email us at podcast@zaakah.org Follow us on our socials to stay informed: Facebook: https://facebook.com/zaakah Twitter: @zaakahny Instagram: @zaakahig TikTok: @zaakahny WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/J9HgXsOlZPhHhqsj6s7HBa WhatsApp Channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VayGPAG59PwPAc6jzL2B

In this episode we do a deep dive on one of the dumbest, most mind-bending, time-consuming arguments made by Karkowsky's lawyer during pretrial motions: The question of whether or not to allow Karkowsky to introduce a full copy of his forged transcript as evidence. But it was forged, you may ask? Shouldn't that preclude it from being held forth as an authentic piece of evidence? Nevertheless his lawyer persisted. If you haven't listened to parts one and two of this series, please listen to those first. To learn more about ZA'AKAH or to donate, visit our website at https://zaakah.org To get in touch with questions, comments, or any other concerns related to Outcry, email us at podcast@zaakah.org Follow us on our socials to stay informed: Facebook: https://facebook.com/zaakah Twitter: @zaakahny Instagram: @zaakahig TikTok: @zaakahny WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/J9HgXsOlZPhHhqsj6s7HBa WhatsApp Channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VayGPAG59PwPAc6jzL2B

We are joined this episode by Yehudis Fletcher to discuss her new memoir: Chutzpah: A Memoir of Faith, Sexuality and Daring to Stay. Yehudis is the founder of Nahamu, a UK based research organization focused on the issues of forced and arranged marriage, and sexual and domestic violence. Yehudis leads Nahamu’s analysis of the harms arising from extremism in the Jewish community and shapes our advocacy and policy response. Yehudis has a background in project management and development. She is a independant sexual violence adviser, and has been battling violence against women and girls for the past decade. Confronted with either losing the faith she loved or losing herself, Yehudis made the most daring decision of all: she decided to stay. Wry and exhilarating, Chutzpah is a fearless exploration of what is possible when one person simply refuses to choose between abandoning their roots and abandoning themselves. To learn more about ZA'AKAH or to donate, visit our website at https://zaakah.org To get in touch with questions, comments, or any other concerns related to Outcry, email us at podcast@zaakah.org Follow us on our socials to stay informed: Facebook: https://facebook.com/zaakah Twitter: @zaakahny Instagram: @zaakahig TikTok: @zaakahny WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/J9HgXsOlZPhHhqsj6s7HBa WhatsApp Channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VayGPAG59PwPAc6jzL2B SHOW NOTES: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/notorious-paedophile-allowed-live-just-31753524 https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/convicted-paedophile-todros-grynhaus-owns-31834441 https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Chutzpah-by-Yehudis-Fletcher/9780857529954?srsltid=AfmBOopqSA-i_MSOxIYApEPEs40Sfo_Gn5mTznDvCaVa1-iKXYAfVUFK https://www.audible.com/pd/Chutzpah-Audiobook/B0DY8QNXBM https://www.instagram.com/yehudisfletcher https://nahamu.org/

In our continuing coverage of the trial of Judah Karkowsky we do a deep dive on how exactly Karkowsky was caught using a forged transcript of the hearing dismissing his sexual abuse charges to try and con his way back into the Young Israel of Woodmere, and defraud the Woodmere Fire District, and County of Nassau. We also get into some of the pretrial motions that eventually became the basis for Karkowsky's appeal of his guilty verdict. To learn more about ZA'AKAH or to donate, visit our website at https://zaakah.org To get in touch with questions, comments, or any other concerns related to Outcry, email us at podcast@zaakah.org Follow us on our socials to stay informed: Facebook: https://facebook.com/zaakah Twitter: @zaakahny Instagram: @zaakahig TikTok: @zaakahny WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/J9HgXsOlZPhHhqsj6s7HBa WhatsApp Channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VayGPAG59PwPAc6jzL2B

Judah Karkowsky is perhaps the dumbest criminal we've ever covered on this podcast. After getting off on a technicality for the alleged sexual assault of a child while responding to an EMS call at the Young Israel of Woodmere, Judah Karkowsky decided to test his luck even further. Karkowsky used a forged copy of the transcript of the hearing where his charges were dismissed to try and scam his way back into the Young Israel of Woodmere, and also tried using the same transcript to try and scam the Woodmere Fire Department out of $15,000,000 for firing him and reporting the alleged abuse. The plan backfired spectacularly and Karkowsky was convicted by a jury for this use of a forged instrument. In this series we're going to break down the particulars of the forgery case, do a deep dive on the trial, and discuss the people who supported his efforts. In this episode we cover what led to the charges in this case: Karkowsky's relationship with Ari Shulman, his attempt to leverage that relationship to get Shulman to unwittingly assist in his fraud against the Young Israel of Woodmere, and the ridiculous and obvious forgery that kicked this whole case off. This episode is dedicated l'iluy nishmas Rabbi Eliyahu Fink who tragically passed in a car accident in March, Ariella's aunt, Beth Goldberg, and Miriam Isserow, whose unwavering support of ZA'AKAH and invaluable leadership made ZA'AKAH what it is today. To learn more about ZA'AKAH or to donate, visit our website at https://zaakah.org To get in touch with questions, comments, or any other concerns related to Outcry, email us at podcast@zaakah.org Follow us on our socials to stay informed: Facebook: https://facebook.com/zaakah Twitter: @zaakahny Instagram: @zaakahig TikTok: @zaakahny WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/J9HgXsOlZPhHhqsj6s7HBa WhatsApp Channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VayGPAG59PwPAc6jzL2B Show Notes: Karkowsky Exhibits: https://imgur.com/a/oqwkgm4

In March of 2011, Rabbi Gavriel Bidany was arrested for groping an IDF soldier on a plane to the United States. While sitting next to her he reached his hand under her blanket to touch her without her consent. In this episode we discuss what he did, the details of his case, his trial and conviction, and the many people who came to his defense and wrote sentencing recommendations on his behalf. Many of those letters mentioned his particular interest in the young girls and women in the author's families, and the surprising twist of what one of his defenders was later arrested for will surprise you! To learn more about ZA'AKAH or to donate, visit our website at https://zaakah.org To get in touch with questions, comments, or any other concerns related to Outcry, email us at podcast@zaakah.org Follow us on our socials to stay informed: Facebook: https://facebook.com/zaakah Twitter: @zaakahny Instagram: @zaakahig TikTok: @zaakahny WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/J9HgXsOlZPhHhqsj6s7HBa WhatsApp Channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VayGPAG59PwPAc6jzL2B

In our last episode we discussed Rabbi Aron Baruch Tendler and his alleged abuse of students at YULA High School. We began discussing his brother Mordechai as well. In this episode we dive into the details of Rabbi Mordechai Tendler's alleged abuses against women and his firing as rabbi of Kehillat New Hempstead. This episode discusses the specific dynamics of when Rabbis abuse their congregants, how it happens, why it's so damaging, and why it's hard to get justice for this kind of abuse. Strongly recommended reading as a companion to this episode, once again, is When Rabbis Abuse by Dr. Elana Sztockman. To learn more about ZA'AKAH or to donate, visit our website at https://zaakah.org To get in touch with questions, comments, or any other concerns related to Outcry, email us at podcast@zaakah.org Follow us on our socials to stay informed: Facebook: https://facebook.com/zaakah Twitter: @zaakahny Instagram: @zaakahig TikTok: @zaakahny WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/J9HgXsOlZPhHhqsj6s7HBa WhatsApp Channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VayGPAG59PwPAc6jzL2B

In this episode we discuss two brothers, Rabbi Aron Baruch Tendler, and Rabbi Mordechai Tendler, both rabbis in an illustrious family who were accused of using their positions to abuse people. In the case of Rabbi Aron Baruch Tendler, he was accused of abusing girls at YULA High School in Los Angeles. Mordechai was accused of coercing women in his congregation into sex under the pretext of rabbinic counseling. This episode covers the story of Aron Baruch and begins the story of Mordechai. In the next episode we will cover the extensive process undertaken by the RCA to investigate the allegations into Mordechai, and the lengths to which he went to fight back against his accusers. To learn more about ZA'AKAH or to donate, visit our website at https://zaakah.org To get in touch with questions, comments, or any other concerns related to Outcry, email us at podcast@zaakah.org Follow us on our socials to stay informed: Facebook: https://facebook.com/zaakah Twitter: @zaakahny Instagram: @zaakahig TikTok: @zaakahny SHOW NOTES: https://web.archive.org/web/20040105153320/http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=8856 https://forward.com/culture/5201/rabbinical-council-is-probing-claims-of-sexual-har/ https://jewishjournal.com/community/12777/

In our last episode we discussed Zev Steen's arrest for the possession and distribution of CSAM as well as the rape and recording of a girl from age 2 to 8. We discussed the letter written by Rabbi Shraga Neuberger on behalf of Steen for his appeal to be granted bond after his second arrest, as well as the roles played by Neuberger, unlicensed therapist Yehuda Bergman, and CHANA clinical coordinator, Laura Greer, in covering up for Steen and then allowing him to become a teacher in Bnos Yisroel. We also discussed the statements made by Rabbi Mordechai Shuchatowitz and Rabbi Neuberger in a video submitted to the judge ahead of Steen's sentencing. In this episode we discuss the letters written by rabbis and teachers in the Baltimore community on behalf of Steen, the fallout of those letters, and what the authors of those letters have to say in their own defense. The bottom line is this: Baltimore is not safe for children.

Zev Steen was arrested in late 2022 for possession and distribution of Child Sexual Abuse Materials (CSAM). Authorities quickly realized that he had produced some of it during the course of sexually abusing a 2 year old girl for the next 6 years of her life. The charges were upgraded and the case was moved to federal court. That's when the insanity really started. In this episode we discuss how a high-up in Ner Israel, the Baltimore Av Beis Din, rabbonim, teachers, and therapists, both licensed and unlicensed, help protect Zev Steen from facing justice even after he admitted to having raped a child repeatedly. We discuss the extent of the scandal, how Steen managed to get and keep his job at B'nos Yisroel girls school even though Baltimore's leadership knew he was a pedophile. To learn more about ZA'AKAH or to donate, visit our website at https://zaakah.org To get in touch with questions, comments, or any other concerns related to Outcry, email us at podcast@zaakah.org Follow us on our socials to stay informed: Facebook: https://facebook.com/zaakah Twitter: @zaakahny Instagram: @zaakahig TikTok: @zaakahny SHOW NOTES: https://hareiani.com/2024/09/25/baltimore-rabbinical-leadership-chana-clinical-coordinator-covered-for-steen-for-10-years-prosecutor/ https://hareiani.com/2024/10/01/zev-steen-sentenced-to-23-years-in-fort-dix-registry-lifetime-supervised-release-following-prison/ https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/oppose-pretrial-release-of-mr-william-zev-steen

Akiva Roth, son of Conservative bigwig Joel Roth, was accused in 1996 of sexually abusing a number of boys at one of their homes during a Bar Mitzvah lesson. He later pleaded to a lesser charge and managed to avoid jail time or sex offender registry. According to a report by the Forward, Rabbi Chaim Rogoff, a friend of Akiva's father and rabbi of the East Brunswick Jewish Center where Roth worked, made sure that the community knew as little as possible about Roth's arrest and conviction. The article describes Rogoff threatening a child, who himself alleges that Roth was sexually inappropriate with him, into silence about Roth. No doubt Rogoff expended much effort ensuring the rest of the community followed suit. Following his departure from EBJC and Solomon Schechter after his conviction, Roth taught at JTS for a number of years, worked at Hillel, and a few other places before securing a job at Yeshiva University. After the Forward published an article about his arrest and conviction, however, he was fired. This led to an uproar in the community which played out in the pages of the Jewish Standard. Roth was initially banned from a number of shuls in Englewood where he was living, but after a letter by the community in the Standard, and a program instituted by Rabbi Shmuel Goldin, Roth was allowed back. Goldin himself wrote a letter in the Standard, as did Akiva Roth himself, decrying the way the community was treating him. Roth, EBJC, and Rogoff are now defendants in a lawsuit filed by another alleged victim who filed suit in 2021 under the NJ Child Victims Act. What's notable about this case are the lengths to which non-Charedi rabbis went in public to protect Roth and guilt and shame anyone who tried holding him accountable or protect children in the community from him. Just goes to show, no community is immune from this. To learn more about ZA'AKAH or to donate, visit our website at https://zaakah.org To get in touch with questions, comments, or any other concerns related to Outcry, email us at podcast@zaakah.org Follow us on our socials to stay informed: Facebook: https://facebook.com/zaakah Twitter: @zaakahny Instagram: @zaakahig TikTok: @zaakahny SHOW NOTES: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/12/nyregion/teacher-leaves-yeshiva-amid-abuse-scandal.html https://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/character-assassination/ https://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/repentance-and-reintegration-a-communitys-response/ https://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/reintegration-and-repentance-a-personal-perspective/

in 2021, Judah Karkowsky was accused of sexually abusing a child at the Young Israel of Woodmere, and despite the case being dismissed for procedural reasons, Karkowsky was nonetheless suspended from the shul. Following the dismissal of that case, Karkowsky, in an effort to regain his position in shul, forged a transcript of the dismissal hearing to make it look like the judge had dismissed the case on merit grounds. He then used that transcript to try and trick the shul into allowing him back in, in addition to filing a notice of claim against his employer, the Woodmere Fire Department, to demand $15M from them for having fired him when he was initially accused. His obvious fraud was caught and following his conviction at a jury trial, he was sentenced to a year in jail. RCA Executive Vice President, and Kesher Families founder, Rabbi Menachem Penner, and his wife Adeena Penner, wrote letters of support for Karkowsky praising his character and good deeds and pleading for leniency from the judge. They also made themselves available as character witnesses on his behalf, and showed up in support of the Karkowsky family at his sentencing. In this episode we discuss this scandal, how the Penners responded, and why it's such a problem when rabbis - especially influential public figures like the Penners - engage in such public support of alleged abusers. To learn more about ZA'AKAH or to donate, visit our website at https://zaakah.org To get in touch with questions, comments, or any other concerns related to Outcry, email us at podcast@zaakah.org Follow us on our socials to stay informed: Facebook: https://facebook.com/zaakah Twitter: @zaakahny Instagram: @zaakahig TikTok: @zaakahny SHOW NOTES: https://www.firelawblog.com/2024/06/23/ny-emt-and-commissioner-sentenced/

As pride month comes to a close, we tackle the issue of conversion therapy, sometimes referred to as reparative therapy. Conversion therapy is a phony, bigoted process by which a "therapist" (many of whom are not actually licensed mental health professionals) attempts to "convert" their client from some kind of LGBTQ+ identity to cis/straight. There is absolutely no research that shows that such therapy is effective, let alone possible. Aside from just being quackery, conversion therapy is often deeply abusive, involving practices that amount to sexual, physical, and emotional abuse, especially when minors are subjected to it. Despite how harmful conversion therapy is, many rabbonim and therapists continue to refer LGBTQ+ community members to these harmful charlatans. Joining us to discuss the particulars of these abuses and his own experiences with conversion therapy is Shlomo Rozenek. Shlomo is the director of development and communications for NECHAMA, a Jewish natural disaster relief organization. Shlomo grew up Yeshivish in Far Rockaway, Queens, and now lives on the Upper West Side with his husband, Mattan, and dog, Jax. His favorite thing in the world is Shabbos, and he recommends it to everyone! To learn more about ZA'AKAH or to donate, visit our website at https://zaakah.org To get in touch with questions, comments, or any other concerns related to Outcry, email us at podcast@zaakah.org Follow us on our socials to stay informed: Facebook: https://facebook.com/zaakah Twitter: @zaakahny Instagram: @zaakahig TikTok: @zaakahny SHOW NOTES: https://twitter.com/shloze https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferguson_v._JONAH https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/21/nyregion/conversion-therapy-ban.html https://forward.com/news/421966/gay-conversion-therapist-yeshiva-university-high-school/ https://www.aacap.org/aacap/policy_statements/2018/Conversion_Therapy.aspx

In our last episode covering the Gender Motivated Violence Act case against Belz and Avigdor Kupferstein, we left off with the allegations about Victor having sexually abused his and Dr. Henny Kupferstein's children. In this episode we finish discussing the complaint against him, including his call to ACS against Dr. Kupferstein for the "crime" of going to a postpartum convalescent home, Belz's role in forcing her back into her marriage with Avigdor despite knowing that he was allegedly raping her, and her disturbing experience with the Brooklyn DA's office and Henna and Asher White in particular. We are once again joined by Yehudis Fletcher, founder of Nahamu, a UK based research organization focused on the issues of forced and arranged marriage, and sexual and domestic violence. Yehudis leads Nahamu’s analysis of the harms arising from extremism in the Jewish community and shapes our advocacy and policy response. To learn more about ZA'AKAH or to donate, visit our website at https://zaakah.org To get in touch with questions, comments, or any other concerns related to Outcry, email us at podcast@zaakah.org Follow us on our socials to stay informed: Facebook: https://facebook.com/zaakah Twitter: @zaakahny Instagram: @zaakahig TikTok: @zaakahny SHOW NOTES: While it is our general practice not to identify plaintiffs when discussing lawsuits, Dr Kupferstein expressly requested that her name be used in this episode. https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=bL0ME7UsL7tGCFyGWVCMhg== https://nahamu.org/what-is-nahamu/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/mar/29/brooklyn-da-orthodox-jews-cover-up https://forward.com/news/470033/for-orthodox-brooklyns-private-police-a-code-of-silence-hides-domestic/ https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/11/nyregion/for-ultra-orthodox-in-child-sex-abuse-cases-prosecutor-has-different-rules.html

In November of 2023, Dr Henny Kupferstein filed a lawsuit against her ex-husband, Avigdor Kupferstein, and Kehillas Belz in Boro Park, for rape, physical, and sexual assault she allegedly experienced in her marriage at the hands of her husband, condoned and encouraged, she alleges, by Dayan Cheskel Akiva Gross. What's unique about this lawsuit is how it describes, in great detail, not only the abuse allegedly experienced by Dr Kupferstein, but also the particulars of the chassidish shidduch system and how it directly contributed to the circumstances of this lawsuit. We are joined this episode by Yehudis Fletcher, founder of Nahamu, a UK based research organization focused on the issues of forced and arranged marriage, and sexual and domestic violence. Yehudis leads Nahamu’s analysis of the harms arising from extremism in the Jewish community and shapes our advocacy and policy response. Yehudis has a background in project management and development. She is a independant sexual violence adviser, and has been battling violence against women and girls for the past decade. Yehudis began writing as a child and is now a regular contributor to community papers. In 2018, her poem ‘Kinah: from a survivor of child sexual abuse’ won the Simon Rockower award. To learn more about ZA'AKAH or to donate, visit our website at https://zaakah.org To get in touch with questions, comments, or any other concerns related to Outcry, email us at podcast@zaakah.org Follow us on our socials to stay informed: Facebook: https://facebook.com/zaakah Twitter: @zaakahny Instagram: @zaakahig TikTok: @zaakahny SHOW NOTES: While it is our general practice not to identify plaintiffs when discussing lawsuits, Dr Kupferstein expressly requested that her name be used in this episode. https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/in-bad-faith-inside-a-secret-ultra-orthodox-sect-and-the-betrayal-it-tried-to-hide/51960107/#edition=70705824&idiq=62996986 https://nahamu.org/what-is-nahamu/ https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=bL0ME7UsL7tGCFyGWVCMhg==

Malka Leifer is perhaps the most notorious child sexual abusers in the Jewish world. After abusing three sisters, Nicole Meyer, Elly Sapper, and Dassi Erlich, Malka Leifer fled Australia to Israel to escape justice. While Israel has an extradition treaty with Australia, they also have an accepted policy of protecting Jews from prosecution in other countries. While living as a free woman in Emmanuel, Leifer evaded extradition for nearly a decade by pretending to be mentally incompetent to stand trial. Aided by government officials in the Knesset, including health minister Yaakov Litzman, she was allowed to remain free while her victims spent years, and 74 court hearings trying desperately to have her extradited to face justice. While Leifer was ultimately extradited and convicted in Australia and sentenced to 15 years in prison, Nicole Meyer was ultimately robbed of the justice she deserved. The jury in the case found that Leifer was guilty on the charges related to the sexual abuse of her sisters, but not guilty on the charges of Nicole's sexual abuse. In this episode Ariella sits down with Nicole to discuss the case, her feelings about the verdict, her life as a survivor before and after the case, and what she's been up to following the verdict. They also discuss what parenting is like as a survivor. To learn more about ZA'AKAH or to donate, visit our website at https://zaakah.org To get in touch with questions, comments, or any other concerns related to Outcry, email us at podcast@zaakah.org Follow us on our socials to stay informed: Facebook: https://facebook.com/zaakah Twitter: @zaakahny Instagram: @zaakahig TikTok: @zaakahny SHOW NOTES: https://www.smh.com.au/world/middle-east/a-haven-for-paedophiles-the-ultra-orthodox-settlement-where-malka-leifer-hides-20180612-p4zkx4.html https://www.timesofisrael.com/malka-leifers-accuser-takes-solace-in-collective-win-after-partial-guilty-verdict/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/litzman-gets-minor-fine-no-jail-for-shielding-alleged-pedophile-leifer-from-justice/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/malka-leifer-sentenced-to-15-years-for-sexual-abuse-of-two-students/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/31/malka-leifer-how-a-long-running-child-sexual-abuse-case-tested-australias-relationship-with-israel https://www.amazon.com/Bad-Faith-Inside-ultra-Orthodox-betrayal-ebook/dp/B0CH33KW8F https://www.instagram.com/breakingthesilencenow https://www.tiktok.com/@nicoleymeyer