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This book--the first of its kind--analyzes how and why cases of child sexual abuse have been systematically concealed in Orthodox Jewish communities. The book examines many such cover-ups in detail, showing how denial, backlash against victims, and the manipulation of the secular justice system have placed Orthodox Jewish community leaders in the position of defending or even enabling child abusers.
The book also examines the generally disappointing treatment of this issue in popular media, while dissecting the institutions that contribute to the cover-ups, including two--rabbinic courts and local Orthodox "patrols"--that are more or less unique to Orthodox Jewish communities.
Finally, the book explores the cultural factors that have contributed to this tragedy, and concludes with hopes and proposals for future reform.
Contents
Table of Contents
Foreword by Dane S. Claussen
Introduction
Part I: Coverage and Cover-Ups
1. Some You (May) Know About
2. The Ones That Got Away
3. Child Sex Abuse as News
4. Backlash Strategies, Past and Present
Part II: Who Guards the Guardians?
5. Abuse of Power, Orthodox Style
6. Truth and Consequences
7. Courting Disaster: How Rabbinic Courts Can Control a Sex Abuse Case
8. Self-Policing or Thought-Policing?
Part III: The Culture of Denial
9. A History of Silence
10. The Politics of Piety
11. East of Eden: "Innocence," Sex and Sex Abuse
12. Out of the Closet
Chapter Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index



